Islamophobia and the predominant fear of terrorism are nothing new to the US, but one airline took patronizing its customers to the next level. A Muslim woman on board of an internal United Airlines flight was denied a can of coke under the allegation that she would use it as a weapon. Tahera Ahmad, 31, associate chaplain and director of interfaith engagement at Northwest University was on her way from Chicago to Washington DC on Friday when she made a quite normal request to have a can of diet coke. What wasn’t normal though was the flight attendants refusal to meet her request, saying “Well I’m sorry I just can’t give you an unopened can so no diet coke for you,” as mentioned on Ahmad’s Facebook page. I'm asking all of you to let @united know that you are disgusted with this bigotry, that the must act! pic.twitter.com/fHOAE8PvjP— Suhaib Webb (@ImamSuhaibWebb) May 30, 2015 Shortly afterwards, a nearby passenger made a similar request for an unopened can of beer which was instantly fulfilled. This prompted Ahmad to inquire about the reason why unlike the other passenger she couldn’t get her unopened…
Muslim Woman Denied A Can Of Coke ‘So She Doesn’t Use It As A Weapon’
June 1, 2015
