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Put yourself in the place of an airport customs\/security agent for a moment.<\/p>\n

A young man comes off an airplane that’s just traveled to the United States from a foreign airport. He presents his passport to you and it has the name “Muhammad Ali Jr.” on it.<\/p>\n

What do you ask the young man?<\/p>\n

If it were me — and I was allowed under customs protocol — I would ask: “Are you the son of The Greatest of All Time?\u00a0Was your late, legendary<\/em> father really The Champ, the baddest, prettiest, greatest<\/em> heavyweight boxer in history?”<\/p>\n

If he said “yes,” I’d stamp his passport, tell him how much I admired his dad and let him through.<\/p>\n

That didn’t happen recently at Fort Lauderdale\/Hollywood (Fla.) International Airport. Muhammad Ali Jr. arrived there on a flight from Jamaica. He was detained. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials say he wasn’t detained because he is a Muslim. They offered vague reasons for acting as they did.<\/p>\n

Ali was profiled, <\/a>according to an Ali family lawyer. The officials asked him if he is Muslim and asked him where he got his name. As USA Today reported: “Customs spokesman Daniel Hetlage declined to provide details of the incident, citing policies that protect travelers’ privacy, but he wrote in an email that the agency does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

“‘We treat all travelers with respect and sensitivity,’ he said. ‘Integrity is our cornerstone. We are guided by the highest ethical and moral principles.'”<\/p>\n

Young Ali, who’s 44, is blessed — or cursed, perhaps, depending on the circumstance\u00a0— with having arguably the most famous name on the planet. It also is the name of world’s most\u00a0beloved Muslim.<\/p>\n

Part of me wants to ridicule the officer who stopped Ali Jr. Another part of me, though, suggests the officer was just doing his job.<\/p>\n\n

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