(AhlulBayt News Agency) -A man caught on video claiming his 'secular right' not to serve two Muslim women in a restaurant in Paris will be investigated for racial discrimination.
In the latest instance of intercultural tensions, a restaurant owner in the Paris suburb of Tremblay-en-France is facing an investigation after chasing two veiled Muslim women out of his premises on Saturday night.
His actions, caught on video, provoked a furious response and prompted prosecutors to open an inquiry.
The incident, filmed by one of the two women and posted online, shows the other saying; "We don't want to be served by racists".
The restaurateur responds: "Racists like me don't plant bombs and don't kill people."
He added that "terrorists are Muslim and all Muslims are terrorists. I don't want people like you in my place. Now you know it you can get out".
Reports in France said that the man apologised on Sunday to a group of young people and members of the local Muslim community who had gathered outside Le Cenacle to ask him to explain his comments.
The restaurateur reportedly said one of his friends had died in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall in November 2015.
In a message on Twitter, Laurence Rossignol, the French minister for families, children and women's rights, said she had ordered an investigation and called for sanctions against the "intolerable behaviour" of the restaurant's boss.
The man's comments follow a fierce debate in recent months about Muslim integration and France's interpretation of secular values, emerging after a string of attacks around the country.
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