T-shirt in Arabic sparks airport "row"

[marmar]

Published on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 by the BBC
Arabic T-shirt Sparks Airport Row
by Tony Pugh

An architect of Iraqi descent has said he was forced to remove a T-shirt that bore the words "We will not be silent" before boarding a flight at New York.

Raed Jarrar said security officials warned him his clothing was offensive after he checked in for a JetBlue flight to California on 12 August.

Mr Jarrar said he was shocked such an action could be taken in the US.

US transport officials are conducting an inquiry after a complaint from the US Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.

JetBlue said it was also investigating the incident but a spokeswoman said: "We're not clear exactly what happened."

'Authoritarian regimes'

Mr Jarrar's black cotton T-shirt bore the slogan in both Arabic and English.

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[CollegeDUer]

1. Jeese

This just gets worse and worse.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Well at least they won't hate us for our freedoms

[maddezmom]

3. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2482267&mesg_id=2482267