GULLIVER was surprised to discover last night that, on what was by no means a slow news day, CNN.com deemed this story to be worthy of the lead slot on its international edition. The article suggests that Tahera Ahmad (pictured), a 31-year-old Muslim chaplain, was discriminated against by a United Airlines flight attendant and verbally abused by fellow passengers. Writing about the altercation on Facebook while still airborne, Ms Ahmad recounted asking the cabin crew member for an unopened can of diet coke “due to hygienic reasons”. The United employee refused. Cans have to be opened by attendants, she explained, because company guidelines that warn of pressurised containers being used as weapons. Cue an outpouring of support for Ms Ahmad and threats of a boycott of United on social media, coalescing around the Twitter hashtag campaign #unitedfortahera.
Ms Ahmad believes she was discriminated against because the same flight attendant handed...Continue reading
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