The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, at this time known as on Frontier airline and the U.S. Division of Transportation (DOT) to “swiftly and transparently” examine doable spiritual and racial profiling as a trigger for the elimination of athlete Khabib Nurmagomedov from a flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles following an incident with the airline’s workers.
To begin with, I must make clear that it was @FlyFrontier not AlaskaAir.Woman who involves me with questions was very impolite from the very starting, regardless that I communicate very first rate English and may perceive every thing and agreed to help, she nonetheless insists on eradicating me from my…
— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) January 12, 2025
In the course of the incident, Nurmagomedov says, “It’s not honest,” whereas calmly sustaining he complied with the flight crew. He tells the flight attendant, “After I was in check-in, they requested me do I do know English…and I say sure. Then why you guys do that?”
In a press release, CAIR Nationwide Govt Director Nihad Awad stated:
“We name on Frontier and the U.S. Division of Transportation to swiftly and transparently examine this incident to find out precisely what occurred on this flight and why athlete and Muslim advocate Khabib Nurmagomedov was handled this fashion and whether or not spiritual or racial profiling performed a job in his remedy.
“Given how usually incidents of racial and non secular profiling happen on airways, particularly in opposition to vacationers who’re noticeably Muslim, Alaska Airways must also publicly launch the outcomes of its investigation and take applicable motion to deal with any misconduct or errors by its workers.”
He famous that Washington, D.C., based mostly CAIR presents vacationers a booklet, “Your Rights as an Airline Passenger,” which states:
“As an airline passenger, you’re entitled to courteous, respectful and non-stigmatizing remedy by airline and safety personnel. It’s unlawful for regulation enforcement officers to carry out any stops, searches, detentions, or removals based mostly solely in your race, faith, nationwide origin, intercourse, or ethnicity.”
CAIR’s mission is to guard civil rights, improve understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
