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MPAC Trains 2,200 Transportation Security Officers
http://www.mpac.org/press/press-releases/mpac-trains-2200-transportation-security-officers.php ^ | November 24, 2010 | mpac

Posted on 11/29/2010 4:45:12 PM PST by wtd

Last week, MPAC completed a quarterly training for Transportation Security Officers (TSO) with about 2,200 officers receiving training on cultural awareness about Islam and Muslims. This was an important achievement for MPAC and the Muslim American community in light of the recent airport security changes and because TSOs are responsible for screening passengers and luggage.

MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC Civic Outreach Coordinator, Saadia Khan and MPAC volunteers, Nisreen Malhis and Sireen Sawaf, conducted the trainings at Los Angeles International Airport for the past two months. They discussed the diversity of Muslims around the world from cultural dress to language to tenets. The four trainers taught the TSOs how to properly handle a Quran and discussed the different ways Muslim women and men choose to cover or dress. For example, the TSOs learned if a woman wears hijab and needs a secondary screening she should be screened in a private area by a female TSO officer. The training sessions allowed trainers to discuss the common practice of Muslims praying in various areas of the airport, adding that they do this because LAX does not have a designated prayer area as other airports do.

The officers were extremely receptive and interested in the information presented. They had many questions regarding the meaning of jihad, sharia, and the rights of women in Muslim countries.

LAX is the third largest airport in the world, making it important for Transportation Security Administration to conduct cultural awareness trainings in order for officers to effectively and efficiently keep the airports secure rather than deciphering cultural tenets. MPAC commends LAX for taking the initiative to implement these trainings.

Earlier this year at the last quarterly training, the TSA invited asked Nirinjan Khalsa of the Human Relations Commission to highlight the Sikh religion.

– Marium F. Mohiuddin (marium@mpac.org) Communications Coordinator


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Religion; Travel
KEYWORDS: islam; mpac; salamalmarayati; tsa; tsapervs; waronterror
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1 posted on 11/29/2010 4:45:21 PM PST by wtd
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They need some TEA Party sensitivity training.


2 posted on 11/29/2010 4:47:39 PM PST by Paladin2
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Did they present information about the cultural preferences of Christian women? We don’t like having our bodies fondled by strangers either. What’s so freaking special about mooslim women?


3 posted on 11/29/2010 4:47:54 PM PST by Josa
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This will stop when how many Americans die? We know its not 3000, right? Is it 30,000? 300,000? 3 million dead bodies? It will stop — I promise you it will stop.


4 posted on 11/29/2010 4:48:20 PM PST by Benchim
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How ‘bout a little freaking AMERICAN SENSITIVITY TRAINING, ***holes!!! After all, IT IS OUR COUNTRY!


5 posted on 11/29/2010 4:50:19 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't touch my junk!!!)
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This was an important achievement for MPAC and the Muslim American community in light of the recent airport security changes and because TSOs are responsible for screening passengers and luggage Muslims are responsible for 99 percent of the world's terrorism.

Sentence was crying out to be fixed.

6 posted on 11/29/2010 4:50:38 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("I'd rather lose fighting for the right cause than win fighting for the wrong cause." - Jim DeMint)
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They were trained how to handle the Koran. Which plays right into the supremacist ideology of Islam.


7 posted on 11/29/2010 4:50:38 PM PST by Islaminaction
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These people think it is vital show mooslimbs they are not islamophobic because they are scared shirtless the same mooselimbs will cut their heads off due to the slightest affront.
8 posted on 11/29/2010 4:50:42 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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“...now get on out there and grope some three-year-olds!”

This is sickness.


9 posted on 11/29/2010 4:51:44 PM PST by Zarro (Hands off Our Junk!)
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How can they be a Muslim and a American when their beliefs run exactly opposite ours.


10 posted on 11/29/2010 4:57:02 PM PST by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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Unbelievable...

Instead of profiling Middle Eastern males between the ages of 17 and 49, who are the people most responsible for global terrorism, they conduct PC “Muslim sensitivity training” to impact them even less than average American citizens.

This is sheer insanity and dhimmitude on display, folks. Al Queda must be laughing their asses off.


11 posted on 11/29/2010 5:01:08 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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Everything I need to know about islam I learned on 9/11.


12 posted on 11/29/2010 5:02:11 PM PST by maine yankee
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To: FlingWingFlyer
How ‘bout a little freaking AMERICAN SENSITIVITY TRAINING, ***holes!!! After all, IT IS OUR COUNTRY!

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13 posted on 11/29/2010 5:03:32 PM PST by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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I will give an inservice on Christian sensitivities ...Oh yea thats right..they don’t care


14 posted on 11/29/2010 5:05:06 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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Would there be this much “back bending” if Christian’s had a terrorist wing within the faith?


15 posted on 11/29/2010 5:05:10 PM PST by Son-Joshua (son-joshua)
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Are we supposed to know what MPAC stands for? I assume Muslim Political Action Committee but strange that the writer doesn’t bother to say....


16 posted on 11/29/2010 5:24:24 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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This training should have been very simple. Tell every man that you are going to grab his gonads because of the actions of muslims. Tell every woman that you are going to cup and twist her boobs because of the actions of muslims.
Tell every muslim we are doing this crap because of what muslims did on 9/11 so shut the he!! up and get back in line.
17 posted on 11/29/2010 5:26:56 PM PST by oldenuff2no (Rangers lead the way...... Delta, the original European home land security)
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This training should have been very simple. Tell every man that you are going to grab his gonads because of the actions of muslims. Tell every woman that you are going to cup and twist her boobs because of the actions of muslims.
Tell every muslim we are doing this crap because of what muslims did on 9/11 so shut the he!! up and get back in line.
18 posted on 11/29/2010 5:27:26 PM PST by oldenuff2no (Rangers lead the way...... Delta, the original European home land security)
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To: Thank You Rush

Good point . . .MPAC = Muslim Public Affairs Council


19 posted on 11/29/2010 5:28:36 PM PST by wtd
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"This was an important achievement for MPAC and the Muslim American community in light of the recent airport security changes and because TSOs are responsible for screening passengers and luggage Muslims are responsible for 99 percent of the world's terrorism.

Needs repeating.

20 posted on 11/29/2010 5:30:34 PM PST by pigsmith (An armed society is a polite society.)
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