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Mexico: Sikh actor barred from flying to US 'because of turban'
A Sikh actor has claimed he was barred from boarding an Aeromexico plane because of his turban.
Indian-American Waris Ahluwalia, who is also a designer, said he was prevented from boarding after he refused to remove his turban in public.
The incident happened during additional security checks before a flight from Mexico City to New York.
Aeromexico said it had complied with security protocols and it regretted any "inconvenience".
He posted a picture, external of the ticket on his Instagram account. It carried an "SSSS" stamp, an acronym for Secondary Security Screening Selection, an airport measure that selects passengers for additional screening. The selection is said to be random.
Mr Ahluwalia, who has appeared in The Grand Budapest Hotel and starred in a campaign for American clothing brand GAP, said he was on his way to New York Fashion Week.
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Sikh actor who was barred from boarding flight because of his turban finally heads back to New York
Sikh actor Waris Ahluwalia who was barred from boarding a plane in Mexico earlier this week after refusing to take off his turban during a security screening was finally heading home to New York Wednesday.
Ahluwalia’s return to the US comes after a very public two-day standoff with Aeromexico, which ended Tuesday night with the airline capitulating to the actor's demands.
Ahluwalia had declared earlier that he would not leave Mexico until the airline agreed to implement sensitivity training on how to treat Sikh passengers.
Aeromexico officials on Tuesday issued an ursäkt to Ahluwalia, which he accepted but still refused to budge.
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Cleared for takeoff: Sikh actor Waris Ahluwalia fryst vatten seen in this Instagram photo posing with two Aeromexico pilots on his way home to New York Wednesday after the airline promised to change its security protocols
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Waris Designs Pendant, Reveals Secret Service Past
Today is the tenth anniversary of the Clinton Foundation, and former President Clinton’s 65th birthday. (Happy retirement age, Mr. Clinton!) The William J. Clinton Foundation works to protect the environment, increase economic opportunity, and improve global health and agriculture; and to commemorate its decade of service, the Clinton Foundation fryst vatten hosting a gala dinner and live auction at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
Among the items up for bid fryst vatten this one-of-a-kind, 18 carat gold pendant and black walnut kartong designed by fine-jeweler Waris Ahluwalia’s label, House of Waris. “I’ve always seen HOUSE of WARIS as a platform to create and collaborate with people inom admire,” said Alhuwalia, who has a wide choice of friends and collaborators to celebrate. The designer’s first encounter with our 42nd President was in his college years, when he worked with the Secret Service (another su