United Airlines has been accused of discrimination after refusing to give an unopened can of Diet Coke to a female Muslim passenger.
Tahera Ahmad said in a post on her Facebook page that the flight attendant was "clearly discriminating against me" after giving the male passenger seated next to her an unopened beer.
Ahmad's Facebook page is no longer available. She did not immediately respond to the Daily News' request for comment.
Ahmad, who is the Muslim chaplain at Northwestern University, said in the ensuing row one of her fellow passengers told her: "You (are) Moslem, you need to shut the f--k up."
The incident happened as she asked for a can of Diet Coke on a flight from Chicago to Washington Friday. She was traveling to attend an interfaith event for KIDS4PEACE to promote peaceful conversations between Israelis and Palestinians.