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Arabic T-shirt sparks airport row
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by AlanEvans | August 30, 2006 at 04:10 am
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An architect of Iraqi descent has said he was forced to remove a T-shirt that bore the words "We will not be silent" before boarding a flight at New York.
He refused, arguing that the slogan was not offensive and citing his constitutional rights to free expression.Mr Jarrar later told a New York radio station: "I grew up and spent all my life living under authoritarian regimes and I know that these things happen.
"But I'm shocked that they happened to me here, in the US."
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at 09:08 on August 30th, 2006
Someone has, in protest, started selling shirts bearing the slogan (in Arabic) 'I am not a terrorist'. All profits to the ACLU. Available from
http://itsnotallbad.com/iamnotaterrorist/
at 09:18 on September 11th, 2006
You can get a "We will not be silent." T shirt in Arabic here:
https://marketspace.goodstorm.com/stores/http_marketspace_goodstorm_com_stores_nijma
The airline representative who brought Mr. Jarrar a "New York" T-shirt to wear over his other shirt also made a snarky comment to the effect that wearing a T-shirt in Arabic was the opposite of wearing a shirt supporting New York. So you can also get a shirt that says "I heart New York" also in Arabic script. The shirts are ethically produced and sweatshop-free.