The two Muslim students booted from a plane the other day when passengers mutinied are expressing their "shock" and "despair" at what happened to them:
Two Asian students have revealed their shock and despair after being thrown off a plane because other passengers feared they were suicide bombers.
Manchester Umist students Sohail Ashraf and Khurram Zeb, both 22, said they sympathised with nervous travellers, but urged people not to be paranoid about Muslims.
"We might be Asian, but we're two ordinary lads who wanted a bit of fun," Mr Ashraf told the Daily Mirror. "Just because we're Muslim does not mean we are suicide bombers."
No, but it does raise the odds, and who wants to take unnecessary chances? See also this development and this follow-up.