Umdayisi waseBrithani uMarks & Spencer ubhekane nokugxekwa ngoMsombuluko ngemuva kokuvela kokuthi kuvumela abasebenzi abangamaSulumane ukuthi benqabe ukudayisela amakhasimende ingulube notshwala.
Bangaphezu kuka-8,000 abantu asebebhalisele ikhasi likaFacebook abafuna ukuba lidube lolu chungechunge ngemuva kokuthi isisebenzi sokukhokha esiyiMuslim “esixolise kakhulu” sitshele ikhasimende ukuthi kuzomele silinde esinye isisebenzi esizobadayisela ibhodlela le-champagne.
I-M&S, okuyisitolo esikhulu sezimpahla zokugqoka eBrithani futhi edayisa ukudla nempahla yasekhaya, ithe uma izisebenzi zinezinkolelo zenkolo ezibeka imingcele ukuthi ikuphi ukudla noma iziphuzo ezingakuphatha izama ukubabeka “endimeni efanelekayo”.
"Siyaxolisa ngokuthi ecaleni eligqanyisiwe asizange silandele inqubomgomo yethu yangaphakathi," kusho umkhulumeli wenkampani.
"Njengebhizinisi lezwe sinomgomo obandakanya wonke umuntu owamukela zonke izinkolelo zenkolo kumakhasimende ethu noma abasebenzi." Kodwa ikhasi likaFacebook elithi “Boycott Marks and Spencer” lithe le nqubomgomo iwukubukela phansi “umqondo ovamile”.
Lolu daba luvele ngemuva kokuthi ikhasimende elingadalulwanga igama lalo litshele iphephandaba iDaily Telegraph ukuthi umsebenzi wenqabile ukubadayisela i-champagne esitolo saseLondon wathi kuzomele balinde elinye kuze kutholakale.
“Ngamangala,” kusho ikhasimende etshela iphephandaba. “Ngamangala kancane. Angikaze ngikubone lokho ngaphambilini.” Ukuphuza utshwala nokusetshenziswa kwengulube kwenqatshelwe e-Islam.
Umugqa ugqamise umehluko phakathi kwezinqubomgomo zabathengisi baseBrithani mayelana nokuthi abasebenzi kufanele bavunyelwe yini ukwenqaba ukuthengisa imikhiqizo ethile ngezizathu zenkolo.
Njenge-M&S, amaketanga ezitolo ezinkulu u-Asda, Morrisons kanye noTesco bathi abasebenzi abangamaSulumane ngeke kudingeke basebenze kumathayela uma bephikisana nokuphatha imikhiqizo ethile.
Kodwa inhloko yezitolo ezidayisa emgwaqweni uJohn Lewis uthe abasebenzi akufanele babe nelungelo lokwenqaba ukusiza amakhasimende. "Lokhu kuthatha isiteji esisodwa esingaphezu komqondo ojwayelekile," kusho umqondisi ophethe u-Andy Street etshela umsakazo we-BBC.
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