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UAE residents are outraged after US police "brutally" detained an Emirati businessman suspected of being a Daesh militant.
Local media reported on Sunday that Emirati national Ahmed Al Menhali was detained at gunpoint last week while wearing a traditional white kandura, or ankle-length robe, and headscarf in Avon, Ohio after a hotel clerk raised suspicions he could have links to Daesh.
Cleveland's WEWS-TV posted police camera video footage of his arrest and a later meeting where Avon officials offered their apologies.
In wake of the incident, UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a tweet late Saturday that Emiratis should avoid wearing the garments for their safety. A separate ministry statement urged women to abide by bans on face veils in parts of Europe.
While there are a few UAE residents who say it's better to be safe and avoid wearing traditional attires, there are a handful of people who believe that Arab traditional clothes represent their culture and identity and to let go of them will be like discarding their culture.
Mahmood, who is an Emirati national, added that the Arab media should spread awareness about the traditional attire and defend the robe whenever such racist crimes happen. "The other day, there was a video doing the rounds on the internet where a man wearing Arab outfit was throwing his bag at people at a bus stop. The video portrayed him and the religion as a whole in bad light. What would happen if Indian clothes are being advertised along with terrorism across the world? Their country's media will chip in. We as Arabs, should also defend our clothes."
However Lathifa Mohmed, a Sudanese national residing in the UAE, begs to differ. "Why should we give up on our attire and culture because of the ignorance of the West? They should be more enlightened about Islam and they should understand what it means to wear a hijab or kandura."
Several Emiratis took to Twitter to complain of Menhali's treatment, using the Arabic hashtag #AttackingAnEmiratiGuyInUS.
"If you want to learn about tolerance and freedom, learn from Emiratis," said a Twitter user.
"I hate how white people are treated so good here in the UAE but Emiratis are abused in the US," said one user.
Another Twitter user pointed out the US intolerance towards Arab clothing "These Americans come to UAE. wear bikinis as they wish but when we put our traditional dress, they act so ignorant," he tweeted.
Another user called the incident a "violation by the police."
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- najla (@ririhunty) July 3, 2016
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- Mounir Harfouche (@MounirHarfouche) July 3, 2016
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