A HAIRDRESSER who threw a hijab-clad woman out of her salon saying she did not want “evil” in her establishment is facing a possible six month jail term.
However the hairdresser said she was fully within her rights to not colour the hijab-clad woman’s hair – and said it was not religious but political matter.
The 47-year-old Norwegian added it would have been discriminatory against her other customers if she had not thrown Malika Bayan out of the establishment.
![Merete Hodne](http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/Norwayhijab-707300.jpg)
“As most people know hijab clad woman do not get to show their hair to men. My salon is a man and women’s hair salon.
“It would have been deeply discriminatory if I had banished men from the lounge because of a woman who could not show her hair to them.”
The hairdresser was initially fined £800 by the police, but as the activist, who has spent years campaigning against the “Mohammedanism of Europe”, refused to pay she now has to appear in court.
![Merete Hodne Merete Hodne](http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/secondary/MereteHodne-643967.jpg)
I fear the totalitarian symbol of the hijab which says that I should be killed
The business owner said she would appeal all the way to the European Court of Human Rights if Norwegian court ruled against her.
Hodne said: “I don’t want this evil inside the doors where I’m in charge.
![Malika Bayan Malika Bayan](http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/secondary/MalikaBayan-643973.jpg)
![Merete Hodne Merete Hodne](http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/secondary/MereteHodne-643980.jpg)
“I’m not afraid to lose but I won’t pay for something that is wrong. I’ll appeal to the court of human rights.
“I have dedicated my life to this. I’m not a racist. I am a political activist fighting against Mohammedanism of Europe. It’s not Muslims I’m critical of.”
![Bayan Bayan](http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/secondary/Bayan-643976.jpg)
The 24-year-old said: “It was very offensive. It is disturbing that she treats people this way in a free country. Norway is my country.
“She says Islam is oppressive to women, but she is oppressing me.”
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