ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Muslim man is demanding police take action after, he said, he was discriminated against at a local mall.

Mustapha El Mahjahtti said he was at a store at the Prime Outlet Mall on I-Drive when a woman tried to cut him in line. He said he told the woman to go to the back of the line, but she allegedly physically attacked him and even called him a terrorist.

Mahjahtti said security guards failed to help. Now he's working with the local Council on American-Islamic Relations to get action.

"We are not criticizing the Orlando Police Department," said Danette Zaghari-Mask, Council of American-Islamic Relations.

A spokesperson with the Orlando Police Department said, in order for anything to be considered a hate crime, there has to be a physical assault and intentional prejudice based on race or religion.