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Here is my new airport screening program.
1. If someone talks with an accent, gate agent must ask them in Arabic - "do you speak Arabic?" If they respond yes in English or Arabic - then they are a terrorist.

2. If a person is wearing strange head-coverings or appears to be from a non-western religion, present the person with a copy of the Koran and ask them to tear out a page from it and wipe it on the bottom of their shoe. If they refuse - then they are a terrorist.

3. Place a picture of Mohammad on a rug or mat in front of the security check in. Anyone who avoids stepping on it is a terrorist

4. Place 50 Korans in a 400 gallon jar of urine. Display this work of art in the concourse. Anyone who protests or shows any disgust whatsoever is a terrorist.

5. Offer pork tenderloins, bacon cheeseburger, bacon & eggs or any other pork product as the in-flight meal. Offer some camel meat as the alternative. Anyone who chooses the camel meat is a terrorist.

I mean there are so many variations on this that we would never run out of ways to flush these fanatics out of a crowd.

I hate to burst your bubble, but Arabs and Muslims do fly on El Al. I have no doubt the Israelis know exactly who they are in every instance, and I don't blame them for scrutinizing this group closely.

I hate to burst your bubble, but Arabs and Muslims do fly on El Al. I have no doubt the Israelis know exactly who they are in every instance, and I don't blame them for scrutinizing these groups closely.

I know you are trying to be funny, but your first ssuggestion has some real merit to it. Native Arabic speakers represent a high risk group that should be given special attention. Nothing wrong with "ethnic profiling" that concentrates time, attention, and resources in the prospective passenger populations statistically most likely to cause the most trouble.