Friday, May 11, 2018

#CANADA: Sikh Cabinet Min. Receives US Apology After Being Forced To Remove Turban At Airport Security

[world politics news]


A Sikh Canadian cabinet minister is revealing his disturbing encounter with airport security guards at a U.S. airport, calling it religious discrimination. Navdeep Bains, an Ontario MP and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development had already passed through security at the Detroit airport in April 2017, when guards demanded that he remove his turban. He complied. US officials have now issued an apology for the incident.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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