Prime Minister David Cameron has been urged to challenge the United States after a British family of 11 was stopped from visiting Disneyland in Los Angeles, it has emerged.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Tariq Mahmood, from Walthamstow, London, was preparing to board a flight with his brother and nine of their children on December 15, but officials from US Homeland Security stopped them as they queued in the departure lounge at Gatwick Airport.<\/p>\n
The family, who spent thousands of pounds on the trip, were then told their authorization to travel had been canceled.<\/p>\n
Mahmood said no reason was given as to why they could not board the flight, despite their clearance to travel under the Visa Waiver program, which authorizes travel to the US for up to 90 days without a visa.<\/p>\n
\nIt’s absolutely disgusting that a British Muslim family were denied their dream holiday to Disneyland. This world is disgusting.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Mark (@MARKSMlTH) December 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\u201cIt\u2019s because of the attacks on America \u2014 they think every Muslim poses a threat<\/em>,\u201d the father commented on the incident to the Guardian.<\/p>\n\u201cI have never been more embarrassed in my life<\/em>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\u2018Trumped\u2019<\/h3>\n
After receiving no response from US authorities, Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy wrote to Cameron asking why the family had been stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the embassy won\u2019t answer to the family\u2019s MP, it should answer to their prime minister and he to us about what he is doing to ensure that no British citizen is being discriminated against for their faith on our shores<\/em>,\u201d she wrote in the Guardian.<\/p>\nCreasy said she is concerned about the growing number of British Muslims being stopped from entering the US with no apparent reason.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump called for a halt to Muslims entering the US until authorities could \u201cfigure out<\/em>\u201d Muslim attitudes to America.<\/p>\nCreasy fears many UK Muslims are being \u201ctrumped<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOnline and offline discussions reverberate with the growing fear that UK Muslims are being \u2018trumped\u2019 \u2014 that widespread condemnation of Donald Trump\u2019s call for no Muslim to be allowed into America contrasts with what is going on in practice<\/em>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nThere has been no further clarity given from either the UK or US security services on the threat the family were perceived to pose, she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Prime Minister would consider the issues raised and respond in due course<\/em>,\u201d a Downing Street spokesman told Sky News.<\/p>\n\u201cIt would be the airline that would stop passengers travelling rather than the border force<\/em>,\u201d the Home Office added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nVia RT<\/a>.\u00a0This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister David Cameron has been urged to challenge the United States after a British family of 11 was stopped from visiting Disneyland in Los Angeles, it has emerged. Mohammed Tariq Mahmood, from Walthamstow, London, was preparing to board a flight with his brother and nine of their children on December 15, but officials from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-211164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}