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Muslim chaplain Tahera Ahmad alleges discrimination after being refused u**pened soft drink while man next to her was served u**pened beer
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What happens when you ask for an u**pened can of Diet (http://forums.flll2.com) Coke (http://forums.flll2.com) on an airplane? If you?re a Muslim woman, according to one report, you don?t get served.
And the man sitting next to you gets an u**pened can of beer just fine.
Tahera Ahmad, a Muslim chaplain at Chicago?s **rthwestern University, ed these allegations from onboard a United (http://forums.flll2.com) Airlines (http://forums.flll2.com) flight this weekend in an episode that almost immediately went viral ? and led to pledges to boycott (http://forums.flll2.com) the airline.
On her Facebook page, Ahmad claimed a flight attendant was ?clearly discriminating against me? after she asked for an u**pened of soda for hygiene reasons and says was told, ?Well, I?m sorry. I just can?t give you an u**pened can, so ** Diet (http://forums.flll2.com) Coke (http://forums.flll2.com) for you.?
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Tahera Ahmad alleges discrimination aboard a United (http://forums.flll2.com) Airlines (http://forums.flll2.com) flight on Friday. Photograph: via Tahera Ahmad / Facebook
When the man next to her allegedly got an u**pened beer can from the in-flight service, Ahmad said she was told something even more inflammatory: ?We are unauthorized to give u**pened cans to people, because they may use it as a ****** on the plane.?
Ahmad said her fellow passengers were of ** help: ?you Moslem, you need to shut the F** up,? Ahmad said, in the Facebook post, that she was told by a**ther male passenger across the aisle. ?[y]es you k**w you would use it as a ******, so shut the F** up.?
Ahmad did **t respond to multiple requests for comment, but Muslim activists took to social media to call the alleged incident an ?inexcusable? act of bigotry (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmpa c_national%2Fstatus%2F604658869588140033) as other social media users said they would boycott (http://forums.flll2.com) United (http://forums.flll2.com) Airlines (http://forums.flll2.com) based on what they interpreted as open discrimination.
? Raef (@RaefMusic) May 30, 2015 (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FRae fMusic%2Fstatus%2F604699345955528704) I logged over 130,000 miles with @United (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Funi ted) - will take my biz elsewhere if #UnitedAirlines (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhas htag%2FUnitedAirlines%3Fsrc%3Dhash) isnt #unitedfortahera (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhas htag%2Funitedfortahera%3Fsrc%3Dhash) @TaheraHAhmad (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FTah eraHAhmad),we stand with u
? ariba (@beebee313) May 30, 2015 (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbee bee313%2Fstatus%2F604526140674461696) I will **t be flying #UnitedAirlines (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhas htag%2FUnitedAirlines%3Fsrc%3Dhash) ever again until they learn how to **t discriminate. #unitedfortahera (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhas htag%2Funitedfortahera%3Fsrc%3Dhash)
United Airlines (http://forums.flll2.com) spokesman Charles Hobart told the Guardian that the airline was attempting to contact Ahmad in order to ?get a better understanding of what occurred during the flight?.
Hobart also said United (http://forums.flll2.com) was discussing the alleged incident with Shuttle America, United?s regional partner that operated the flight.
Republic Airways, which owns Shuttle America, did **t respond to a request for comment on its beverage policy. Federal Aviation Administration policy (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.faa.gov%2Fabo ut%2Finitiatives%2Fhazmat_safety%2Fmore_info%2F%3F hazmat%3D5) forbids carrying on u**pened *******ic ********* but does **t appear to have a specific ?u**pened can? regulation.
Ahmad told the Chicago Sun-Times (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchicago.suntimes.c om%2Fnews-chicago%2F7%2F71%2F648601%2Fmuslim-chaplain-**rthwestern-university-said-discriminated-united-airlines) that she received an apology from the flight attendant on behalf of herself and the other passenger, saying that the United (http://forums.flll2.com) employee had ?ack**wledged it was unethical and said he never should have said anything?.
The story of Islamophobia (http://forums.flll2.com) at 30,000 feet went viral just hours after an anti-Islam protest in Phoenix (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.co m%2Fus-news%2F2015%2Fmay%2F30%2Fphoenix-anti-islam-protest-draw-muhammad-contest) drew global attention following a lethal incident in Texas earlier this month (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.co m%2Fus-news%2F2015%2Fmay%2F05%2Fgarland-texas-attack-muslim-community-reaction).
The standfirst on this article was amended on 1 June 2015 to more accurately reflect the story.
'** Diet Coke for you': Islamophobia claim prompts United Airlines boycott | World news | The Guardian (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.co m%2Fworld%2F2015%2Fmay%2F30%2Fdiet-coke-islamophobia-united-airlines)
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Muslim chaplain Tahera Ahmad alleges discrimination after being refused u**pened soft drink while man next to her was served u**pened beer
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What happens when you ask for an u**pened can of Diet (http://forums.flll2.com) Coke (http://forums.flll2.com) on an airplane? If you?re a Muslim woman, according to one report, you don?t get served.
And the man sitting next to you gets an u**pened can of beer just fine.
Tahera Ahmad, a Muslim chaplain at Chicago?s **rthwestern University, ed these allegations from onboard a United (http://forums.flll2.com) Airlines (http://forums.flll2.com) flight this weekend in an episode that almost immediately went viral ? and led to pledges to boycott (http://forums.flll2.com) the airline.
On her Facebook page, Ahmad claimed a flight attendant was ?clearly discriminating against me? after she asked for an u**pened of soda for hygiene reasons and says was told, ?Well, I?m sorry. I just can?t give you an u**pened can, so ** Diet (http://forums.flll2.com) Coke (http://forums.flll2.com) for you.?
http://i.guim.co.uk/media/w-300/h--/q-95/6e03a60ece566aa6cff3562b56efc86e2939fdc1/19_0_505_462/500.jpg (http://forums.flll2.com/hsb134313)
Tahera Ahmad alleges discrimination aboard a United (http://forums.flll2.com) Airlines (http://forums.flll2.com) flight on Friday. Photograph: via Tahera Ahmad / Facebook
When the man next to her allegedly got an u**pened beer can from the in-flight service, Ahmad said she was told something even more inflammatory: ?We are unauthorized to give u**pened cans to people, because they may use it as a ****** on the plane.?
Ahmad said her fellow passengers were of ** help: ?you Moslem, you need to shut the F** up,? Ahmad said, in the Facebook post, that she was told by a**ther male passenger across the aisle. ?[y]es you k**w you would use it as a ******, so shut the F** up.?
Ahmad did **t respond to multiple requests for comment, but Muslim activists took to social media to call the alleged incident an ?inexcusable? act of bigotry (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmpa c_national%2Fstatus%2F604658869588140033) as other social media users said they would boycott (http://forums.flll2.com) United (http://forums.flll2.com) Airlines (http://forums.flll2.com) based on what they interpreted as open discrimination.
? Raef (@RaefMusic) May 30, 2015 (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FRae fMusic%2Fstatus%2F604699345955528704) I logged over 130,000 miles with @United (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Funi ted) - will take my biz elsewhere if #UnitedAirlines (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhas htag%2FUnitedAirlines%3Fsrc%3Dhash) isnt #unitedfortahera (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhas htag%2Funitedfortahera%3Fsrc%3Dhash) @TaheraHAhmad (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FTah eraHAhmad),we stand with u
? ariba (@beebee313) May 30, 2015 (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbee bee313%2Fstatus%2F604526140674461696) I will **t be flying #UnitedAirlines (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhas htag%2FUnitedAirlines%3Fsrc%3Dhash) ever again until they learn how to **t discriminate. #unitedfortahera (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhas htag%2Funitedfortahera%3Fsrc%3Dhash)
United Airlines (http://forums.flll2.com) spokesman Charles Hobart told the Guardian that the airline was attempting to contact Ahmad in order to ?get a better understanding of what occurred during the flight?.
Hobart also said United (http://forums.flll2.com) was discussing the alleged incident with Shuttle America, United?s regional partner that operated the flight.
Republic Airways, which owns Shuttle America, did **t respond to a request for comment on its beverage policy. Federal Aviation Administration policy (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.faa.gov%2Fabo ut%2Finitiatives%2Fhazmat_safety%2Fmore_info%2F%3F hazmat%3D5) forbids carrying on u**pened *******ic ********* but does **t appear to have a specific ?u**pened can? regulation.
Ahmad told the Chicago Sun-Times (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchicago.suntimes.c om%2Fnews-chicago%2F7%2F71%2F648601%2Fmuslim-chaplain-**rthwestern-university-said-discriminated-united-airlines) that she received an apology from the flight attendant on behalf of herself and the other passenger, saying that the United (http://forums.flll2.com) employee had ?ack**wledged it was unethical and said he never should have said anything?.
The story of Islamophobia (http://forums.flll2.com) at 30,000 feet went viral just hours after an anti-Islam protest in Phoenix (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.co m%2Fus-news%2F2015%2Fmay%2F30%2Fphoenix-anti-islam-protest-draw-muhammad-contest) drew global attention following a lethal incident in Texas earlier this month (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.co m%2Fus-news%2F2015%2Fmay%2F05%2Fgarland-texas-attack-muslim-community-reaction).
The standfirst on this article was amended on 1 June 2015 to more accurately reflect the story.
'** Diet Coke for you': Islamophobia claim prompts United Airlines boycott | World news | The Guardian (http://forums.flll2.com/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.co m%2Fworld%2F2015%2Fmay%2F30%2Fdiet-coke-islamophobia-united-airlines)
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