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This never happened to Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan<\/a>, who plays a Muslim mistaken for a terrorist in his latest film, says he was racially profiled at Newark Airport<\/a> and detained for two hours on Friday. <\/p>\nThe 43-year-old “Tom Cruise<\/a> of India<\/a>” – cited last year by Newsweek<\/a> as one of the world’s 50 most influential men – was released only after Indian diplomats intervened. <\/p>\n“I was really being hassled, perhaps because of my name being Khan,” the international box office sensation charged Saturday in a text message to reporters. <\/p>\n
“These guys wouldn’t let me through.” <\/p>\n
Khan, who has appeared in more than 70 films, said he was waiting for his luggage Friday when his name popped up on a computer alert list. Security then pulled him aside. <\/p>\n
“Absolutely uncalled for, I think,” Khan said. “I felt angry and humiliated.” <\/p>\n
Khan said he endured two hours of interrogation before he was allowed to call the Indian embassy in Washington<\/a>. An official there vouched for the star, who was then released. <\/p>\n“I was really taken aback,” Khan told an Indian television station. “I did not want to say anything just in case they took everything wrong, because I am a little worried about Americans because they do have this issue when your name is Muslim.” <\/p>\n
Officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a> did not answer multiple inquiries Saturday about the case. <\/p>\nThe actor insisted he had all the proper paperwork when he was brought to a detention room at the New Jersey<\/a> airport. But, he said, Khan “is a Muslim name, and I think the name is common on their checklist.” <\/p>\nNew Dehli-based U.S. Ambassador Timothy Roemer<\/a> said officials were trying to “ascertain the facts of the case.” <\/p>\n“Shah Rukh Khan, the actor and global icon, is a very welcome guest in the United States<\/a>,” Roemer said Saturday. “Many Americans love his films.” <\/p>\nBut there were no Bollywood buffs in Newark<\/a> as Khan came through the airport on his way to Chicago<\/a> for a celebration of India’s independence day. <\/p>\n“I told them I am a movie star,” Khan said – although the line fell on deaf ears. <\/p>\n
He recently signed a deal with Fox Star Studios to finance and distribute his new movie, “My Name is Khan” – the story of a Muslim man mistaken for a terrorist in post-9\/11 America. <\/p>\n
The incident caused outrage in his homeland, where the Khan-troversy dominated television news. <\/p>\n
Last month, Continental Airlines<\/a> apologized to former Indian President Abdul Kalam<\/a> for frisking him at New Delhi<\/a>‘s airport.<\/p>\nlmcshane@nydailynews.com<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=c2e18bec-4b49-820f-955c-0b07beeace6a\")
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This never happened to Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan<\/a>, who plays a Muslim mistaken for a terrorist in his latest film, says he was racially profiled at Newark Airport<\/a> and detained for two hours on Friday. <\/p>\n
The 43-year-old “Tom Cruise<\/a> of India<\/a>” – cited last year by Newsweek<\/a> as one of the world’s 50 most influential men – was released only after Indian diplomats intervened. <\/p>\n
“I was really being hassled, perhaps because of my name being Khan,” the international box office sensation charged Saturday in a text message to reporters. <\/p>\n
“These guys wouldn’t let me through.” <\/p>\n
Khan, who has appeared in more than 70 films, said he was waiting for his luggage Friday when his name popped up on a computer alert list. Security then pulled him aside. <\/p>\n
“Absolutely uncalled for, I think,” Khan said. “I felt angry and humiliated.” <\/p>\n
Khan said he endured two hours of interrogation before he was allowed to call the Indian embassy in Washington<\/a>. An official there vouched for the star, who was then released. <\/p>\n
“I was really taken aback,” Khan told an Indian television station. “I did not want to say anything just in case they took everything wrong, because I am a little worried about Americans because they do have this issue when your name is Muslim.” <\/p>\n
Officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a> did not answer multiple inquiries Saturday about the case. <\/p>\n
The actor insisted he had all the proper paperwork when he was brought to a detention room at the New Jersey<\/a> airport. But, he said, Khan “is a Muslim name, and I think the name is common on their checklist.” <\/p>\n
New Dehli-based U.S. Ambassador Timothy Roemer<\/a> said officials were trying to “ascertain the facts of the case.” <\/p>\n
“Shah Rukh Khan, the actor and global icon, is a very welcome guest in the United States<\/a>,” Roemer said Saturday. “Many Americans love his films.” <\/p>\n
But there were no Bollywood buffs in Newark<\/a> as Khan came through the airport on his way to Chicago<\/a> for a celebration of India’s independence day. <\/p>\n
“I told them I am a movie star,” Khan said – although the line fell on deaf ears. <\/p>\n
He recently signed a deal with Fox Star Studios to finance and distribute his new movie, “My Name is Khan” – the story of a Muslim man mistaken for a terrorist in post-9\/11 America. <\/p>\n
The incident caused outrage in his homeland, where the Khan-troversy dominated television news. <\/p>\n
Last month, Continental Airlines<\/a> apologized to former Indian President Abdul Kalam<\/a> for frisking him at New Delhi<\/a>‘s airport.<\/p>\n
lmcshane@nydailynews.com<\/a><\/p>\n
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