Posted on 07/23/2006 1:03:26 PM PDT by Alouette
Muslim business travellers are boycotting Glasgow airport, according to a leading Scottish figure. Bashir Mann, from the Muslim Council of Great Britan, complained of heavy-handed and humiliating searches by anti-terrorist police officers.
Dozens of executives have said they are no longer prepared to fly from Scotland and are using Manchester instead.
Strathclyde Police said it was looking at training to raise awareness of cultural and religious sensitivities.
Mr Mann said: "I'd never experienced anything like that before in Scotland.
"This was a show of sheer discrimination, victimisation of certain sections of the community in Scotland."
Glasgow businessman Mohammed ashraf said it was "undignified" to be stopped and questioned.
"After being through all the checks that normal people go through, at the last moment you are stopped again and asked questions as everybody else passes you by," he said.
Ahmed Tassi, a Lebanese nurse working in Glasgow, said his wife was frequently targeted.
"She is a Canadian. She is more of an English speaker than me but she happens to be Muslim and covers her hair.
"90% of occasions when we pass through they say 'step aside' and she gets the full search.
"I am always waiting half an hour or an hour for her come."
A Strathclyde Police spokesperson said: "We have had a meeting with representatives from the Muslim community.
"Their concerns have been acknowledged and we have pledged to work with the community to address these issues.
"We are looking at further training of our officers, particularly at airports to raise awareness of cultural and religious sensitivities."
I happen to be Jewish and I cover my hair. I have been pulled out of line at the airport for "special searches" of my shoes, my hat.
I hope these whiners boycott more airports! They should boycott Detroit Metro!
Too bad they can't boycott the rest of the airports.
Warning! This is a high-volume ping list.
Pause a moment and take the following test:
In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
(a) Norwegians from Ballard;
(b) Elvis;
(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
(a) A pizza delivery boy;
(b) Crazed feminists screeching that being able to throw a grenade
beyond its own burst radius was an unfair and sexist requirement
in basic training;
(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
(a) Luca Brazzi, for not being given a part in "Godfather 2;"
(b) The Tooth Fairy;
(c) Butch and Sundance who had a few sticks of dynamite left over
from the train thing
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
(a) Mr. Rogers;
(b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wee Willie's women problems;
(c) the WWF, to promote its next villain: "Mustapha the Merciless;"
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
October 12, 2000, 17 US sailors lost their lives on the USS Cole and this was done by:
a) That Purple Teletubbie
b) Gary Condit
c) LA Crips street gang
d) Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
December 2000 a person tries to light a shoe bomb on a commercial jetliner and this was done by:
a) Mother Theresa
b) an Italian guy from New York City named "Giacomo"
c) hard working Hispanic farm workers
d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed by:
(a) Bugs Bunny,
(b) the Supreme Court of Florida trying to outdo their attempted
hijacking of the 2000 Presidential election;
(c) Mr. Bean
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
Too bad they can't boycott the rest of the airports.
Really. I was going to say that if all muslims would boycott all airports half our battle would be won.
They should boycott Detroit metro from somewhere other than Detroit.
The Glasgow airport obviously knows the proper way to screen people and are not tied up in red tape over political correctness. I think US airports could learn something from them.
Could muslims please boycott the entire western world! Thank you in advance for your compliance.
Envision their own runway on Warren & Schaefer.
They always complain about things in the West, but wouldn't they be taken more seriously by us if they complained about the savagery & barbarism in Middle Eastern and Moslem countries? Instead of complaining, maybe they should focus their energies on making their own societies decent and civilized first. Once that's done, and once we're no longer in danger of getting blown up in our own planes and railway stations, then maybe we'll start listening to their complaints.
Well stated.
They can boycott everything for all I care. Including restaurants and grocery stores. When the get hungry, they can go back to the Middle East, where the only people who are allowed to be humiliated are women and non-Muslims.
But cerially their hole "religion" seems like it was made up on the fly by the Waterboys Momma!
Music I cant play no music, music is from the devil. Chess, I cant play no chess, chess is from the devil. Benjamin Franklin didn't invent no electricity, I did, Benjamin Franklins from the devil!!!
They can use magic carpets.
"Instead of complaining, maybe they should focus their energies on making their own societies decent and civilized first."
good stuff.
This is a perfect example of what "moderate" muzzies do. They take a page out of the lib's playbook.
If the shoe fits, wear it; my muslin 'friends'.
Damned, you beat me.
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