Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan claims she has been the victim of racial profiling and discrimination since converting to Islam. Speaking to Piers Morgan, the actress claims she was targeted and harassed by customs officials at Heathrow Airport, after they mistook her for a Muslim woman because she was wearing a headscarf. “When I was flying to New York recently. I was wearing a headscarf and I got stopped at the airport and was racially profiled for the first time in my life.” “She opened my passport and saw Lindsay Lohan and started apologizing but said ‘take off your head scarf’.” Dailymail.co.uk reports: ‘I did, I mean it’s OK. But what scared me was that moment, how would another woman who doesn’t feel comfortable taking off her headscarf feel? That was really interesting to me. I was kind of in shock. ‘I can’t speak for what the purpose of it was. But it was jarring. I got double checked until she realised. No [I’d never had that before]. It was strange. It did [freak me out]. I’m from New York, born and raised. I was a little intimidated.’ Lindsay was wearing the garment as she had flown from Turkey where she [...]
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