Posted on 12/23/2015 9:02:28 AM PST by Citizen Zed
A British Muslim family heading for Disneyland was barred from boarding a flight to Los Angeles by US authorities at London's Gatwick airport amid concerns of an American overreaction to the perceived terrorist threat.
US Department of Homeland Security officials provided no explanation for why the country refused to allow the family of 11 to board the planeeven though they had been granted travel authorization online ahead of their planned 15 December flight.
Senior politicians have been drawn into the case, warning that a growing number of British Muslims are being barred from the US without being told the reason for their exclusion.
Aides to the prime minister, David Cameron, have promised that he will examine the case, which comes as a leading community group in the US has warned that Muslims are being subject to "an unprecedented and dramatic increase" in violent and hostile incidents. Advocates attribute this increase to the recent terror attacks in Paris and the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
Comments by the Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump calling for a ban on all Muslims entering the US have also contributed to the tense atmosphere.
President Obama alluded to these comments in a speech earlier this month. "We betray our most noble past as well if we were to deny the possibility of movement, the possibility of progress, if we were to let cynicism consume us and fear overwhelm us," Obama said.
The case of the family from London who were turned back at the airport has been raised by the British Labour MP Stella Creasy, who believes a lack of information from US authorities is fuelling resentment within British Muslim communities.
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Aww, poor babies. Go to EuroDisney.
The moose should have told them out front.
Family of 11 vermin wonder why they were denied a right to enter the US? How about because they’re a family of 11 vermin? Let them go to Euro Disney. They need the money.
We wouldn’t permit a family of 11 chancre-ridden syphilitic pusbags to enter the country, would we? (Heck no. There’s a good chance they’d be appointed to Obama’ cabinet.)
Disneyland Paris was out of the question?
Does that psychobabble make sense to anyone? Who was "concerned" about an "American overreaction". The "US authorities"? If so, they were possibly trying to protect this family from an "American overreaction".
What part of the terrorist massacre in San Bernardino was "perceived"?
Ditzy bimbos.
“”a leading community group in the US has warned that Muslims are being subject to “an unprecedented and dramatic increase” in violent and hostile incidents””
Gee! Wonder what LEADING COMMUNITY GROUP that could be!!! AND when are we going to see/hear about the “unprecedented and dramatic increase” in violent and hostile incidents? Does San Bernardino count????
Someone in the UK and the muslim community has some big bucks if airfare alone cost $13,000+.....Add in the cost for 10 or 11 people to go to Disneyland! BIGGGG BUCKS! Wonder what ethnicity we’re talking about here? Iranians love Southern CA and spend a lot of money there. Well, let’s say they love it but once they take up residence there, everything is better in IRAN...
From the article “Mohammad Tariq Mahmood was one of the family members turned away from the flight. He was travelling with his brother and nine of their children. “
11 = 1 guy + his brother + 9 kids. Where are the moms? That is strange...
Yes, you can bet there’s much more than this. How would TSA or whomever know they were going to Disney? Surely, that’s not on some form. Normally you’re only asked “business or pleasure.” What sort of weird contraband is sold at airport shops that needed to be returned?
“Muslims are being subject to “an unprecedented and dramatic increase” in violent and hostile incidents.”
Stop it, you’re killing me.
Don’t make the Muslim’s mad. They might get mad.
That’s the funniest post ever on FR; I loved a lot of the John Candy movies and he was so unassuming, this guy owned a Jiffy Lube or one of those types of outfits here and he looked like JC, I even asked him if anyone had ever told him that.
There I-Moms.
On the surface, this looks bad to many but they might have radical connections, go to a radical Mosque, be related to someone dangerous, there are a number of factors here really that could be looked at.
Plus this happened in London.
What are OUR agents doing over there? And how do they have any power?
Shouldn't the Muzzies be mad at the Brits?
Finally WHY would 11 Muzzies fly from England to DisneyLAND?
Disney WORLD is way closer.
This story raises more questions than answers.
Yep. The community agitator and chief? Sounds like a setup.
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