| John2290 said: For apparently no reason at all... http://news.sky.com/story/1611036/us-stops-uk-muslim-familys-dream-holiday abour MP has called on the Prime Minister to intervene after a British Muslim family at Gatwick Airport was prevented from flying to California. The group of 11, including nine children, was about to travel to Los Angeles on a dream holiday last Tuesday when they were approached by US Homeland Security officials in the departure lounge. The officials told Mohammad Tariq Mahmood and his party that their authorisation to travel on the flight had been cancelled without further explanation. Labour's Stella Creasy, who is the family's local MP, has written to David Cameron to try to find out why the family was stopped. She also said a growing number of British Muslims claim they have received similar treatment. It comes as Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump recently called for all Muslims to be stopped from entering the United States. Mr Mahmood, who was travelling with his brother and nine of their children aged between eight and 19, said a week on they still had not been given a reason for the last-minute cancellation. But he told The Guardian: "It's because of the attacks on America - they think every Muslim poses a threat." The family has also reportedly been told by their airline, Norwegian Air, that the £9,000 cost of their flights will not be refunded. Ms Creasy believes a lack of information from US authorities about why they were prevented from travelling is fuelling resentment within British Muslim communities. She said: "It is not just the family themselves who are livid. "The vacuum created by a refusal to provide any context for these decisions is fuelling resentment and debate. "Online and offline discussions reverberate with the growing fear UK Muslims are being 'trumped' - that widespread condemnation of Donald Trump’s call for no Muslim to be allowed into America contrasts with what is going on in practice."
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This just came on the news (ITV) and they had something about the father having something on his facebook page about being the leader of the Taliban. He says he doesn't know how that got on there and it must have been hackers?? But if that's the case I do now understand the travel refusal even if it was a joke.
It's pretty much the equivalent if shouting bomb in the airport.
RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.
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) and nobody in America seems to care, the media isn't crying about it.
