THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Christine Hauser
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| Waris Ahluwalia said Aeroméxico prevented him from boarding a flight to New York because he refused to remove his turban affiliated with his Sikh faith. Credit via Waris Ahluwalia |
MEXICO---An American actor and designer said he was barred from boarding a plane in Mexico on Monday for a flight home to New York because he refused to remove his
turban during a security check. The actor,
Waris Ahluwalia, who follows the Sikh religion and
wears a turban, said he checked in at the Aeroméxico counter at Mexico City’s international airport about 5:30 a.m. and was given his first-class boarding pass with a code that he said meant he needed secondary security screening. [
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