Starbucks worker under fire for writing 'ISIS' on Muslim customer's coffee order
<p><span>A Muslim advocacy group is demanding an employee of Starbuck’s he fired after they were caught writing “ISIS” on a customer’s coffee cup.</span><br /><br /><span>The incident took place at a store in St Paul, Minneapolis in early July.</span><br /><br /><span>According to a Muslim customer, she told the employee her name when first asked but the employee chose to label the cup “ISIS” before she was finished.</span><br /><br /><span>ISIS is a commonly-known acronym for terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.</span><br /><br /><span>The employee has claimed they misheard the woman’s name, which is Aishah.</span></p>
<p><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7836845/isis-starbucks.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/e5f19eff67ae4c23b3452d0a9f7f65a3" /><br /><br /><span>The Council on American-Islamic Relations, however, believe the incident is a result of Islamophobia and is demanding the worker be fired.</span><br /><br /><span>“After noticing the writing on the cup, she asked the employee why ‘ISIS’ was written on the cup,” it said in a statement.</span><br /><br /><span>“The employee claimed that she had not heard her name correctly.</span><br /><br /><span>“Later, a supervisor told the Muslim customer that ‘mistakes’ sometimes happen with customers’ names, suggesting that this is not the first incident.”</span><br /><br /><span>The Starbucks, which is operated by a Target store in Minneapolis, have since apologised for the incident.</span><br /><br /><span>According to local outlet Pioneer Press, it says the incident was “not a deliberate act but an unfortunate mistake”.</span><br /><br /><span>“We are very sorry for this guest’s experience at our store and immediately apologised to her when she made our store leaders aware of the situation,” a spokesperson told the publication.</span></p>
