We leave it to our readers to make a conclusion. However one story includes Neil Nitin Mukesh who was detained at the US airport recently.
In a similar fashion as airport authorities refused to believe that he was an Indian national because he is too fair.
Zayed Khan: Of course, we Khans go through this kind of humiliation all the time. I've gone through it, Salman has gone through it. I'm glad people are talking about it because of Shah Rukh. There have been times when I've been with 17 people in a team on tour or for a shooting in the US. Out of these only one gets detained at the airport. Guess who invariably gets detained? And some Caucasian bully, who does these checkings by the book and thinks all Khans are terrorists, will tell you it's a random check. Tell me, how can there be random checks on five US airports one after another and in all of them only yours truly gets detained for additional checking? I think there's a big difference between being secure and being ignorant.
Shabina Khan (dress designer): I really don't know what happened with Shah Rukh in the US. But I definitely get into issues at the airport thanks to my surname. It's annoying. It's scary.
Kabir Khan (director): I was accompanying my wife in the US along with the Morani Brothers. It was a flight from LA to Washington just 15 days after 9/11. So the fear and paranoia were not totally unjustified. We were waiting for the flight to take off talking to each other in Hindi when some passengers complained that we were talking in a 'strange' language. Within no time two burly FBI agents came on board and took me and my co-passengers to the front of the plane. When they got to know my name, they questioned me for more than two hours, googled my name for terrorist links and then finally allowed me to fly.
They asked me if I had been to Pakistan. I told them no. If I had told them that I had been to Afghanistan, they'd have freaked out. Two other passengers on board refused to fly with us. So they were asked to deboard. So you see post 9/11 persecution comes with its inbuilt safety measures. But I honestly think a part of the global fear is justified. We can't blame people for being paranoid after what has happened.
Arindam Chaudhari: Shah Rukh has just finished his film My Name Is Khan in which his character tries to prove to the Americans that he is not a terrosrit. I'm sure he never thought it would happen in real life too...What a shame! It's shocking and shameful because I am sure Shah Rukh would have had to explain who he is. It's Shah Rukh so it's become big news. But there many who constantly go through this everyday. It's really sad.
Salman Khan (Actor) :It is not such a big deal. When we go there, we too have to go through
the security check. There haven’t been any attacks in the US since 9/11 because of their stringent security measures. I think it is a good thing"and then Salman changes gear and issue a contradicting statement "alman has now criticised US airport authorities for detaining and questioning fellow star Shahrukh Khan.
Earlier, Salman Khan while giving his reactions over the episode said, "It is not such a big deal. When we go there, we too have to go through the security check. There haven't been any attacks in the US since 9/11 because of their stringent security measures. I think it is a good thing (the security)." After finding his personal response uncanny, he changed his view and told the press, "Just because of few Muslims, billions of the community members face problems, which is not right." Well, Salman seems to be confused on what to say and what not.
