Muslim teacher is thrown off plane in Iceland after he is refused entry to US

 

A Welsh Muslim teacher said he was 'made to feel like a criminal' when he was thrown off a plane in Iceland during a school trip after being denied entry to the United States.

Juhel Miah, 25, was in Reykjavik airport with students from Llangatwg Comprehensive in Aberdulais, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, when he was kicked off the New York-bound plane in an 'unjustified act of discrimination'.

The maths teacher - who had a valid visa for travel - was then forced to stay in a 'horrendous' hotel until school officials could book him on another flight home.

It is understood that the incident unfolded when Mr Miah was refused permission by the US authorities after being selected for a 'random security check.'

Just one week before the incident, a US appeals court upheld a decision to suspend an executive order by Donald Trump that banned Muslims from seven countries entering the country.  

Describing his ordeal, Mr Miah said: 'Everyone was looking at me. The teachers and kids were confused. I couldn’t believe this was happening.

'I was being escorted out. It made me feel like a criminal. I couldn’t speak, I was lost for words.'

Source: dailymail.co.uk