'It's absolutely disrespectful to him,' she said, 'and it's only based on his religion and last name -- he has a Muslim name -- and I don't think that's right.'

Vellody said that her husband, Mohamed Roshman Manoli, also has a Muslim name and that each of the last four times that they had flown out of John F. Kennedy International Airport, he had been stopped for questioning.

'I never get stopped but I have to wait for him for two hours every single time,' she said. 'It's not random.'

Shah Rukh Khan's latest film 'My Name is Khan' -- produced by Shah Rukh and director Karan Johar -- is set against the Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks and examines their impact on an Indian Muslim living in the US.

Miki Patel, chairwoman of the culture committee of the Federation of Indian Association that held the parade, said that she learned about Khan's questioning during a meeting of parade organisers Saturday.

'I personally feel that the rules should apply to each and every one who enters this country -- the law is the law,' said Patel, 53, a dance instructor from Edison, New Jersey.