You will be fine. However, it isn’t exactly a good time to visit... Covid is surging badly... there are so many restrictions now and probably will be more soon... maybe put it off for a year?
You will be fine. However, it isn’t exactly a good time to visit... Covid is surging badly... there are so many restrictions now and probably will be more soon... maybe put it off for a year?
| VAMatt said: The US us totally fine for a visit, or to live. It has problems, just like anywhere else. But, some of these comments above clearly come from people that have no idea of what is going on here. Bottom line, there are literally millions of Muslims in the US, and they live life just like anyone else. Racism isn't zero, but you're unlikely to have any real problems during a visit. |
Pot calling the kettle black.


| VAMatt said: The US us totally fine for a visit, or to live. It has problems, just like anywhere else. But, some of these comments above clearly come from people that have no idea of what is going on here. Bottom line, there are literally millions of Muslims in the US, and they live life just like anyone else. Racism isn't zero, but you're unlikely to have any real problems during a visit. |
Pretty sure I do. Living here and all.

Seems like its ok to be muslim in the US for the most part. Just dont be happy, inclusive and content with your life while in LA. You need to blame the US for the worlds problems and youll be fine.
Joking obviously. Just enjoy yourself and have a great vacation.
As long as you steer clear of the deep South, (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Georgia, Florida), you should be fine. Texas and Florida are two of the main states, along with California and Arizona - which is where I live :/, that the virus is spreading.
Furthermore, thanks to Dumb and Dumber (Trump and his administration), racism is running rampant in many places, ESPECIALLY in the states I just mentioned.
Between the racial problems that have been escalating since the George Floyd murderer and Covid-19 at an all time high and getting higher, it's a REALLY bad time to be coming to the States as at the moment. I'd probably postpone it for a year if I were you.
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I don't think anyone has properly answered your question which is about wearing traditional muslim clothes at the airport.
I can't either but I can tell you a little story a working colleague told me once.
A friend of his (German with Turkish descent) travelled from Berlin to New York. In the US, he was denied entry because he previously also travelled to South-East Turkey (which is where his family is coming from). They thought he was an IS fighter who went to this part of Turkey so he could easily cross the Syrian border.
His German passport didn't help him either. He had to fly back immediately.
So if you've been to any place close to Syria (and probably Iran, Afghanistan etc. as well), you will likely be denied entry too.
Well it has been 10 years since I been in the US so cannot say.
This is about the time they started rolling out the extra security measures in LAX, where you had to take your shoes off, couldn't take a drink past security etc. I got in fine, my wife they looked her over a few times cause of her passport lol.
Then the drama began, my flight got cancelled, so they moved us to another flight and then we become tagged. Every place that did a search at the airport searched us.
Later I found out from a local the reason that happened was because we were international and rebooked a flight within 24hours of boarding one, so your ticket is flagged with 4 little SSSS signs on it lol. Not sure if that is as obvious now or if they hide it on the ticket better.
Thank you guys, you reassured me a lot and you took away that image of US Islamophobia a bit, and don't worry if I go I will take my precautions
The vast majority Americans are great. Like any country they have a certain proportion of idiots roaming around. American idiots seem to be a lot louder than idiots from other countries. The chances are that you won't actually meet any because they are too busy making their country look bad on the Internet...


| Leynos said: The US is a mess. Racial tensions since it's current leadership has made it seem okay to be outwardly racist and prejudice. On top of that, there is a worldwide pandemic and the US being the hotspot. This could not be a worse time to visit. Let's see where things are at next summer. Maybe have a new regime and a vaccine out to get things under control. Stay clear right now. |
Yeah it's nowhere near this bad - especially if you live in the suburbs like I do. It's actually super peaceful here. I guess if you're not from here and all you know is the sensationalist news you'd think America is on fire right now, but things are actually more or less normal here and most people you'll run into are either benign/friendly or keep to themselves. If anything, you might want to stay out of some of the major cities as there's been some civil unrest there lately (lots of people with no jobs currently going nuts in certain cities haha) but most of the straight-up rioting has died down at this point.
As far as Covid goes - cases are up, though it's largely because of a major increase in people being tested, and deaths from it are way down anyway.
The airport TSA irks me as a libertarian for sure - but I doubt you'll have real issues. There's a chance you may get a bit extra attention but there's nothing to worry about as long as you comply with items that are approved for travel - ie not large containers of liquids/water bottles from outside the airport. I've neglected to discard those before going through security and have been thoroughly searched, my entire luggage emptied out and examined - basically made to feel like a criminal. And this is coming from a white dude heh. So they certainly didn't discriminate when it came to my TSA shakedowns.. But hey if this thorough search happens to you, simply take the extra 5 mins to go through it - then they'll send you on your way. No harm done. It's annoying, but still a minor inconvenience at the end of the day.
But while I'm not a fan of the TSA, I really feel most are on the lookout for suspicious activity and/or luggage versus unfairly profiling people simply from their looks - I'm sure there are exceptions of course but for the most part this seems to be the case. I HIGHLY doubt you'll be pulled aside and given extra searching just for your appearance.
Despite what you may have heard about how horrible some can be in the US, most of us (at least in my experience) here are fairly normal people just living our lives, and most tend to "live and let live." We're a major melting pot here so most tend to treat eachother as individuals, most are very used to our diversity and are very accepting of people of different backgrounds (or at least act like they are). That even includes the Authoritarian TSA for the most part. Not sure where this person is getting the notion of "being outwardly racist and prejudice totally flies now!" but it's simply not true. Very much the opposite. You may get the occasional look from a paranoid Karen/Ken or two (which still isn't ok), but that's literally it.
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