US stops British Muslim family from boarding flight to visit Disneyland

jumperabv3

No explanation was given whatsoever.
Airline refused to refund $13,000
The UK government now gets involved with this.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/22/us-stops-british-muslim-family-flight-disneyland-david-cameron

baza52

Quite a reasonable explanation here as to why they were refused.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3371472/David-Cameron-look-Muslim-family-banned-visiting-Disneyland-California-U-S-officials.html#ixzz3vCR1ibtH

jumperabv3

baza52 wrote: »

Quite a reasonable explanation here as to why they were refused.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3371472/David-Cameron-look-Muslim-family-banned-visiting-Disneyland-California-U-S-officials.html#ixzz3vCR1ibtH

Thanks for that!

callum9999

baza52 wrote: »

Quite a reasonable explanation here as to why they were refused.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3371472/David-Cameron-look-Muslim-family-banned-visiting-Disneyland-California-U-S-officials.html#ixzz3vCR1ibtH

We clearly use different dictionaries as that seems neither reasonable (incredibly weak reasoning) nor an explanation (it's theory) to me!

baza52

end of the day, who cares....

Moto2

Daily Mail links?

I'll pass thanks

baza52

People are refused entry into the US for all sorts of reasons.
If it wasn't a Muslim family it would not have made the news.

Tygermoth

baza52 wrote: »

People are refused entry into the US for all sorts of reasons.
If it wasn't a Muslim family it would not have made the news.

I was nearly refused entry as the fingerprint scanners refused to pick up my fingerprints, no joke. something that small.

Luckily just as they were going to take me out of the queue the machine registered the last try.

I was then allowed in.

So it can be a small thing like that... or then again a larger issue of the family in question having a Facebook account registered at the address which was potentially linked to a terrorist group.

callum9999

baza52 wrote: »

end of the day, who cares....

I think you'll find many people care. It may please you and the huge population of bigots in this country (note you weren't placed in the bigot category in that sentence before throwing a hissy fit), but I'd much rather live in a tolerant country than the toxic cesspit Britain's becoming.

Perhaps an unfair assessment though, it seems like it's probably always been this way and people are just more confident to display it now.

baza52

can you honestly say we would have seen the headline if it were a "British Christian family" or ""British Sikh Family" or "British Jewish family".

If it were any other religion other than Muslim nobody would know about it or care.

Surprisingly hardly any press about the UK refusing entry to a USA citizen http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stockport-womans-heartbreak-american-fiance-10628916

pendragon_arther

We'll have to wait until we discover if this family are truly innocent. But if you can understand our and the US's security forces are stretched to the limit with so many terrorist cells springing up all over the place all intent on blowing up me and you and as it's now Xmas the most important Christian season which makes it a good time for martyrs to commit suicide, you may take a bit of time to think perhaps this wasn't an over-reaction. SIS and SS in the UK reckon there's a potential 2,000 cells and to surveillance them all is nigh-on impossible. If I had a choice on how I would die it certainly wouldn't be by having my arms and legs blown off by a terrorist who believes he'll get 72 dark-eyed virgins in Paradise.