$240,000 awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt

$240,000 awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt

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An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 dollars in compensation, campaigners said Monday.

Raed Jarrar received the pay out on Friday from two US Transportation Security Authority officials and from JetBlue Airways following the August 2006 incident at New York's JFK Airport, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced.

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Another story of racial/religious discrimination from an airline.

All this thanks to 9/11.

I feel so sorry for Muslims in America, and the prejudice they must face day-to-day because so many of the popular are brainwashed into believing they are the enemy.

I say congratulations to Mr Jarrar for standing up for his rights.

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Yes, a true patriot IMHO. If we cannot abide by the precepts and tennants of our Constitution AND Bill of Rights, then we are NO better than those we decry