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Sikh actor turned away from flight for refusing to remove turban
Waris Ahluwalia, who appeared in The Grand Budapest Hotel, says he would have been happy to take it off in a private screening room
A Sikh actor says he was barred from boarding a flight to New York because he refused to remove his turban.
Waris Ahluwalia, who appeared in The Grand Budapest Hotel and is also a designer, said he was taken aside by security personnel as other passengers boarded the flight in Mexico City before searching his bag, swabbing him and frisking him down to the soles of his feet.
He told The New York Daily News that he was happy to comply with their demands up to the point where they asked him to take off his turban.
"That is not something that I would do in public,” he said. “That’s akin to asking someone to take off their clothes.”
Instead he asked to be taken to a private screening room but was told that was not possible.
“You will not be flying Aero Mexico,” an airline employee told him, according to Ahluwalia. “You will need to book another flight.”
The airline said it regretted any inconvenience but that it had complied with security protocols.
Ahluwalia, who is Indian American, posted a photograph of his ticket to Instagram, showing the "SSSS" stamp that indicated he had been selected for secondary security screening selection.
“I was shaking at first,” he said. "That's not a nice thing to be told, that you are not allowed to fly on this plane because of something you are wearing, or because of your religious beliefs.”