USA: United Airlines faces boycott calls after passenger alleges Islamophobia

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United Airlines is facing growing criticism for alleged Islamophobia after a female Muslim passenger claimed to be openly discriminated against on a recent flight.

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By Harretz | May 31, 2015

Female Muslim passenger's Facebook post says a flight attendant refused to give her an unopened can of soda for fear she might 'use it as a weapon,' and that other passengers didn't stand up for her.

United Airlines is facing growing criticism for alleged Islamophobia after a female Muslim passenger claimed to be openly discriminated against on a recent flight.

Tahera Ahmad, who is director of interfaith engagement at Northwestern University, posted the details of the incident on Facebook on Saturday. She claimed that a flight attendant refused to give her an unopened can of Diet Coke since "people may use it as a weapon on the plane."

When Ahmad replied that the flight attendant gave the man next to her an unopened can of beer, the flight attendant allegedly responded that "it's so you don't use it as a weapon," she said in the post.

Ahmad said that when she asked other passengers if they witnessed the incident, a nearby passenger said "you know you would use it as a weapon," addressed her as "you Muslim," and told her to "shut the f*** up." She wrote that she broke down in "tears of humiliation from discrimination."

The Facebook post went viral, and a #unitedfortahera hashtag immediately began trending worldwide. Many tweeps have threatened to boycott the airline until it issued Ahmad a formal apology. [more ... ]



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