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by Sanjay Jha | September 10, 2008 at 02:03 am
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A lead member of the NY based musical troupe Alvin Ailey has been forced to dance at the Israeli Aiport after intense questioning. Abdur-Rahim Jackson a leading member of the group was questioned at the airport and he is deeply troubled with this shabby treatment. As part of its 50th anniversary international tour the Alvin Ailey troupe is visiting Israel and it had a sold out performances.
Israeli airport security officers made an African American member of the New York-based Alvin Ailey dance troupe perform steps for them before letting him enter the country, the group said on Tuesday.
The group said airport officials had provided no explanation about the treatment of Abdur-Rahim Jackson, who has a Muslim father but is engaged to a fellow dancer who is Jewish with a large family in Israel.
Jackson was pulled aside from the rest of the troupe on arrival at Israel's Ben Gurion airport and taken to a room where he was questioned by the security officers, said a spokesman for the group.
"They asked him who he was and what he does and also about his name. He showed them the group's programme with his picture and said he was a dancer," the spokesman said.
"The officers then told him, 'If you are a dancer, then dance', so he showed them some dance moves."
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at 02:14 on September 10th, 2008
Some times the "Terrorists Watch list" causes unnecessary detention of innocent people due to the exact match of there full name
it happens daily in airports all over the u.s!
If a name exactly like yours is on the list and you are not a terrorist!
You Better Know How to Dance
at 03:43 on September 10th, 2008
at 05:13 on September 10th, 2008
Sanjay Jha, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Unfortunately this is an old story. This time it happened to an American. In 2004 it was captured on video. Some felt in 2004 that the Soldiers should be put on trail "not for abusing Arabs but for disgracing the Holocaust".
This kind of humiliation is an everyday occurrence. It is a waste product of the 41 year Occupation.The Occupation dehumanizes everyone.
Caption: Wehrmacht (German Army) soldiers amuse themselves by harassing a Jewish man.
Source: guardian.co.uk
Source: guardian.co.uk
Source: guardian.co.uk
at 05:24 on September 10th, 2008
Sanjay Jha, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:46 on September 10th, 2008
Sanjay Jha, I like this story. It's good stuff. I saw a TV article awhile back about the Israelis not welcoming fellow Jews from Africa where they were being persecuted for their religion. I understand that the security people must be vigilant but this seems over the top.