A British man was removed from a
plane by armed police at Luton airport after a fellow passenger read a
message on his mobile phone about “prayer” and reported him as a security
threat.
Laolu Opebiyi, 40, from London, said he
was forced to hand over his phone and supply his password in order to establish
his innocence after he tried to arrange a conference call prayer with friends
using WhatsApp.
A detective subsequently
questioned and cleared Opebiyi but the pilot refused to allow him back on to
the easyJet flight to Amsterdam last Thursday and he was
forced to wait more than three hours for the next scheduled
departure.
The Nigerian-born Christian
believes the passenger next to him assumed he was a Muslim and jumped to the
conclusion that he may be a terrorist. Guardian.
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