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by f233f2 974 days ago
Title is false. He was selected for additional screening and he doesn't have any proof that it was because of his name. Also he wasn't stopped from boarding the flight, he was just screened more exhaustively than others.

I was expecting better from the BBC... oh wait I wasn't.

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The article says that he was told directly it was because of his name.