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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: edpc

Do you hear any?

They refused to obey a lawful request to get off the plane voluntarily. This is not building bridges


81 posted on 11/21/2006 10:41:17 AM PST by From many - one.
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To: djf

We need to tell the State Dept to immediately stop letting them in the country.

More keep coming every day.


82 posted on 11/21/2006 10:41:25 AM PST by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: jackibutterfly

Or is it quasi-public quasi-private like a supermarket parking lot?


83 posted on 11/21/2006 10:42:10 AM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: Kozak

Quite so. I should have added the /s tag!


84 posted on 11/21/2006 10:42:40 AM PST by SargeK
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To: JoyjoyfromNJ

Thanks for the additional inf.

This thing stinks.


85 posted on 11/21/2006 10:43:00 AM PST by From many - one.
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To: RightWhale

WHAT in the world are you talking about???


86 posted on 11/21/2006 10:43:56 AM PST by jackibutterfly (.)
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To: All

Imam Omar Shahin of Phoenix you say?
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=23425&only


87 posted on 11/21/2006 10:44:58 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: Sub-Driver

88 posted on 11/21/2006 10:45:00 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.)
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To: Sub-Driver
U.S. Muslims outraged after imams kicked off plane ["They were treated like terrorists....]

Pope outraged after being served Communion ["They treated me like I was Catholic!"]
89 posted on 11/21/2006 10:45:13 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Stop global warming - tell a liberal to shut up)
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To: Sub-Driver

My give-a-damn won't even power-on when I flip the switch, let alone do what it's supposed to do.


90 posted on 11/21/2006 10:45:57 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Sub-Driver

CAIR and other mohammedan groups always have harsh words for anyone who takes precautions against islamic terror.

But they never actually criticize islamic terror. Indeed, many of them support and even participate in it. I believe the count of CAIR execs who have gone to prison or been deported for terrorist links is up to five. The MAS, another front group, is an army of the moslem brotherhood which murdered Sadat and thousands of others, and inspired Bint Laden.

After 911, they put a link on their webpage for contributions, implying that the money went to help victims of terrorism. The money went to the "Holy Land Foundation" to fund terror bombings.

They can say "islam is a religion of peace" until they're blue behind their unkempt beards. Their actions tell us islam is a religion of death and brutality. If they're unhappy with that perception, they need to change what they are doing.

You can pick up the paper every day and read about mohammed worshippers who are "outraged" or "seething." You never hear about them being jovial, or friendly, or outgoing, or even responsible or mature. It's a religion of tantrum-prone mental toddlers who have contributed nothing but brutality, cruelty and oppression to society.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F


91 posted on 11/21/2006 10:47:12 AM PST by Criminal Number 18F (Build more lampposts... we've got plenty of traitors.)
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To: Velveeta

Ooops, sorry, that was the wrong link.

Corrected link:

Imam Omar Shahin of Phoenix you say?
http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/000618.html


92 posted on 11/21/2006 10:47:43 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: jackibutterfly

Property law.


93 posted on 11/21/2006 10:47:48 AM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: eleni121

That's one of the things that gets me about the war in Iraq. What the HELL good does it do to be fighting a war over there when there are what, like twenty million of them here already?


94 posted on 11/21/2006 10:48:48 AM PST by djf (Only immigration question needed: You coming here to JOIN US or to CONQUER US?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Maybe it would be news to hear that the muzzies are not outraged because of what happens in response to their strange/hostile behavior.


95 posted on 11/21/2006 10:48:52 AM PST by Ilky Hucktar
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To: Sub-Driver
procedures were followed by security personnel and members of the US Airways flight crew...

The Captain-Pilot is in command of that plane. Any refusal to follow his or her orders should justify any ensuing homicide committed by the Captain in furtherance of effectuating those orders!

96 posted on 11/21/2006 10:49:54 AM PST by O Neill (Aye, Katie Scarlett, the ONLY thing that lasts is the land...)
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To: Sub-Driver

["They were treated like terrorists....]


Point being?


97 posted on 11/21/2006 10:50:20 AM PST by bella1 (Support the Minuteman Project.)
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To: Sub-Driver

The idiots at PMSNBC just compared those guys getting tossed off the plane with the Rosa Parks situation!

This is such stupidity I can't even get myself to e-mail those jerks explaining the differences in the situations.


98 posted on 11/21/2006 10:51:59 AM PST by cydcharisse
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To: Hi Heels

Jesus is their major prophet.


99 posted on 11/21/2006 10:52:26 AM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: Sub-Driver

I would say F'em, but they would enjoy that.


100 posted on 11/21/2006 10:54:54 AM PST by razorback-bert (I met Bill Clinton once but he didn?t really talk ? he was hitting on my wife)
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