Posted on 10/27/2014 4:47:52 AM PDT by knighthawk
Ordeal of OAP who quipped 'I'm not Muslim' at airport security after he was stopped: Man spends six months facing racism charges before case is finally dropped
A pensioner who said Im not Muslim when he was asked to remove his shoes at airport security has spent more than six months facing charges for racism.
Paul Griffith, 75, pictured, set off the security scanners alarm at Stansted airport when travelling to Malaga for a weeks holiday.
He removed his shoes as requested, but said: I am not Muslim am I?
A security guard accused him of racism and called the police, saying he was upset by the remark.
'One minute I am queuing up to get on a plane and the next I am confronted by two armed policemen.
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British Muslims celebrate Eid in Trafalgar Square Photo: Justin Sutcliffe
I have some muslim work buddies that are so upset that the local mall stopped setting up Christmas decorations that they have now boycotted that mall and going to the next suburb where they DO have them.
Islam is an ideology not a race.
There is nothing racist in criticizing it.
Its no different than Communism.
You can’t even be British in Great Britain any more...
They may be white, but they are not Christians, except maybe formally.
Lots of people going to Hell are that.
You McCarthyite, you. :)
You can’t criticize Communism, it’s anti-Semite, or redneck, or Nazism, or something :(
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