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US Student Escorted Off Plane 'for Speaking Arabic' by Olukokosir(m): 11:07pm On Apr 18, 2016 |
An Iraqi university student in California says he was escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight for having a conversation in Arabic. Southwest Airlines said that Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was removed from a 9 April flight before it took off. Mr Makhzoomi said he was talking to his uncle on the phone about attending a speech by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. A Southwest employee then escorted him off of the plane. "I was very excited about the event, so I called my uncle to tell him about it," Mr Makhzoomi told the New York Times. A woman on the plane began staring at him after he used the phrase "inshallah," meaning "god willing," in the conversation, he said. After an Arabic-speaking Southwest employee escorted him off the plane, he said "This is what Islamophobia got this country into." Mr Makhzoomi, who came to the country as an Iraqi refugee and studies at the University of California at Berkeley, was then told he could not get back on the plane. "My family and I have been through a lot, and this is just another one of the experiences I have had,'' he told the New York Times. "Human dignity is the most valuable thing in the world, not money. If they apologised, maybe it would teach them to treat people equally." Southwest said in its statement that he was removed for "potentially threatening comments made aboard our aircraft" and that it does not tolerate discrimination. "We wouldn't remove passengers from flights without a collaborative decision rooted in established procedures," the company said. "We regret any less than positive experience onboard our aircraft." |
Re: US Student Escorted Off Plane 'for Speaking Arabic' by fistonati(m): 11:21pm On Apr 18, 2016 |
So speaking Arabic is now as deadly as the ZIka virus. America forgot that one of its key Allies in the globe is Saudi Arabia 2 Likes |
Re: US Student Escorted Off Plane 'for Speaking Arabic' by Mrbigman1(m): 11:25pm On Apr 18, 2016 |
It's a wrong thing but I wnt blame dem, cos me self go do same. Fear north 3 Likes |
Re: US Student Escorted Off Plane 'for Speaking Arabic' by nnachukz(m): 11:39pm On Apr 18, 2016 |
Prevention is better than cure. Nobody wants to hear stories after some people are already dead. 2 Likes |
Re: US Student Escorted Off Plane 'for Speaking Arabic' by Nobody: 12:51am On Apr 19, 2016 |
I hope the Arab was innocent. You never know, especially when they start yelling some words randomly |
Re: US Student Escorted Off Plane 'for Speaking Arabic' by kevoh(m): 7:10am On Apr 19, 2016 |
No ooo, don't blame the paranoid passengers blame ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Boko boys. Who wants to sit in a plane and wait for Insha-allah to turn to Allah-akbar and then boom! 1 Like |
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