And Americans have to wonder why they aren't liked in the world? This is
ridiculous.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 8:40 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] British Muslims Seek Answers to Why They Are
Being Barred From US Travel to Disneyland
Salhani writes: "After months of saving for a family trip to Disneyland, a
family of 11 British Muslims was told by UK border officials that they
wouldn't be allowed to board a plane to the United States."
Mohammad Tariq Mahmood, whose British Muslim family were banned by the US
from flying to Los Angeles to visit Disneyland, describes their ordeal.
(photo: Guardian UK)
British Muslims Seek Answers to Why They Are Being Barred From US Travel to
Disneyland
By Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
23 December 15
After months of saving for a family trip to Disneyland, a family of 11
British Muslims was told by UK border officials that they wouldn't be
allowed to board a plane to the United States.
"A man from UK Border Force came and said, 'I'm sorry you can't board this
flight. We received a call from Washington, D.C. that we can't allow this
family to board the flight'," Mohammad Zahid Mahmood told the BBC.
Mahmoud was traveling with his brother and nine of their children, and spent
9,000 GBP ($13,384.80) on plane tickets that were not refunded. They were
also prevented from traveling despite having applied for and been granted
travel authorization weeks before their scheduled departure. The family was
also forced to return all their purchases from the duty-free store before
being escorted out of the airport.
Stella Creasy, a Labour Party Member of Parliament, wrote to Prime Minister
David Cameron asking him to further investigate why British Muslims are
being rejected from traveling to the United States.
"Creasy said she is concerned that a growing number of British Muslims are
saying they have had similar experiences of being barred from the US without
being told the reasons for the exclusion," the Guardian reported.
British citizens are granted authorization to enter the U.S. under the Visa
Waiver Program, but America has seemingly made it harder for British Muslims
to travel stateside. Noted British Imam Ajmal Mansour was also recently
turned away from a flight to New York.
"I am baffled, annoyed and angry," he wrote in a Facebook post. "USA has the
right to issue and revoke visa - I fully understand that. However not
forwarding any reasons infuriates ordinary people. It does not win the
hearts and minds of people, it turns them off. I am amazed how irrational
these processes are but does USA care about what you and I think? I don't
think so!"
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Mohammad Tariq Mahmood, whose British Muslim family were banned by the US
from flying to Los Angeles to visit Disneyland, describes their ordeal.
(photo: Guardian UK)
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/12/23/3734855/british-muslims-barred/htt
p://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/12/23/3734855/british-muslims-barred/
British Muslims Seek Answers to Why They Are Being Barred From US Travel to
Disneyland
By Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
23 December 15
fter months of saving for a family trip to Disneyland, a family of 11
British Muslims was told by UK border officials that they wouldn't be
allowed to board a plane to the United States.
"A man from UK Border Force came and said, 'I'm sorry you can't board this
flight. We received a call from Washington, D.C. that we can't allow this
family to board the flight'," Mohammad Zahid Mahmood told the BBC.
Mahmoud was traveling with his brother and nine of their children, and spent
9,000 GBP ($13,384.80) on plane tickets that were not refunded. They were
also prevented from traveling despite having applied for and been granted
travel authorization weeks before their scheduled departure. The family was
also forced to return all their purchases from the duty-free store before
being escorted out of the airport.
Stella Creasy, a Labour Party Member of Parliament, wrote to Prime Minister
David Cameron asking him to further investigate why British Muslims are
being rejected from traveling to the United States.
"Creasy said she is concerned that a growing number of British Muslims are
saying they have had similar experiences of being barred from the US without
being told the reasons for the exclusion," the Guardian reported.
British citizens are granted authorization to enter the U.S. under the Visa
Waiver Program, but America has seemingly made it harder for British Muslims
to travel stateside. Noted British Imam Ajmal Mansour was also recently
turned away from a flight to New York.
"I am baffled, annoyed and angry," he wrote in a Facebook post. "USA has the
right to issue and revoke visa - I fully understand that. However not
forwarding any reasons infuriates ordinary people. It does not win the
hearts and minds of people, it turns them off. I am amazed how irrational
these processes are but does USA care about what you and I think? I don't
think so!"
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