Detained for 10 mins doesn't equal "victim of islamophobia". A few minutes of questioning was no reason for him to throw a tantrum.
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Oh I'm sure they are, especially the labour workforce, but that applies to Muslim desis/Asians as well, not just non-Muslim Indians and white people like kaka was implying. In fact, you would actually be treated better there if you were a white amreekan.
White Americans, they are like kryptonite in Arab countries.
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Oh I'm sure they are, especially the labour workforce, but that applies to Muslim desis/Asians as well, not just non-Muslim Indians and white people like kaka was implying. In fact, you would actually be treated better there if you were a white amreekan.
White Americans, they are like kryptonite in Arab countries.
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even in everyday public life, its a bit like mini-apartheid if you don't stick to the places you are supposed to be.
that's a stretch. I live in dubai and although I'm not indian, I haven't seen this...
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It is high time that people realise that being a neta in India does not mean anything while you are out of the country. It was so stupid for the minister to create these tantrums. It is easy for people to scream Islamphobia without understanding the situation.
If I remember correctly, once even the senator Kennedy was detained and asked tough questions.
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With the Samajwadi Party coming out in support of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s decision to boycott a lecture at Harvard University in protest against the “humiliation” meted out to Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan at Boston airport, the focus has now shifted to the party’s next move.
The possibility of its playing the Muslim card ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha poll by using the issue of Mr. Khan’s detention, especially in this State, has not been ruled out in political circles.
According to reports from New York, Mr. Yadav has also cancelled a reception planned by the Indian Consul-General there for Saturday. He is cutting short his U.S. visit and taking a flight back home on Sunday.
“The Chief Minister gave a fitting reply to those who have tried to undermine Indian pride,” SP spokesman and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Rajendra Chaudhary said here. Mr. Yadav showed that he was a true “Samajwadi.”
Condemning the detention of Mr. Khan at the airport, Mr. Chaudhary said that by frisking the senior SP leader the U.S. “has shown its racial bias and prejudice against Muslims.” Even “Ram Manohar Lohia [SP ideologue] was arrested in the U.S. when he protested against racial discrimination,” he recalled.
In a statement, Mr. Chaudhary said, “America considers Muslims terrorists and a threat to its security.” And by doing so it was “playing a dangerous game of division along religious lines.” In this context, he mentioned the “treatment” meted out to the former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and film star Shah Rukh Khan.
Slamming the UPA government, the SP said these incidents were a reflection of India’s weak foreign policy.
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Now our demigog leader is blaming Salman Khurshid for his so called detention.
Khisiani billi khamba noche.
Earlier i thought he was suffering from victimophobia but our leaders are way smarter than that. He is suffering from netaphobia which is more celebrated in india
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He should have caught the next flight home if he had the bal^$. Cutting short visits is not going to help. Syndrome of wanting to have the cake and eating it too.
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Consider all that CO2 emissions.