Source: Independent

1. Ask for water

Two Muslim women were escorted off an American Airlines flight by armed police this week after a flight attendant said they made him feel “unsafe”.

One of the women, Niala Mohammad (pictured above), said that their plane had been grounded for about five hours in Miami and they were not allowed to buy food or drink. After making complaints they were told to get off.

2. Ask your neighbour to switch seats

A Muslim woman was asked to get off a plane at Chicago airport in April without any explanation after she asked her neighbour to switch seats.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called for an investigation of a possible “bias motive” as the woman was of Somali descent and was wearing a headscarf.

When police asked the flight attendant at the gate if there was any reason why the woman had been taken off the plane, the flight attendant replied “no” and that she did “not feel comfortable” with the passenger.

3. Have a name similar to someone else

Syed Adam Ahmed, a six-year-old boy from Canada, has been repeatedly banned from boarding flights because he is on a “high risk traveller” list.

Despite authorities promising to remove him from the list months earlier, Syed was banned from boarding an Air Canada flight in March.

Although they have had no explanation for why their son is on the list, his family believe it may be because he shares his name with a suspected terrorist.

4. Speak Arabic

A man who moved to the US as an Iraqi refugee was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight in April after making a call to family in Baghdad.

After telling his uncle about the chicken dinner he’d had at an evening with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was asked to disembark the plane because his conversation had “alarmed” another passenger who accused him of making “potentially threatening comments”.

5. Look Muslim

A family of five were kicked off a United Airlines plane at a Chicago airport just before take-off in April with staff citing “safety concerns” but not providing a full explanation.

Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley (pictured above), who was with her husband and three children, asked the pilot whether it was a “discriminatory” decision. The pilot replied it was a “flight safety issue” but did not give any further details.

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