Oppression of the Jedi faith runs rampant in the United Kingdom, as supermarket giant Tesco defends its policy prohibiting shoppers who wear hoods, even for religious reasons.

Daniel Jones, 23, who created the International Church of Jediism, claims he was “victimised over his beliefs” by staff at the supermarket in Bangor, North Wales. …

Mr Jones, from Holyhead, said that staff ejected him from the store over security fears when he refused to remove his hood.

Mr Jones, also known by his Jedi name Morda Hehol, told The Sun: “I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave.

Via Overlawyered, which with a total of two posts concerning British discrimination against adherents of the Jedi faith, automatically becomes the world’s leading blog on Jedi religious freedom.

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