Posted on 08/16/2009 5:32:35 PM PDT by pillut48
The Indian government said Sunday the United States must explain why Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan was questioned at a New York airport, after the actor suggested he was singled out as a Muslim.
Fellow Bollywood stars sprang to Khan's defence at the weekend and told of their experiences at the hands of US immigration officials.
Irrfan Khan, who played the police inspector in last year's hit film Slumdog Millionaire, said that US screening staff seemed "threatened by any Muslim passport".
"I can understand America's need for caution after 9/11 but they also need to be a little more thoughtful about their methods," he said, adding he had been detained three times for questioning in various parts of the world.
Neil Nitin Mukesh said he had been detained in New York by an officer who appeared to believe he was too fair-skinned to be Indian and may have a false passport.
Shahrukh Khan's troubles were "yet another example of American paranoia post-9/11", director Kabir Khan said. "It saddens me to say this but I don't think the US will ever be cured of Islamophobia."
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As if that needed proved.
Time for another Beer Party at the Whitehouse!
Bollywood stars, STFU!! Absolutely no one cares what you think!
Most Hindu Indians I’ve met I like very much. Can’t say the same for the Moose-limb ones.
To be truthful, you get a Hindu alone in a room, and typically they’ll admit they’re not fond of the Muzzies much themselves...
Well, there have historically been tensions in the Indian sub-continent between Hindus and Muslims.
In fact, this is why when British India became independent of Britian, it split into two countries - India and Pakistan. Millions of Hindus living in the area that became Pakistan migrated to India, and millions of Muslims living in the area that became India migrated to Pakistan.
I'm sorry, is the United States the country where Hindu mobs burn trains full of muzzys? Is the United States the country where religious motivated unrest results in scores of people laying dead in the streets?
Look, Khan, if you don't like our entry requirements, stay in that crap hole, India. If you're craving a first world, civilized country, then play by our rules and shut your pie hole.
You may be the bees knees in the endless slum of india, but here, you're a nobody. Get used to it.
What is the problem?
THe Indian Gov’t can kiss my @ss.
What did a famous politician once say they could do 'if they can't take a joke'?
“It saddens me to say this but I don’t think the US will ever be cured of Islamophobia.”
... until we’ve cured the world of Islam.
First of all, he’s just a star in a movie, not a god. He also should have thanked security for being so cautious. After all, if he is so innocent, then he might be saved because security is so thorough in the U.S.
I agree. Islam is a violent political system of oppression, fascism, racism, misogyny, and genocide wrapped up in the false cloak of religion.
They can wipe my behind. I guess the Indians want the red carpet treatment for one of their Bollywood stars that no American gives a nickel care about. I have seen SlumDog and it’s one of the most overrated pieces of crap I’ve seen.
They marketed it as West Side Story - curry style and the barf factor went up 10-fold. This is what you get when actors speak and no one listens nor cares.
I thought he had the same name as someone on a watch list, which would mean he wasn’t singled out because he was a Muslim, but because his parents chose too common of a name for their baby.
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