Queens, NY - Passenger Asked To Remove Arabic Script T-Shirt

Queens, NY - An Arab man says he was prevented from boarding a plane at Kennedy International Airport while wearing a T-shirt that said, "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic.

Raed Jarrar was preparing to board a JetBlue flight from Kennedy to Oakland, Calif, when four officials from JetBlue or from a government agency stopped him at the gate and told him he couldn't get on the plane wearing his shirt.
One of the officials told him, "Going to an airport with a T-shirt in Arabic script is like going to a bank and wearing a T-shirt that says 'I'm a robber," he said.

Jenny Dervin, a spokeswoman for JetBlue, acknowledged that the dispute occurred and said the airline was investigating it.