A Muslim family of nine from London, including four children, have been refused permission to board a flight to the US out of Gatwick.
Mohammed Zahid Mahmood, from Walthamstow, eight members of his family and two other children checked in on Tuesday for the Norwegian Airlines flight to Los Angeles.
Detained in Tel Aviv'"We checked in, there were no problems," Mr Mahmood told the BBC. "Just before the final check we were singled out.
"Border control came and said 'Can we have your passports?'. He asked us to distinguish between my brother's children and my children.
"Then he came back and said, 'I'm sorry you can't board this flight. We received a call from Washington DC that we can't allow this family to board the flight'."
Mr Mahmood said he had educated his children "to live in this country peacefully" and had been invited to speak at local schools about Islamophobia.
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12-17-2015, 04:11 PM
Yes, I think so. No offence to them for a second time.
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