http://www.wfae.org/wfae/1_87_316.cfm?action=display&id=7297 At least three Muslim clergymen were denied access to flights bound for Charlotte over the weekend. ...The airlines are saying little about why the men were not allowed to fly.
Imam Al-Amin Abdul Latif ... American Airlines refused to let him on the plane.
…”What’s happening here is an issue of lack of education and ignorance,” says Safaa Zarzour, Secretary General of the nonprofit Islamic Society of North America.
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American Airlines would not explain the decision to bar Latif, but only said in a statement there was "no ill intent on the part of any of (its) employees."
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Delta Airlines apologized for the inconvenience in a statement and called the incident "extremely rare," but refused to answer questions about the pilot's actions.