Ugly plane ride drives Muslim chaplain to tears [Didn't Get A Can of Diet Coke]

Washington Post ^ | 6/1/15

[SoFloFreeper]

.... The Washington Post

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Cans of Coca-Cola Co. and Diet Coke soda are displayed for sale at a convenience store in Redondo Beach, California, U.S., on Monday, July 15, 2013. (Patrick Fallon/Bloomberg) A dispute over a can of soda 30,000 feet above the ground left a woman in tears, spawned a hashtag and provided yet more kindling to the raging debate about Islamophobia in the U.S.

It started Friday on a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., where Northwestern University chaplain Tahera Ahmad was due to participate in a conference on promoting interfaith dialogue. Ahmad, who is Muslim and wears a headscarf, asked for an unopened can of diet coke “for hygienic reasons,” she wrote in an angry Facebook post from the air. She says the flight attendant denied her request, then proceeded to bring an unopened can of beer to the man sitting next to her.

.....When Ahmad turned to her fellow passengers for support, she said that one man told her “You Muslim, you need to shut the f— up.” Ahmad ended the flight “in tears of humiliation,” she wrote, ending her post with the hashtag #Islamophobiaisreal.

Within hours, the post had spawned a flurry of online outrage. Tweeting with the hashtag #UnitedforTahera, people raged against the alleged incident and proposed a boycott of the airline.

.... A 2013 Pew Research Center Survey found that more than 40 percent of Americans believe that Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence

[SoFloFreeper]

Professional victimization....sorry, I don't think a can of soda is a Constitutional right.

And this incident drove her to tears???

All of the CHRISTIAN BUSINESSES being shut down because their RELIGIOUS BELIEFS are given short shrift by the media....but a major story focuses on a denial of a can of Diet Coke?

[Gaffer]

Boo hoo. THIS is Muslim sentiment in this country with respect to ISLAMIC terrorist around this world. NOT protest, NOT condemnation, NOT outcry in personal or public media.

We hear ONLY the bleats and diversions of so called citizens who seek only to use our laws and the misplaced sense of caring and fairness (that has been taken A Few Bridges Too Far, IMO) this country offers.

They can all go to hell.

[Travis McGee]

She is a Professional Muslim Victim, it’s not her first claim.

And, she tried to get a real heroine, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, banned from speaking at her college.

[Travis McGee]

[SampleMan]

A 2013 Pew Research Center Survey found that more than 40 percent of Americans believe that Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence

This is like asking if the Dead Sea is saltier than Lake Michigan. How can 60% dispute the facts?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Muslims boycotting an airline should increase business.

[upchuck]

Related:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3295498/posts

[Mikey_1962]

Nobody gets an unopened can of anything on a flight. You get a glass of something. If you want a full Coke, buy one before you board.

[L,TOWM]

F’ing ridiculous. The guy that got the can of beer probably paid $10-$15 for it. If you are getting the “free” in flight refreshment, you are going to get a cup of soda, coffee, or water. You hardly ever get the whole dammed can these days. “Hygenic reasons?” Bu-—it. I smell an attorney and payday coming from a professional whiner.

IF there was a guy that said “Muslim, you need to shut the f—k up”, would it had made her any happier or less “humiliated” if he had said “B-—ch, shut your yammering skull cave!”?

[Yo-Yo]

.....When Ahmad turned to her fellow passengers for support, she said that one man told her “You Muslim, you need to shut the f— up.”

Are we sure the man who said this wasn't also Muslim?

[Covenantor]

From the article

“She (FA) said, ‘We are unauthorized to give unopened cans to people because they may use it as a weapon on the plane'”

FA should have proceeded with the practical demonstration of rapidly smashing the can against the moosies temple.

"See how that works haji?" accompanied by cheers and applause from the other passengers.

[denydenydeny]

I keep wondering, when did the right not to be offended become paramount above all others?

[Popman]

The reason she wanted an unopened can wasn’t for hygienic reasons, it’s because of her distaste of infidels...

My wife works in retail and she will get the Muslim women making her put their coin change into their purse instead of her gloved hand...

You see my wife is a filthy infidel pig...the money in my wife’s hand cannot touch the hand of one of Allah’s pure maidens...

I don’t think I have ever seen my wife so outraged...

[rockrr]

A 2013 Pew Research Center Survey found that more than 40 percent of Americans believe that Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence

Only 40%? I need to redouble my efforts.

[trisham]

I don’t believe her “story”.

[Gumdrop]

More than 40% of Americans believe that Islam is more likely to encourage violence....?

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Where are the other 50-60%? are they brain dead?

[Gaffer]

Offhand I’m gonna guess they are on EBT with SNAP, TANF, Section 8, WICs, EITC and ObamaPhones, ObamaWeb, et al.

[Gaffer]

“....the sweetest sound I ever heard.......”

[I want the USA back]

Poor things. Kick them the hell out.

[ThunderSleeps]

Where are the other 50-60%? are they brain dead?

They are either totally ignorant of recent history and world events ... or have idiotically bought into the liberal agenda/message that "muslims are the victims here" ... or they are cowards and already cowed and afraid to respond to a poll honestly.