A dentist has been allowed to continue practising - despite telling Muslim patients he would only treat them if they wore Islamic dress.Dr Omer Butt, of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, ordered two women to wear a head scarf before he treated them.
The General Dental Council (GDC) said the events took place "a considerable time ago".
He made the requests between 2005 and 2007 while working at the Unsworth Smile Clinic.
Although Dr Butt was before the GDC for making a similar demand to patients in September 2007, the professional conduct committee of the General Dental Council (GDC) found the requests were made before this date.
“ If the committee had heard these matters in 2007 it is likely that it would have found your fitness to practise to be impaired ” Members of the General Dental Council
The GDC found that Dr Butt had "discriminated" against people on the basis he "disapproved of their attitude to the requirements of Islam" and "did not act in the best interests of his patients".
It was "in no doubt that it amounted to misconduct" but found his fitness to practise was not impaired because he had not repeated the conduct since September 2007.
In addition, the committee accepted he had changed his approach as a result of the action taken against him.
The GDC added: "If the committee had heard these matters in 2007 it is likely that it would have found your fitness to practise to be impaired.
"However, it has taken account of the passage of time and all the matters set out above.
"It has concluded that your conduct is remediable and has been remedied. Further, it is not likely that you will repeat it.
"Accordingly the committee has concluded that your fitness to practise is not impaired."
Cultural abdication. Absurd Britannia Alert, and an update on this story:
A DENTIST from Greater Manchester who refused to treat a Muslim patient unless she wore a headscarf drove a car at a policewoman after a parking row, a court has heard.
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