' Earl Knaeble has not been allowed to fly home from Afghanistan . He says he has been given no reason , but thinks he is on the U.S. no - fly list . In 1996 he converted to Islam , which he calls ` ` a religion of peace '' He was stuck in the Egyptian capital for six weeks , with little money . He and nine others have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government .
' Earl Knaeble has not been allowed to fly home from Afghanistan . He says he has been given no reason , but thinks he is on the U.S. no - fly list . In 1996 he converted to Islam , which he calls ` ` a religion of peace '' He and nine others have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government .