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U.S. Muslims outraged after imams kicked off plane ["They were treated like terrorists....]
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Posted on 11/21/2006 10:04:47 AM PST by Sub-Driver

U.S. Muslims outraged after imams kicked off plane

By Michael Conlon 27 minutes ago

Muslim leaders expressed outrage on Tuesday after six imams were removed from a commercial airline flight in Minnesota for what they said was nothing more than trying to say evening prayers.

"They were treated like terrorists ... humiliated," said Abu Hannoud, civil rights director for the Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who said the men were taken off the US Airways flight in handcuffs.

He said the men were still trying to find a flight back to Phoenix where most are affiliated with a major mosque after the carrier refused them passage following the incident on Monday evening.

"We are concerned that crew members, passengers and security personnel may have succumbed to fear and prejudice based on stereotyping of Muslims and Islam," added Nihad Awad, executive director of the council, in a statement from the group's Washington headquarters.

"We call on relevant authorities to investigate whether proper procedures were followed by security personnel and members of the US Airways flight crew," he said.

The group said the men told it they were accused of "suspicious activity," which they believed was only their attempt to pray.

Hannoud said in an interview that the men had been attending a three-day meeting of the North American Imams Federation in the Minneapolis area "discussing how to build bridges" between Muslims and American society, and that the FBI and local police had been informed in advance about the meeting.

"They were rewarded by being treated like terrorists," he said. "Their humiliation is really a humiliation for the entire Muslim community," he added, and further proof that Islam phobia is a growing problem in the United States.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; cair; danielpearl; headchoppers; himoms; holyshiite; imams; islam; moongod; muslims; rop; trop; wtc
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To: Sub-Driver

Where are the headlines like this:

U.S. Muslims outraged after Islamofascist terrorists klll in the name of Allah ["They were treated like heroes....]


61 posted on 11/21/2006 10:31:42 AM PST by Silly (Still being... Silly)
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To: Sub-Driver

"They were treated like terrorists"

Thats because they ARE!!!


62 posted on 11/21/2006 10:31:43 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Time to eradicated islambs and mooselimbs! GO PTSC)
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To: Sub-Driver

Council on American Islamic Relations spokespersons Mohammed AbuHannoud, left, and Bushra Khan, right, answers reporters' questions during a news conference regarding the removal of six imams (Muslim religious leaders) from a US Airways flight, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)


63 posted on 11/21/2006 10:32:25 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... Cornyn / Kyl in '08)
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To: Sub-Driver

CAIR To File Complaint Over Imams Being Removed From Minneapolis Flight
 Posted by From many - one. to Sans-Culotte; iceskater
On News/Activism 11/21/2006 7:55:04 AM PST · 61 of 97
Note this! An Arabic speaker didn't like what she was hearing: ( how about teaching some of our air marshalls Arabic?)
>>To: Abigail Adams
Per channel 5 here:
Basically these 6 guys were speaking Arabic amongst themselves on the jetway towards the plane. A woman who speaks the language heard some of it and was concerned enough to notify the flight attendant via a note.
Crew asked for them to leave.
Question on their ID's.
Said they were attending religious conference.
All they have for now.
79 posted on 11/20/2006 8:06:32 PM PST by MNlurker <<
here's the thread:
FOX ALERT: Passengers Taken Off Plane at MSP (Minnesota)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741897/posts?page=79


64 posted on 11/21/2006 10:32:44 AM PST by From many - one.
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To: RightWhale
"Is the plane considered private property?"

Why did you ask that?

65 posted on 11/21/2006 10:33:27 AM PST by jackibutterfly (.)
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To: pabianice
If cair wasn't a terrorist organization....
there would be room for them in the US....
otherwise, if we are at war, throw the cair terrorists out for the safety of the children. We adults will take cair (of) ourselves.
66 posted on 11/21/2006 10:33:41 AM PST by From One - Many (Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
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To: Sub-Driver
...men were still trying to find a flight back to Phoenix

By the time they get to Phoenix,
They'll be Christians.
They'll finally be understanding St. Paul...

67 posted on 11/21/2006 10:34:30 AM PST by O Neill (Aye, Katie Scarlett, the ONLY thing that lasts is the land...)
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To: Sub-Driver
"We are concerned that crew members, passengers and security personnel may have succumbed to fear and prejudice based on stereotyping of Muslims and Islam,"

Well, duh, wonder why that may have come about? Haven't seen any Lutherans rampaging at the slightest affront, or blowing people up............

68 posted on 11/21/2006 10:34:42 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: Kenny Bunk

Cute.


69 posted on 11/21/2006 10:35:08 AM PST by NY Attitude (You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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To: Sub-Driver
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70 posted on 11/21/2006 10:35:12 AM PST by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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To: Sub-Driver
"They were treated like terrorists ... humiliated,"

Which is a whole lot better than "infidels" are treated by Muslims, generally speaking.

Here's a suggestion: start condemning the radical, intolerant, fascists that are more and more coming to define your faith, and maybe people would be a little less uneasy when you start praying to Mecca just before boarding a plane.

71 posted on 11/21/2006 10:35:42 AM PST by Sicon
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To: SQUID
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72 posted on 11/21/2006 10:36:19 AM PST by Jason_b
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To: Sub-Driver
U.S. Muslims outraged after imams kicked off plane.

Hmm. Muslims are outraged. This is news?

[yawn]

I'm more than a little tired of Muslim outrage.

73 posted on 11/21/2006 10:36:33 AM PST by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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To: scott7278

More like "building bridges to hang our burnt bodies from," as in Fallujah, 2004.

}:-)4


74 posted on 11/21/2006 10:36:52 AM PST by Moose4 (Baa havoc, and let slip the sheep of war.)
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To: From many - one.; TLI; eureka!

I'd be more inclined to give them a pass if the meeting they were attending discussed how to burn bridges with Islamic fascists, rather than building bridges with American society. I don't hear enough outrage and protests from these groups about the activity of their "brothers" overseas.


75 posted on 11/21/2006 10:37:31 AM PST by edpc (Violence is ALWAYS a solution. Maybe not the right one....but a solution nonetheless)
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To: Sub-Driver
[A member of the local airport commission] also said some witnesses reported the men were making anti-American statements involving the Iraq war, asked to change seats once inside the cabin, that one requested an extender to make his seat belt larger even though he did not appear to need it and that in general "there was some peculiar behavior."

A further quote from the yahoo posting. So "just praying" wasn't the only reason for their removal.

76 posted on 11/21/2006 10:39:01 AM PST by JoyjoyfromNJ (Psalm 121)
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To: Sub-Driver
Headline: U.S. Muslims outraged after imams kicked off plane ["They were treated acted like terrorists....]

There. I fixed your title.

77 posted on 11/21/2006 10:39:18 AM PST by Gritty (The average American doesn't comprehend the degree to which our nation is in peril-Gen Schoomaker)
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To: Sub-Driver
They are terrorists! (This is a virtual library of Islam/Koran)

CAIR is also the enemy working freely within the United States to harass, confuse and lobby for their interest in the United States Government. Throw that organization out of the country. No long robes, towels on heads or veils if traveling on Jets along with all the other safety measures we have now this must be part of that security. Off with the Robes, veils and other exclusionary and concealing apparel.

End Political Correctness Now!

78 posted on 11/21/2006 10:39:49 AM PST by yoe
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To: edpc

Nope. *crickets*


79 posted on 11/21/2006 10:40:08 AM PST by eureka! (May the voters see the light next time.....)
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To: rovenstinez

They don't believe in Christ. Try and imagine if this had been a Christian praying in public. Be lucky if they weren't removed from the plane in mid air.


80 posted on 11/21/2006 10:40:51 AM PST by Hi Heels (God bless you, ZM. Keep fighting.)
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