Somali Woman from FAH's State Gets Booted off Plane

[AbdiWahab252]

She asked for a change in seats and got kicked off the flight. Waryaa FAH, do you know this woman?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.2603853


A Muslim Maryland woman claims she was kicked off a Southwest flight after she asked to switch seats because of her religious beliefs.

Hakima Abdulle of Takoma Park was flying from Washington, D.C., to Seattle Wednesday when she was seated between two men after a layover in Chicago, her husband, Abukar Fidaw, told WJLA.

The devout Muslim, who is from Somalian descent and was wearing a hijab, felt uncomfortable sitting between two people of the opposite sex, so she asked another passenger to trade seats. The other flyer agreed, but a flight attendant confronted Abdulle before she could move to the new spot, Fidaw said.

Hakima Abdulle was kicked off a Southwest flight when she asked to switch seats with a fellow passenger.
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Hakima Abdulle was kicked off a Southwest flight when she asked to switch seats with a fellow passenger.
“She tried to sit but (the flight attendant) said, ‘You are not going to sit. You have to leave the airplane,’” Abukar Fidaw said. Humiliated, Abdulle left the plane as instructed. She was booked onto another flight later that day.

The Council on American Islamic Relations demanded the airline apologize for booting Abdulle from the plane without reason. The group also wants Southwest to refund her airfare and make sure the flight attendant in question undergo diversity training.

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Southwest told local media that the staffer followed proper procedures but did not elaborate on what led the flight attendant to ask Abdulle to leave.
Southwest told local media that the staffer followed proper procedures but did not elaborate on what led the flight attendant to ask Abdulle to leave. The airline did not immediately return the Daily News’ request for further comme

[TheGrumpyGeeljire]

CAIR done a press conference regarding this incident yesterday and I think they will take legal action against SW Airlines. These vile incidents cannot go unanswered.

[gegiroor]

The sister needs to file a case with equal employment opportunity commission, and launch a class actin lawsuit. These stupid, bigoted rednecks are everywhere.

[FAH1223]

i think i've seen her before

[TheGrumpyGeeljire]

[CigaalSHiiDaaDCFC]

i dont understand why did the flight attendant get involved if the two passengers agreed to change seats?