After determining that there was no threat, the passenger was allowed to put his turban back on and requested a mirror. As there was no mirror in the private screening room, he was advised of a restroom down the hall with mirrors.

But when he asked for a mirror to put the turban back on, security directed him to a public washroom at the other side of the terminal, he said. That forced him to walk through the airport without the sacred religious headpiece.

"It's an embarrassing and really insensitive ordeal," he said, calling it like asking someone to remove their underwear in public.