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Muslim religious leaders kicked off U.S. domestic flight after pilot refuses to take off with them
Daily Mail ^ | May 7, 2011

Posted on 05/07/2011 1:39:07 PM PDT by NCjim

Two Muslim religious leaders were asked to leave a commercial airliner in Memphis - and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard.

Masudur Rahman and another imam had already been allowed to board their Delta Connection flight from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charlotte, North Carolina before they were asked to get off the plane.

'It's racism and bias because of our religion and appearance and because of misinformation about our religion.' Mr Rahman said. 'If they understood Islam, they wouldn't do this.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384592/Muslim-religious-leaders-told-leave-U-S-domestic-flight-pilot-refuses-aboard.html#ixzz1LhUeCpct

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1 posted on 05/07/2011 1:39:11 PM PDT by NCjim
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“’If they understood Islam, they wouldn’t do this.’”

They obviously understand it quite well.


2 posted on 05/07/2011 1:40:33 PM PDT by Magic Fingers
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To: NCjim

Let the law suits begin!

Still, I’d have cheered the pilot.


3 posted on 05/07/2011 1:40:53 PM PDT by bgill (Kenyan Parliament - how could a man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: NCjim

Throw the terrorist off the plane.


4 posted on 05/07/2011 1:43:08 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
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To: NCjim
''If they understood Islam, they wouldn't do this.'

We know it all too well.

5 posted on 05/07/2011 1:45:01 PM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded.")
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To: NCjim
It's racism

Muslim is not a race.

I hope the other passengers applauded the decision.

6 posted on 05/07/2011 1:45:20 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long history of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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To: South40

I got put off a plane once. Said it was overbooked. I bet that is what happened.


7 posted on 05/07/2011 1:46:42 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: NCjim
A pilot is the captain of the ship. He is the ultimate authority of the plane. If he had one iota of concern that these mooselimbs were a danger to his passengers or the plane, he had every right to boot them.
8 posted on 05/07/2011 1:46:42 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: NCjim

Didn’t this happen once before?


9 posted on 05/07/2011 1:47:47 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: NCjim

Can anyone believe any story that originates out of the UK as being reported properly and accurately?


10 posted on 05/07/2011 1:49:16 PM PDT by Cyman
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It's racism and bias because of our religion and appearance
And probably had nothing to do with them yelling 'Aloha Ackbar', either.
11 posted on 05/07/2011 1:50:26 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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Uh, Mr Rahman; When you are driving your cab I can't have booze or dogs as I must respect YOUR "religion."

When you are on my plane you must respect MY religion, see how this works?

12 posted on 05/07/2011 1:51:06 PM PDT by Not now, Not ever! (Girlfriend suggested I use pelosi in place of swear words, A good idea, I think)
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Kudos to the Delta Captain! I only hope Delta backs him up and does not cave in to CAIR. He IS the ULTIMATE authority aboard his flights.

If they don’t like flying on American aircraft, tell CAIR or Al-Qaeda to start their own damn airline and see how much business they get. At least they won’t have to submit to TSA groping or radiating their genitals. And they will still be able to choose between the “Smoking Section” or “Bomb Section” which should make them happy!


13 posted on 05/07/2011 1:54:31 PM PDT by greenhornet68
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To: NCjim

If they understood Islam, and agreed, they would be terrorists too.


14 posted on 05/07/2011 1:54:43 PM PDT by pallis
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To: NCjim

Catch a Camel, better mode of travel


15 posted on 05/07/2011 1:56:17 PM PDT by wild74
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I just heard a report about this incident on WCBS News Radio in NYC. It seems like the two guys who were booted off the plane were headed for a conference on...(drum roll)
prejudice against Muslims. Now that’s irony that would make O. Henry jealous.


16 posted on 05/07/2011 2:09:43 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Note to Obama: The only time you actually are the smartest person in the room is when you are alone.)
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Well, if you look like a duck, dress like a duck, talk like a duck and walk like a duck, chances are some people are going to mistake you for a duck.
Sorry.
17 posted on 05/07/2011 2:10:10 PM PDT by Riodacat (And when all is said and done, there'll be a hell of a lot more said than done......)
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To: NCjim; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; ...

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Mr. Seinfeld?

JERRY: Yes?

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: I’m sorry, but the pilot has asked that you leave this plane.

JERRY: What?

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Apparently, he has some sort of problem with you.

KATE: I’m not surprised. I really let him have it, Jerry. He has no business being in your audience if you didn’t want him there.

JERRY: I didn’t care.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Well, now the pilot doesn’t want you on his plane.

JERRY: He can’t just throw me off the plane!

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Yes he can, if he has cause to believe a passenger will be a disturbance.

JERRY: But I’m not a disturbance!

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Well, apparently you are disturbing him, sir.


18 posted on 05/07/2011 2:10:21 PM PDT by Gamecock (I didn't reach the top of the food chain just to become a vegetarian.)
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To: NCjim

Make it SOP for these serpents!!!


19 posted on 05/07/2011 2:11:24 PM PDT by Postman
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They might have wanted to wait until the plane was in the air before they threw the imamns off. That would have been a nice touch.


20 posted on 05/07/2011 2:11:35 PM PDT by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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