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UK: PROFILING: 'They asked me where Bin Laden was, then they took my DNA' - Fears of racial profiling after rise in number of British Muslims held by border officials

01 September 2010

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'They asked me where Bin Laden was, then they took my DNA' - Fears of racial profiling after rise in number of British Muslims held by border officials (Independent, link): "Hundreds of British Muslims leaving and returning from holidays abroad face harassment and intimidation by security forces when they pass through UK airports and seaports, an investigation by The Independent has found."

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