LONDON: British retailer Marks & Spencer faced criticism on Monday after it emerged that it allows Muslim staff to refuse to sell customers pork and alcohol.

More than 8,000 people have signed up to a Facebook page calling for a boycott of the chain after an “extremely apologetic” Muslim checkout worker told a customer they would have to wait for another employee to sell them a bottle of champagne.

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