Adeel Malik
Adam Saleh, a Muslim American YouTube personality, has published a video which he claims shows him being kicked off a Delta Air Lines plane after he says he had been heard speaking Arabic on the phone to his mother.
https://www.facebook.com/AdamSalehOfficial/videos/616048861921044/
The YouTube personality has a large following with over 2.2 million subscribers on his online channel.
As Saleh explains the situation on camera, Delta airline staff can be seen standing closely behind him.
At one point, other passengers on the plane can be seen waving him off as they shout “bye.”.
One passenger did bravely stood up and made a stance against the discriminative behaviour of Delta Airlines.
https://twitter.com/giveawayzutton/status/811589134909378560
Another tweet backs up the action:
If you see a human being humiliated in front of you and you don't feel humiliated too .. Go and question your humanity
— M O E ➰ (@bati9val) December 21, 2016
Saleh does not say at what airport the incident occurred but subsequent footage suggests he was at London’s Heathrow Airport.
We are still stuck at the airport and Delta has not given us any info. They keep telling us to wait. Please spread the word #BoycottDelta
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
Saleh said he was travelling to New York and has been tweeting updates since the incident took place.
UPDATE: were now on another flight with a different airline heading to NYC after being checked for 30 minutes. We land 5:50pm in NYC
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
Middle East Eye contacted Heathrow but a spokesman mentioned that the incident fell under Delta’s airline policies and was not the responsibility of Heathrow.
#BoycottDelta
Social media users have started using the hashtag #BoycottDelta in reaction to the video.
https://twitter.com/zrod182/status/811585529141723136
Stereotyping an entire religion for the actions of extremists is how you create more terrorists, not fight terrorism #BoycottDelta
— 💉♻️🇺🇸 Christopher Zullo (@ChrisJZullo) December 21, 2016
this isn't the first time, Delta is trash. #boycottdelta pic.twitter.com/kWLC1vW97O
— ahmadd (@neverreaIlyover) December 21, 2016
It was appreciated by Adam Saleh
Thank you all so much for your support!! I appreciate every single one of you!!! Will talk when I land! Love xx
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
Delta employees have been accused of discriminating against Muslims in recent years.
In August, an Ohio Muslim couple said they were removed from a return flight from Europe after an airline employee allegedly singled them out because of their appearance.
