Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, has been criticised for his interview with The Times regarding his comments about lone, male, Muslim air passengers.
In the interview, O’Leary stated that “males of a Muslim persuasion” travelling alone pose the largest airline terror threat:
“Who are the bombers? They are going to be single males travelling on their own. If you are travelling with a family of kids, on you go; the chances you are going to blow them all up is zero.
“You can’t say stuff, because it’s racism, but it will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion. Thirty years ago it was the Irish. If that is where the threat is coming from, deal with the threat.”
The Muslim Council of Britain has branded Mr. O’Leary’s comments to be “racist and discriminatory”, with a spokesperson for the Council stating:
“He openly advocates discrimination against ‘males of a Muslim persuasion’, which presumably is not based on specific intelligence but solely whether someone ‘looks or acts like a Muslim’,”
Ryanair has since followed up with a statement, blaming an “inaccurate” headline for taking his statement out of context:
“Michael was only calling for more effective airport security checks which would do away with much of the unnecessary queues at airport security today.
“He apologises sincerely for any offence caused to any group by today’s inaccurate headline.”
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