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Sunday, August 27, 2006

Bhago Asian Aya

The paranoia among the western air passengers against their asian counterparts has led me to coin this term " Bhago Asian Aya" (Run away from the asians). In the recent week since the alleged plot to blow up ten american flights in the mid air came to light there has been several cases of racial profiling. The Asians and the Arabs were forced off the flight in America and Europe as their appearence, way of talking and behaviour caused suspicion among the civilised europeans. Some of the cases that were highlighted are as under:
1. Twelve indian passengers were detained at Amsterdam when a Mumbai-bound U.S plane was forced to return back shortly after take off because of alleged suspicious activity on board.

2. Two asian students, Sohail Ashraf and Khurram Zeb, were forced off a Manchester-bound flight from Spain on August 16 only because their white co-passengers felt unsafe to travel along with them. Interestingly both the duos were born and brought up in Britain.

3. In another incident at Manchester airport, a British Asian pilot Amar Ashraf was removed from a U.S. -bound flight and questioned by armed police.

4. Another is a case of a doctor from Canada, Ahmed Farooq, who was escorted off a United Airlines flight in Denver after reciting prayers that other passengers regarded as suspicious

5. In another recent incident, Azar Iqbal, a British Asian, was questioned by U.S immigration officials as he stepped off a Delta airlines flight in Atlanta and deported back to Britain.

All these cases substantiate the fact that we Asians as well as the Arabs are looked as fear-factors by the westerns. In all the above cases it was later found that their suspicion was baseless. Afterall all these peoples were allowed to board their flight only after clearing all the security checks. Don't they (the westerns) have have faith over their security officials ? or are they crying wolf? Well if the same situation prevails then the day is not far when the European mothers would calm their crying kids by saying Bete so ja nahi to Asians aa jayenge ( Son sleep down or else the asians would come).

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