British Muslim family of eleven prevented from flying to the US
Mohammad Tariq Mahmmod, a British Muslim from northeast London has
spoken out on how he was barred from travelling to the US with his brother
and nine children. He says they were on their way to Disneyland but were
prevented from boarding a plane to LA by US officials who refused to
explain their actions despite being granted online authorization.
Mahmood who says his family weren't returned the cost of tickets
totalling £9000 also said: 'It’s because of the attacks on America –
they
think every Muslim poses a threat. I have never been more embarrassed
in my life. I work here, I have a business here. But we were alienated.'
Stella
Creasey, MP in Mahmood's constituency says she got no reply after
contacting the US embassy on the issue, she also raised the issue with
Prime Minister, David Cameron and he has promised to look into it.
Ajmal Masroor, who is also from north London, told the BBC: 'America is
the country of the free and the brave, that's what we're told, but it
looks like it has stooped down to paranoia and narrow-mindedness and
that's unfortunate.'
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