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While on his way to an Indian Independence celebration in Chigago, Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan was detained by US Immigration officers when he landed in New Jersey. According to the news Khan, who obviously has a Muslim last name, was questioned and detained after his name popped up on an official’s computer display. After two hours of questioning, Khan was released when the Indian Embassy in the US intervened on his behalf.
Khan, who is perhaps India’s most famous celebrity, was rather shocked at the whole affair. Not only is the 43 year old actor one of the most famous people in India, he was named one of the 50 most influential people in the world last year by Newsweek. It is not as if a Wikipedia search at the airport would not have revealed who he was to the officials. Khan made a statement to a CNN-IBN reporter after the incident:
“I was waiting for my bags… I thought it was nice of them to take me to another room… but that was apparently a second check. I had my papers in order.”
India’s government has reacted critically, particularly since incidents like this are all to common at US points of entry. Information broadcast minister Ambika Soni told reporters that he way people from India are frisked and treated, India should react similarly. US Ambassador Timothy Roemer made a statement as well, describing Khan as a “global icon”, who is welcome in the US. For this writer, I don’t know exactly how to translate that quirky comment. So, is he saying because Khan is so famous he is welcome, or is he saying if they had known he was so famous, he would have been welcome? Sorry, sometimes I am embarrassed by my country’s officials.
Roemer also commented, saying US Immigration is trying to find out exactly what happened. Given the number an types of security cameras at airport checkpoints, this seems like something that might have take 5 minutes to me. As Americans, we all share in a sort of collective paranoia since the 911 attack. It is understandable to be this way, of course. But freaking out every time someone enters our country with a “name” that is suspicious? If you were a terrorist, and you wanted to kill Americans, would you use a passport with a Muslim name? Or, would you walk across the US border with Mexico along with 35 or 40 million other people of color?
Khan, not exactly hard to recognize is he?
Perhaps the most idiotic aspect of this story is the fact that these Bozo’s at our border had no faster means of communication which would have allowed Khan to be released sooner. However, the most important thing about this story is tha “anyone” was insulted or treated improperly. A great joke for India to play on the US would be the next time our President visitis there, to detain him becuase his name is Barrack Obama. Heck, it is not that far from being Usama is it?
US Khan: SRK detained, grilled at airport
Actor Shah Rukh Khan [ Images ] was detained for at least two hours early Saturday morning at the Newark airport in the United States. He was reportedly released after two-hour grilling.
"I was taken aback...I was taken to a room where there were several others waiting for secondary immigration checks," a visibly upset Khan said, while speaking about the incident.
The Bollywood actor said he kept telling the authorities that he was an actor and requested them to allow him to speak to his contacts in the US, but was disallowed to use his phone.
He said the immigration officials told him since his name popped up on their computer and he needed to be questioned.
Khan said there were some immigration officials who knew him and vouched for him but they declined to entertain his plea, saying they have to follow rules.
He said after he was stopped he sent messages to his home and his secretary and Congress MP Rajiv Shukla, who informed the Indian Mission which came to his rescue.
"I have always been worried about travelling to America. I shy away from all this. I don't look like a terrorist going to do anything to the country.
"I did feel bad. I felt angry. I am glad my family wasn't there. God knows what they would have done to them," Khan said.
"I am always reluctant to come down here (US). They always do it and it's odd travelling alone. My guard wasn't given visa from India and I was feeling disturbed. They kept on asking silly and irrelevant questions like phone numbers and hotel number," Khan said.
Many Americans love SRK : US envoy
This is what the statement from the US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer says.
"We are trying to ascertain the facts of the case -- to understand what took place," said the Ambassador. "Shah Rukh Khan, the actor and global icon, is a very welcome guest in the United States. Many Americans love his films."
Text: PTI
Image: Shah Rukh Khan performing at an event in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Friday evening, a couple of hours after he was detained at Newark airport.
Source: RediffNews
KJo, Priyanka feel terrible for SRK
"I'm shocked and upset...feeling terrible for Shah Rukh," said Karan Johar, after his friend actor Shah Rukh Khan was detained at a US airport for having the last name 'Khan'.
Actress Priyanka Chopra also tweeted, "Shocking, disturbing and downright disgraceful. It's such behavior that fuels hatred and racism. SRK's a world figure for God's sake. GET REAL!!"
In an earlier post on Independence Day, Karan wrote, Freedom...underrated...often misused...and always taken for granted...respect it and honour it...today and forever!"
Music director Vishal Dadlani (of Vishal-Shekhar fame) also posted, "This is plain silly!! I mean, a quick internet search would tell them what they need to know about SRK!! Paranoia breeds stupidity, I guess!"
Meanwhile, Shah Rukh told a channel, "The US has developed religious paranoia over the years. My guard was also denied a visa because he has the same last name as mine. They said I can't use my phone."
Actress Priyanka Chopra also tweeted, "Shocking, disturbing and downright disgraceful. It's such behavior that fuels hatred and racism. SRK's a world figure for God's sake. GET REAL!!"
In an earlier post on Independence Day, Karan wrote, Freedom...underrated...often misused...and always taken for granted...respect it and honour it...today and forever!"
Music director Vishal Dadlani (of Vishal-Shekhar fame) also posted, "This is plain silly!! I mean, a quick internet search would tell them what they need to know about SRK!! Paranoia breeds stupidity, I guess!"
Meanwhile, Shah Rukh told a channel, "The US has developed religious paranoia over the years. My guard was also denied a visa because he has the same last name as mine. They said I can't use my phone."
Shah Rukh was detained for over two hours at the Newark airport, New Jersey. He was released after Indian embassy officials vouched for him. He was in the US to attend Independence Day celebrations.
The star, who is currently filming for My Name is Khan, underwent "humiliating" questioning even as he told authorities he was an Indian celebrity. His bodyguards were also grilled.
Several Bollywood celebs are in the US for I-Day celebrations, including Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan.
Source: TOI
India takes up Shahrukh case with US
With Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan being detained and questioned at Newark airport, India today took up the issue with the US Embassy here which said it was ascertaining details about the incident involving the "global icon" who was welcome to America.
"The matter was taken up with the US Embassy," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said soon after the reports about detention of the actor reached here. He said the Embassy was ascertaining factual details of the incident.
Consul General of India in New York is in touch with Khan, Prakash added. US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer issued a separate statement, saying "We are trying to ascertain the facts of the case--to understand what took place."
Describing Shahrukh Khan as a "global icon", Roemer said "he is a very welcome guest in the United States. Many Americans love his films."
Source: DNA
"The matter was taken up with the US Embassy," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said soon after the reports about detention of the actor reached here. He said the Embassy was ascertaining factual details of the incident.
Consul General of India in New York is in touch with Khan, Prakash added. US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer issued a separate statement, saying "We are trying to ascertain the facts of the case--to understand what took place."
Describing Shahrukh Khan as a "global icon", Roemer said "he is a very welcome guest in the United States. Many Americans love his films."
Source: DNA
Shahrukh Khan incident has lowered image of US security establishment, says ex-envoy to US
New Delhi, Aug.15 (ANI): India's former ambassador to the United States Naresh Chandra on Saturday said that the detention of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan at Newark International Airport for two hours, clearly exhibited the "ham-handed" approach of American security agencies.
He told ANI over phone that a formal complaint about this harassment should be reported to the US State Department.
Reacting to the incident, Ambassador Chandra said: " The authorities should have taken maximum 10 -15 minutes for questioning Shahrukh, but it took two hours. It is great incompetence and has lowered the image of (US) Homeland Security".
Sources said that Khan was indeed detained at the US airport and questioned for two hours. They said he was released only after Indian Officials intervened.
Sources here said that the Consulate General of New York was in touch with Shahrukh Khan and the matter has been taken up with the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
According to sources, the Indian consulate could register a formal complaint against the security agencies involved in this "embarrassing" incident.
Some experts said that a formal complaint should be sent to the US envoy in Delhi.
Chandra, however, said that making it a big diplomatic issue would be counterproductive because the incident had nothing to do with US policy, but was the handiwork of lowly officers deployed at the airport. (ANI)
Source: Theindian
SRK held at Newark-NJ airport, questioned
New Delhi: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan was reportedly detained at the Newark-New Jersey airport on Friday night when he was in transit to Chicago.
According to CNN-IBN Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand, Khan – who was on his way to Chicago to attend the Indian Independence Day celebrations there – was detained by the airport officials and questioned for two hours.
Masand reported that the actor was allowed only one phone call during the period and was let off only after the intervention by Indian embassy officials.
Incidentally, Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming releases include Karan Johar's My Name is Khan which touches on the issue of racial profiling and discrimination faced by a certain minority community in a post-9/11 world.
The Fox-STAR Studios will finance and distribute the film, reportedly spending Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion/$20 million) in the process.
Shah Rukh Khan is one the biggest and the most-recognised Indian stars and has been conferred a number of international honours and accolades.
In October 2008, Khan was conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka, the highest honour conferred in Malaysia, equivalent to "Sir" in British knighthood
He was also honoured with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009.
But its not the first time an Indian actor has been detained.
CELEB DETAINEES
Irrfan Khan was stopped for questioning not once but twice. The first time at Los Angeles airport. He was there to receive an Independent Spirit Award for The Namesake. The actor claims he was detained because he is a Muslim.
Neil Nitin Mukesh were also detained in a similar fashion but at New York airport, where he was scheduled to shoot for Yashraj film New York. Immigration Authorities allegedly stopped Neil because they couldn't believe he was from India.
Watch Video : http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/99258/srk-held-at-newarknj-airport-questioned.html
Source: CNNIBN
According to CNN-IBN Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand, Khan – who was on his way to Chicago to attend the Indian Independence Day celebrations there – was detained by the airport officials and questioned for two hours.
Masand reported that the actor was allowed only one phone call during the period and was let off only after the intervention by Indian embassy officials.
Incidentally, Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming releases include Karan Johar's My Name is Khan which touches on the issue of racial profiling and discrimination faced by a certain minority community in a post-9/11 world.
The Fox-STAR Studios will finance and distribute the film, reportedly spending Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion/$20 million) in the process.
Shah Rukh Khan is one the biggest and the most-recognised Indian stars and has been conferred a number of international honours and accolades.
In October 2008, Khan was conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka, the highest honour conferred in Malaysia, equivalent to "Sir" in British knighthood
He was also honoured with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009.
But its not the first time an Indian actor has been detained.
CELEB DETAINEES
Irrfan Khan was stopped for questioning not once but twice. The first time at Los Angeles airport. He was there to receive an Independent Spirit Award for The Namesake. The actor claims he was detained because he is a Muslim.
Neil Nitin Mukesh were also detained in a similar fashion but at New York airport, where he was scheduled to shoot for Yashraj film New York. Immigration Authorities allegedly stopped Neil because they couldn't believe he was from India.
Watch Video : http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/99258/srk-held-at-newarknj-airport-questioned.html
Source: CNNIBN
Detained because my name is Khan, says SRK
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has confirmed to CNN-IBN that he was detained at the Newark-New Jersey airport on Friday night when he was in transit to Chicago. The actor, speaking exclusively with CNN-IBN, admitted he was shocked at the behaviour of the officials at the American airport. "They said my name was common to a name that had popped up on their computer. They wanted contact numbers of people who could vouch for me," he said.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Saturday reacted angrily to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan being detained at a US airport, saying it was not justified.
"I don't think that this manner of detaining the name of religion is justified. But in the United States of America several examples have surfaced where frisking takes place more than required, according to us," Soni, who was the tourism minister in the previous government, told reporters.
"I have always felt - even when I was frisked there - that the way they frisk us we should do the same for them here," she added.
Khan was detained for two hours at the Newark airport after US immigration officials spotted the 'Khan' in his name, his aide said.
Shah Rukh was on his way to Chicago to attend a function to mark India's Independence Day.
"He was detained because his surname is Khan. He was kept until officials from the Indian embassy intervened. Now he has been released," Niloufer Qureshi, Shah Rukh's manager, told IANS over telephone from Mumbai.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said the incident is not surprising since the US has had a phobia towards Muslims since 9/11.
"US has had a phobia towards Islam since 9/11. They should have some data on frequent travellers. Shah Rukh is a global icon. They (US authorities) should have been a little fair to him.
Why the double standards asked actor and filmmaker Farooque Sheikh. "There is heightened conservativeness after 9/11 and sometimes it takes the level of almost paranoia. But if they can do it to former president APJ Abdul Kalam, why not Shah Rukh?" said Sheikh.
In April, Kalam was also frisked at the Indira Gandhi International Airport as he was boarding a flight of US carrier Continental Airlines.
The incident had created waves in parliament in July, with MPs from across the spectrum expressing outrage over Kalam being reportedly subjected to a full body check and even asked to remove his footwear as he waited on the aerobridge to board the Newark-bound flight.
Source: CNNIBN
SRK detained: Minister says treat Americans the same way
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Saturday reacted angrily to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan being detained at a US airport, saying it was not justified.
"I don't think that this manner of detaining the name of religion is justified. But in the United States of America several examples have surfaced where frisking takes place more than required, according to us," Soni, who was the tourism minister in the previous government, told reporters.
"I have always felt - even when I was frisked there - that the way they frisk us we should do the same for them here," she added.
Khan was detained for two hours at the Newark airport after US immigration officials spotted the 'Khan' in his name, his aide said.
Shah Rukh was on his way to Chicago to attend a function to mark India's Independence Day.
"He was detained because his surname is Khan. He was kept until officials from the Indian embassy intervened. Now he has been released," Niloufer Qureshi, Shah Rukh's manager, told IANS over telephone from Mumbai.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said the incident is not surprising since the US has had a phobia towards Muslims since 9/11.
"US has had a phobia towards Islam since 9/11. They should have some data on frequent travellers. Shah Rukh is a global icon. They (US authorities) should have been a little fair to him.
Why the double standards asked actor and filmmaker Farooque Sheikh. "There is heightened conservativeness after 9/11 and sometimes it takes the level of almost paranoia. But if they can do it to former president APJ Abdul Kalam, why not Shah Rukh?" said Sheikh.
In April, Kalam was also frisked at the Indira Gandhi International Airport as he was boarding a flight of US carrier Continental Airlines.
The incident had created waves in parliament in July, with MPs from across the spectrum expressing outrage over Kalam being reportedly subjected to a full body check and even asked to remove his footwear as he waited on the aerobridge to board the Newark-bound flight.
Source: CNNIBN
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