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Ordeal of OAP who quipped 'not Muslim' at airport security: spends six months facing racism charges
UK Dialy Mail ^ | October 26 2014

Posted on 10/27/2014 4:47:52 AM PDT by knighthawk

Ordeal of OAP who quipped 'I'm not Muslim' at airport security after he was stopped: Man spends six months facing racism charges before case is finally dropped

A pensioner who said ‘I’m not Muslim’ when he was asked to remove his shoes at airport security has spent more than six months facing charges for racism.

Paul Griffith, 75, pictured, set off the security scanner’s alarm at Stansted airport when travelling to Malaga for a week’s holiday.

He removed his shoes as requested, but said: ‘I am not Muslim am I?’

A security guard accused him of racism and called the police, saying he was upset by the remark.

'One minute I am queuing up to get on a plane and the next I am confronted by two armed policemen.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: islam; muslim; uk
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1 posted on 10/27/2014 4:47:53 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Speech crime. Thought crime. Orwellian.


2 posted on 10/27/2014 4:53:44 AM PDT by the anti-mahdi
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To: knighthawk

When did “Muslim” become a race? What ethnic background is “Muslim”?


3 posted on 10/27/2014 4:59:22 AM PDT by Little Pig
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The security guard should be struck off, but that would undoubtedly be viewed as another crime.


4 posted on 10/27/2014 4:59:55 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: knighthawk

I hope that ALL of our Brit friends VOTE UKIP!!

Put an end to this political correctness and dhimmitude.


5 posted on 10/27/2014 5:01:38 AM PDT by House Atreides (ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR CHILDERS 2014 .... Don't reward bad GOPe behavior.)
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To: knighthawk

Keep in mind we have the same kind of thinking over here.


6 posted on 10/27/2014 5:10:48 AM PDT by all the best
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To: knighthawk

White Christians persecuting white Christians in an attempt to please their Muslim masters.


7 posted on 10/27/2014 5:11:14 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: knighthawk

“Muslim” is not a race.


8 posted on 10/27/2014 5:15:04 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: knighthawk

Musloidism is not a race.


9 posted on 10/27/2014 5:24:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: knighthawk

What is an OAP?


10 posted on 10/27/2014 5:26:07 AM PDT by dalereed
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My guess, Old Age Pensioner. A retiree, in UK parlance.


11 posted on 10/27/2014 5:29:33 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: knighthawk

On the bright side..... He did not pay a thieving lawyer one farthing. He defended himself


12 posted on 10/27/2014 5:36:57 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Truth29

||||||The security guard should be struck off||||||

I’ll bet he was not a native white Englishman


13 posted on 10/27/2014 5:38:18 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Cboldt

I’m thinking that it was Churchill who made a comment about our two cultures separated by our common language. :=)


14 posted on 10/27/2014 5:39:25 AM PDT by Bob
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Trafalgar Square  in front of the National Gallery.
Trafalgar Square, for purposes of measurement is taken as being the geographic center of London.

15 posted on 10/27/2014 5:42:28 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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Mostly muzzie women in that London pic. What are they protesting?

Honor killings? FGM? Forced marriages? Wife beatings?


16 posted on 10/27/2014 5:47:55 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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I wish I had more info on that photo. London is a real international city with all the downsides this entails. A few upsides for the bankers, The City (finance center), and real estate agents


17 posted on 10/27/2014 5:50:53 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: elcid1970

Maybe its a tribal gathering of the muzzie clans. As in Klans of the Koran. A Koranic Love-In


18 posted on 10/27/2014 5:52:19 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: ConservativeMind

moozlum is insanity on a grand scale.


19 posted on 10/27/2014 5:59:01 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: ConservativeMind

Yes, Bosnian Muslims look just like Bosnian Christians (Serbian Orthodox or Catholic). I doubt DNA studies would find any significant differences.


20 posted on 10/27/2014 6:02:32 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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