British Muslim family stopped from boarding flight to US

A British Muslim family heading to Disneyland was barred from boarding a flight to Los Angeles by US authorities at Gatwick airport here, prompting a lawmaker to seek Prime Minister David Cameron’s intervention into the matter. Mohammad Tariq Mahmood, who was travelling with his brother and nine of their children, said the US officials gave no explanation for refusing to allow them to board the flight. “It is because of the attacks on America — they think every Muslim poses a threat,” he was quoted in a newspaper. Opposition Labour party MP Stella Creasy has written to Cameron urging him to press US authorities on the issue. A Downing Street spokesperson said Cameron will investigate the lawmaker’s claim and will “respond in due course”.