Posted on 08/21/2006 10:02:50 AM PDT by TChris
A Winnipeg doctor is demanding an official apology and compensation from United Airlines after being kicked off a flight in the U.S. this week, an incident he has characterized as "institutionalized discrimination." Dr. Ahmed Farooq, a Muslim, was escorted off an airplane in Denver on Tuesday. According to Farooq, reciting his evening prayers was interpreted by one passenger as an activity that was suspicious.
"The whole situation is just really frustrating," Farooq said. "It makes you uneasy, because you realize you have to essentially watch every single thing you say and do, and it's worse for people who are of colour, who are identifiable as a minority."
Farooq said the allegation came from a passenger who appeared drunk and had previously threatened him during the trip.
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How stupid was he? Okay, we are so sorry that you were praying on an airline after Muslims used them for missiles and threatened to blow up more of them recently. How is that?
Right. Sure. Of course, it's well known that fundamentalist Christians are running around the globe blowing up All Things Non-Christian and sawing the heads off of Muslims and other on-Christians to the gleeful cries of "Praise to be to God!", etc. etc. The mere sight of a Christian professing his or her faith would be enough to engender an emergency landing, by golly.........you bet, son.
What utter, complete bullshit. I suppose you weren't in the debate club in high school.....
Timothy McVeigh was a Christian?
"He was just reciting his evening prayers" -- IOW, he got down on his hands and knees in the middle of the aisle and raised his butt in the air.
I would have just quietly attached a KICK ME post-it to his arse.
Hey Doc, Come over to my house, I have your apology right here
The white guy in the picture you posted was a professed atheist, in spite of being raised Catholic. He was not a Christian at the time he committed his act of terrorism.
Got any more examples?
We don't let violent, paranoid schizophreniacs fly on airplanes why should we let muslims fly?
Couldn't F*ckf*ce pray silently instead of annoying everyone else on the plane? Oh, that's right, that would have meant he would have had to be courteous to infidels, my bad.
McVeigh was not an atheist, and never claimed to be. He said he was agnostic. He received the Catholic last rites just before his execution.
I did not in any way, shape or form try to establish moral relativism between Islam and Christianity. It's so obvious to anyone here the difference between Christian behavior and that of the Islamists, I figured I wouldn't insult all the intelligent people here by pointing it out.
Personally, I think they should tell him to go pound sand - in Saudi Arabia.
Agnostic != Christian
Atheists believe in no god. Agnostics take the position that they can not know whether or not there is a God. Christians believe in God.
Because someone gives a guy Catholic last rites, that doesn't make the guy a Christian.
he did this on purpose
he didn't have to pray after a passenger already showed some concern.
and if it was his "scheduled" prayer time- he could have "scheduled" his flight at a different time
I think he's just LOOKING for a lawsuit
the new Amewrican lottery!
I appreciate the amplification.......and trust me when I tell you, there are PLENTY of anti-Christian types on this Forum; far more than you may believe.
He will threaten to sue, the airline and the govmnt will give in, and we will be in greater danger.
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