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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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To: elcid1970
I found the image source http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/8277811/A-British-Muslim-who-would-rather-talk.html

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British Muslims celebrate Eid in Trafalgar Square
British Muslims celebrate Eid in Trafalgar Square  Photo: Justin Sutcliffe

21 posted on 10/27/2014 6:07:13 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: Cowboy Bob

I have some muslim work buddies that are so upset that the local mall stopped setting up Christmas decorations that they have now boycotted that mall and going to the next suburb where they DO have them.


22 posted on 10/27/2014 6:07:57 AM PDT by cavador (Stop the boats,Stop the boats,-we are drowning in boat people!)
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To: knighthawk

Islam is an ideology not a race.

There is nothing racist in criticizing it.

Its no different than Communism.


23 posted on 10/27/2014 6:33:03 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: knighthawk

You can’t even be British in Great Britain any more...


24 posted on 10/27/2014 6:53:58 AM PDT by Gritty (Obama wants to wage war by measuring it out in teaspoons - Ralph Peters)
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To: Cowboy Bob

They may be white, but they are not Christians, except maybe formally.

Lots of people going to Hell are that.


25 posted on 10/27/2014 8:09:29 AM PDT by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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To: goldstategop

You McCarthyite, you. :)

You can’t criticize Communism, it’s anti-Semite, or redneck, or Nazism, or something :(


26 posted on 10/27/2014 8:12:03 AM PDT by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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