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No Arabic Allowed: Australian Company Threatened After Using Arabic Signs

November 17, 2015

Optus, one of Australia’s leading telecommunications company, has removed Arabic signs from a store in Sydney after its staff were threatened. In statements to Guardian Australia, an Optus spokeswoman said that Arabic signs, which are used to inform the public that there are Arabic speaking staff in the store,  had been removed from the store in the suburb of Casula ‘for the safety and security of staff and customers’. “There are a number of stores still carrying the Arabic signage but for the safety and security of staff and customers at these stores we won’t be revealing exact locations,” the spokeswoman told Guardian Australia. “However, yesterday following a threat to our store staff, we made the decision to remove some materials that were published in Arabic. The safety and security of our staff is paramount.” On Facebook, some customers had slammed Optus’ decision to use Arabic signs given the recent Paris attacks that left 129 people killed. “Islam is Not a religion, it is an ideology, a barbaric murderous ideology! Optus is supporting the destruction of our civilisation by pandering to Arabic trash, just to make a dollar. You are corporate…


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