MIchael O'Leary Image: PA MIchael O'Leary Image: PA RYANAIR CHIEF EXECUTIVE Michael O’Leary is facing criticism for claiming terrorists “will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion”.
The 58-year-old told the Times newspaper in the UK that families with young children should be waved through airport security because there was “virtually” zero chance of them being bombers.“If you are travelling with a family of kids, on you go; the chances you are going to blow them all up is zero.”
“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’. Hate-crime monitoring group Tell Mama said the comments could come back to bite Mr O’Leary’s business, likening them to jewellery firm boss Gerald Ratner’s disastrous remark in 1991 when he called one of his own products “total crap” and was later axed after profits tumbled.
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