Delta airliner apology to a veiled Muslim youngster
Regional-USA, Local, 1/19/2002

The chairman of the American Delta Airliner Frederick Red has apologized for a Veiled Muslim youngster of 17 year old when company's security officials forced her to take-off her veil.

News reports said that American- Muslim relations council which issued this news on Friday explained in a statement that " Red expressed his apology to the Muslim youngster and then he talked to her by the telephone to express to her his condemnation of the incident which took place on December 18, 2001 at Baltimore airport in Washington.

Red said in his message that the company takes this issue into account and vowed not to be easy in dealing later with any act of discrimination committed by the company.

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