Detained for four hours after she made the white passenger ‘uncomfortable’
A Muslim woman and activist was forcibly removed from flight and detained for four hours after she reportedly got into an argument with first class white passenger over the special treatment given to him by the American Airlines. The victim, identified as Amani al-Khatahtbeh, was travelling from Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey to Charlotte, North Carolina, when the incident took place. Al-Khatahtbeh, a congressional candidate, is a founder of Muslimgirl.com. In a statement issued by American Airlines, the altercation between Al-Khatahtbeh and the white male passenger started during the Transportation Security Administration screening process. Sharing her experience on Twitter, Al-Khatahtbeh alleged that the white man had her removed from the flight because she made him feel uncomfortable. “I had the craziest experience in TSA this morning. An entitled white man behind me insisted on cutting me in line because I was ‘still taking my shoes off.’ When I said he could wait like everyone else, he started going off about how he’s ‘pre check’ and ‘first class”, she said in her tweet.
