Harman Singh Kapoor, the owner of an Indian restaurant in London, faced a crowd of unhappy protesters after he publicly refused to sell halal food and made derogatory comments on Muslims.

Kapoor recently announced plans to shut down his Hammersmith restaurant, Rangrez, after 16 years in business. He had previously claimed he was being targeted for refusing to serve halal meat. Halal, which translates to “permissible” in Arabic, describes food that is prepared in line with Islamic dietary guidelines. However, Kapoor did not only refuse to sell halal meat, which would not be entirely uncommon, given that there are only 2,043 halal restaurants in the UK. The contention more likely stems from the fact that Kapoor, who is rumoured to be a regular at far-right marches, put up a sign outside his restaurant which read: “Proudly we don’t serve halal”.

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After putting up the sign outside his restaurant, Kapoor posed for a selfie in front of it and posted it to social media on Saturday. He captioned the post: “We don’t cater inbreds”. In another previous video post, Kapoor appeared alongside his wife and they confirmed the reasons they were closing their restaurant after 16 years, stating:

"One of the main reasons was that from day one, we chose not to sell halal meat”.

He added:

“I don’t care. I lost my business. I chose to close it. Why? Because my fight against this radicalisation is bigger than my business.”

Kapoor also expressed support for banning halal meat across the UK and described the impact his decision has had on his business, from negative reviews to 0 star ratings.

Kapoor shared another video showing police officers at the premises of the potentially closed restaurant. He alleged that the Met Police had sided with the protesters and continued to echo his previous claims of a lack of support from local authorities. Sharing the video on X, he wrote, “When the Met Police were called in, they arrived aggressively and I had to throw police out.”

In videos shared by Kapoor and others, Kapoor can be heard saying, “I am proud. I don’t sell halal.” Earlier in the video, he also said he had the right to display the sign because he owned the restaurant. Kapoor now alleges that he has been “abused and attacked by Muslims”. He added:

“If Muslims can display halal signs outside their restaurants in the UK without facing hate or abuse, then why am I, as a Sikh, being abused and attacked by Muslims for displaying ‘Proudly, we don’t sell halal’?” he questioned. “In the holy month of Ramadan, I’m being intimidated, abused and hated by them.”