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A Muslim lady was ordered off a rollercoaster by a theme park worker as a result of she was sporting a scarf.
Hadil Alqarini, 37, accused the worker at Worlds of Enjoyable in Kansas Metropolis of being racist, saying she had by no means beforehand had an issue driving rollercoasters.
Alqarini had taken her household to the Kansas Metropolis amusement park on Friday evening to rejoice the Halloween Hang-out celebration.
After greater than three hours of occurring the rides, Alqarini and her nine-year-old son, Moe, jumped on the Prowler.
However earlier than the journey might start, an worker instructed her she should take away her hijab. He claimed it was as a result of park’s coverage to not put on free articles of clothes.
Alqarini tried to elucidate to the member of workers that she’d by no means run into this drawback within the 24 years she’s been visiting theme parks in the USA.
Earlier than the journey might start, an worker instructed her she should take away her hijab. He claimed it was as a result of park’s coverage to not put on free articles of clothes
Hadil Alqarini (pictured), 37, accused the worker who made the choice of racism, noting she’d by no means had an issue driving coasters previously
She was ordered off the Prowler at Worlds of Enjoyable – regardless of having ridden it earlier than together with her hijab on
In accordance with Alqarini, a number of individuals got here to her defence. A teenage co-worker instructed the worker that his Muslim kinfolk had no points driving the prowler previously, as did one other man in Alqarini’s group.
The worker didn’t budge.
‘He was racist. As hell,’ Alqarini instructed Kansas Metropolis Star.
Alqarini first tried to contact Clay County Sheriff’s division, however later filed a criticism with the park itself.
Worlds of Enjoyable has issued a press release apologizing for the best way Alqarini was handled, however insist the worker was not being racist and acted out of an ‘abundance of warning.’
Worlds of Enjoyable has issued a press release apologizing for the best way Alqarini was handled, however insist the worker was not being racist and acted out of an ‘abundance of warning’
The lady mentioned she won’t be returning to Worlds of Enjoyable
‘Worlds of Enjoyable is a welcoming and inclusive place for individuals of all races and religions,’ the park mentioned.
‘Resulting from a misunderstanding out of an abundance of warning concerning free articles on riders, a lady sporting a spiritual head scarf was faraway from a journey.
‘A journey supervisor corrected the coverage and apologized to the visitor, who was cleared to journey. The visitor opted to not journey.
‘Worlds of Enjoyable and Six Flags apologize for the incident.’
The lady was supplied free tickets and quick lane passes for her subsequent go to, however turned the supply down.
Alqarini mentioned she wouldn’t be returning to the park, so had no want for the free passes.
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