A U.K. cabinet official, this is the second time Malik has been detained at an U.S. airport...
UK Muslim minister detained at airport
LONDON: UK's first Muslim minister, Shahid Malik on Monday said he was detained at an American airport and his luggage analysed for traces of explosive materials.
Malik, UK's international development minister, whose parents come from Pakistan, said he was returning to Heathrow on Sunday after a series of meetings on tackling terror, when he was stopped at Dulles Airport in Washington.
Expressing his disappointment, Malik said he was searched and detained by the Department of Homeland Security - the same department whose representatives he had been meeting on his visit to the country. Malik said: "After a few minutes a couple of other people were also taken to one side. We were all Muslims - the other two were black Muslims, both with Muslim names."
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And according to Olbermann, this was the 2nd time he's visited us as a minister, and the 2nd time we've detained him thusly. Whatta buncha maroons. Remember when they made Albert Gore go through additional screening?
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