U.S.discrimination against Indian Muslims

The Hindustan Times, Assistant Editor, Zia Hag was invited to participate in a week long technology and farm show that began on August 28 at Iowa in the United States.The U.S. Embassy inexplicably suspending the processing his visa.
In September 2008 , U.S. Visa authorities delayed processing the application of Haider Hussain, Editor of Assam's largest daily Asomiya Pratidin. Mr. Hussain was part of the media delegation accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh to the U.S. and France.In the summer of 2009,a Muslim engineer working with a North Eastern hydro power PSU was the only one of a delegation of engineers on visit to the Hoover Dam who did not get a U.S. Visa.The engineer was allowed to join his team after strong representation from the delegation.
One more recent instance, in June 2010, Faiyaz Khudsar, a wildlife biologist with 15 years experience in wildlife conservation and working with Delhi University, shot off a letter to U.S.Ambassador Timorth Roemer, saying he alone was denied a visa from group of 11 people selected from India for a training programme on tiger conservation at the Smithsonian facilities in Virginia.
Another instance, Ghulam Nabi Qazi, Vice Chancellor of the Jamia Hamdard University was denied a U.S. Visa while he was working as a director with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

For all instances ,only one reason, the Obama administration  said visa application had been suspended for further administrative processing under section 221(g) of  the Immigration and Nationality Act.THe U.S. Embassy does not provide additional details or reveal the case status in cases with a 221(g) notation. "This processing is mandatory and cannot be expedited " says the embassy website.