Posted on 03/30/2008 8:53:57 AM PDT by Stoat
Prayers please ... the driver holds out hands with palms facing sky
A MUSLIM bus driver told stunned passengers to get off so he could PRAY.
The white Islamic convert rolled out his prayer mat in the aisle and knelt on the floor facing Mecca.
Passengers watched in amazement as he held out his palms towards the sky, bowed his head and began to chant.
One, who filmed the man on his mobile phone, said: “He was clearly praying and chanting in Arabic.
Route to Mecca ... he kneels on prayer mat
placed at front of the bus
“We thought it was a wind-up at first, like Jeremy Beadle.”
The 21-year-old plumber added: “He looked English and had a London accent. He looked like a Muslim convert, with a big, bushy beard.
“Eventually everyone started complaining. One woman said, ‘What the hell are you doing? I’m going to be late for work’.”
After a few minutes the driver calmly got up, opened the doors and asked everyone back on board.
But they saw a rucksack lying on the floor of the red single-decker and feared he might be a fanatic. So they all refused.
The passenger added: “One chap said, ‘I’m not getting on there now’.
“An elderly couple also looked really confused and worried.
“After seeing that no-one wanted to get on he drove off and we all waited until the next bus came about 20 minutes later. I was left totally stunned. It made me not want to get on a bus again.”
The bizarre event unfolded on the number 81 in Langley, Berkshire, at around 1.30pm on Thursday.
At the wheel ... 'Hrun' drives No81
The passenger said he rang the bus firm to complain but claimed it did not believe him.
He said: “They asked me, ‘Are you sure?’. Then they said they would get back to me, but they weren’t taking me seriously at all.”
Yesterday the driver, who said his name was Hrun, told The Sun: “I asked everyone to get off because I needed to pray. I was running late and had not had time.
“I pray five times a day as a Muslim — but I don’t normally ask people to get off the bus to do it.”
Muslims pray at pre-dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset and evening.
A spokesperson for bus company London United said: “We are aware of a reported incident involving our route 81.
“We are currently undertaking a full investigation into the matter.”
Posted by: clarej69
If the film was made in Langley then the bus must have only been running 10 mins or so. If thats the case surely he could have said his prayers at Slough bus station where the bus starts, Im sure less people would have had a problem with it then. Most of the complaints im sure were because people (including elderly!) were kicked off the bus so he could pray.
BTW, i go through Heathrow bus station every day and alot of the bus drivers pray on their buses before their route starts!
I have grave concerns that there will be a repeat, and a dramatic escalation of the horrific 7-7-05 bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and the behavior of the bus passengers as described in this article worries me terribly as well:
After a few minutes the driver calmly got up, opened the doors and asked everyone back on board.
But they saw a rucksack lying on the floor of the red single-decker and feared he might be a fanatic. So they all refused.
The passenger added: “One chap said, ‘I’m not getting on there now’.
“An elderly couple also looked really confused and worried.
“After seeing that no-one wanted to get on he drove off and we all waited until the next bus came about 20 minutes later. I was left totally stunned. It made me not want to get on a bus again.”
<<<< beating head on desk
Hey Mohammad. "Bang, zoom, straight to the moon!"
"...if found to factual, the passengers will sent to Re-education Centres to correct their insensitivity."
I be yelling at him pray on OWN TIME DUMB****
I would be either beating him senseless or running down the street as fast as my furry stoat legs would take me while yelling into my phone to the police dispatcher that there is a potential terror event occurring NOW and to get the police here instantly. I am terribly dismayed at the way in which this was handled, and we can all rest assured that the terror kingpins all over the world are looking at this Sun article and cackling with glee at how quickly The West forgets.
The words “exile” and “deport” need to get into our conversations.
Carry on....
Get ‘R Done........
They probably can't fire him. But, but it's his religion so it's his right!!!! To heck with keeping up the bus schedule and getting passengers where they need to be at the appropriate time.
LMAO
Great pic, thanks :-)
Had I been there, I would have been delighted to give him considerably more drama than he may have anticipated....
No more calls please, we have a winner!
The reason this is allowed because you people tolerate it and accept it because you are afraid of beig called a racist and a bigot. Your media and politicians as well as ours have trained us well! SPEAK UP AND WE WILL LABEL YOU. I THINK IT’S ABOUT TIME WE STOP THIS NONSENSE!
hmmm - making his final prayer before he blows up a busload?
I have long wondered if this mandated playing stinkbug 5 times a day isnt' a mind-control mechanism - a hypnotic indoctrination that the constant prayer ritual keeps triggered - I wonder if this isn't what keeps these people in line.
That would have been the way to go - then if that rucksack was to be his gift to Allah by blowing up the bus once the people got back on - well,
In the meantime, I'd be finding another way to work.
Why didn’t HE get off the bus to pray instead of being disrespectful to the passengers? Absolute nonsense! I pray this will NEVER come to this country.
Not this Catholic or any other Catholic I know!
The one act would then inspire copycat actions that the Imam could take credit for, increase the Imam's stature in the Muslim world which would reward the Imam with Saudi money and promotion.
Just look at how the Muslim taxi drivers got national attention (and Muslim respect), by not taking passengers with seeing eye dogs or passengers carrying bottles (might be alcohol in there!)
Muslim doctors and nurses not washing their hands.
Or the flying Imams suing the airline that reacted justly to their extreme and PROVOCATIVE behavior. They did that for Muslim fame, Muslim money and support and to inspire others to act.
Or the refusing of Muslim clerks to touch any books with Non-muslim religious tracts, or dispensing birth control medication, or have anyone at work eating lunch during Ramadang.
As they say “ the camels nose is in the tent”. According to their statements - once we submit a little to their ‘needs’ - and submit a bit more, and some more, then the rest of the non-dhimmis will have no choice but to submit or leave.
There's no doubt it plays an integral role...Islam is all about submission, after all
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