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Muslim plane anger
7DAYS ^ | Tuesday, 22nd August, 2006

Posted on 08/21/2006 2:40:17 PM PDT by A. Pole

The decision to remove two men from a flight before it took off from the Spanish port of Malaga for the English city of Manchester after fellow passengers feared they might be terrorists was condemned by Muslim leaders in Britain, it was reported yesterday. Some among the 150 passengers on board the Monarch Airlines flight demanded that staff remove two men after they expressed alarm about their behaviour on Wednesday, a spokesman for the airline said.

Cabin crew informed Spanish authorities of the passengers’ fears and the men - who apparently looked Asian and spoke Arabic - were taken off the flight and questioned by police. The pair flew back to Manchester later in the week and were not arrested by British police. Khalid Mahmoud, a governing Labour Party MP, told The Guardian the decision was "hugely irrational". "You can’t just accuse anybody who’s of Asian appearance and treat them like a terrorist.

"If somebody is threatening anybody it’s understandable, but when they are just travelling for their own needs it’s not. "People just need to calm down." The Islamic Human Rights Commission told the newspaper that "ever-increasing Islamophobia" was to blame for the removal of the men.

The Daily Mirror, meanwhile, quoted Muhammad Abdul Bari, head of the Muslim Council of Britain, as saying: "While it is sensible for all of us to be vigilant, it is not sensible to pick on Muslims simply because they happen to dress differently or appear to be speaking to each other in Arabic." Travellers have been increasingly jittery in the wake of Britain’s announcement that an alleged terror plot was foiled about ten days ago.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; airplane; angrymuslims; british; islam; muslim; prejudice; spain; terror
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To: texten

"Or like calling French or Germans or Italians Europeans because they live on the continent of Europe."

Nope. That makes sense. However Asian has multiple meanings and depending on the usage it can be confusing.


81 posted on 08/21/2006 3:54:54 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: Iscool; msflea
They are not Asians...

What continent does the Middle East sit on?

Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and everything east of them sit on the continent of Asia. Brits call Chinese, Thais, and such "Orientals"

82 posted on 08/21/2006 4:03:43 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A planned society is most appealing to those with the arrogance to think they will be the planners)
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To: adam_smith_76
I wouldn't be too happy about people freaking out and calling in a terrorist threat just because I was speaking Arabic.

They were wearing heavy coats even though it was warm, and were acting suspiciously while being dressed inappropriately. The media keeps harping on the speech, when it was much more than that.

83 posted on 08/21/2006 4:07:25 PM PDT by technochick99 ( Firearm of choice: Sig Sauer....)
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To: Kirkwood
Or like calling French or Germans or Italians Europeans because they live on the continent of Europe.

"Nope. That makes sense. However Asian has multiple meanings and depending on the usage it can be confusing."

Yes, but it was a UAE article about a European flight to Britain, so the word usage was British. And even if the reader didn't realize that, a little geographical knowledge should have cleared it up. (sorry if I'm sounding snarky, it's hot in TX today.)

84 posted on 08/21/2006 4:17:02 PM PDT by texten
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To: A. Pole

I travel frequently. I scan the waiting area in the airport. I can guarantee you that if I EVER see one of those bearded freaks, hear somone jabbering in Farsi, or see those head-scarved or hooded so-called women about to board a flight I am scheduled to take, I am changing my ticket, no matter what it costs to do so!


85 posted on 08/21/2006 4:20:22 PM PDT by hardworking
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To: adam_smith_76

Reminds me of an experience I had last week. A woman with a very thick accent informed me that she has lived here TWENTY SEVEN YEARS and yet she can hardly speak English. Enough already. If you want to speak jibberish then go back to whatever country they speak it in. If you are here, then speak English ALL the time! My great grandfather gave up German and never taught my grandfather to speak it. I'm sick of this foreign tongue garbage! I can't even understand the order taker at MacDonalds!!!!!


86 posted on 08/21/2006 4:26:00 PM PDT by hardworking
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To: Beckwith

Thank you for that link. I passed it on to friends.


87 posted on 08/21/2006 4:28:26 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: Iscool; msflea
Alas, folks from the Indian Subcontinent ARE Asians.

The Brits were formerly in the habit of calling them Kafir and Wogs ~

This is just more of the trouble euphemisms will get you into.

88 posted on 08/21/2006 4:30:41 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Draco; B-Chan

Thanks, but you give me too much credit. This was a parody played on the Howard Stern show. It goes with the Sinatra song Strangers in the Night.


http://www.manbottle.com/audio_library/sinatra_-_strangers_on_my_flight


89 posted on 08/21/2006 4:35:24 PM PDT by SHOOT THE MOON bat ("I ain't got a dime but what i got is mine. I ain't rich but Lord I'm free." George Strait)
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To: A. Pole
The Islamic Human Rights Commission told the newspaper that "ever-increasing Islamophobia" was to blame for the removal of the men".

That's right, Mullah, or Imam, or Mufti, or whatever you call yourself. Islamophobia increases every day because of the behavior of Muslim 'believers', not because the 'infidels' are unreasonable. The war is coming. I can't wait.

90 posted on 08/21/2006 5:05:31 PM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: muawiyah

The real problem with "Asian" as used by Brits is that it is overbroad.

It includes Middle Eastern, Russian, Indian, Southeast Asian, and "Oriental."

So if you are referring to one of those subgroups (e.g. "looked middle eastern") the only reason to use "Asian" is to obfuscate.

Oddly, weren't many of those muslim, arabic speakers who hijacked the 9-11 AFRICAN (from Egypt)? (Though they, like the subjects of the article "looked middle eastern")


91 posted on 08/21/2006 5:07:48 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: msflea
When one says Asians, one thinks of China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, etc..

That IS why. It's misdirection from calling the terrorists what they ARE, M-U-S-L-I-M-S
92 posted on 08/21/2006 5:30:37 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: SHOOT THE MOON bat
http://www.manbottle.com/audio_library/sinatra_-_strangers_on_my_flight

Thank you for the link

93 posted on 08/21/2006 6:00:27 PM PDT by A. Pole (Dzerzhinsky: There are no innocent people.There are only such who weren't examined in the proper way)
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To: SauronOfMordor
Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and everything east of them sit on the continent of Asia. Brits call Chinese, Thais, and such "Orientals"

I'm not buying it...I don't care if I have to draw my own map...

These terrorists are Middle Eastern, as opposed to the Far Eastern...And that doesn't include India...

In that neck of the woods, we have A-rabs, Indians and Orientals...And a handful of Israelis...And we know what group the terrorists live in...And it's not the Oriental (Asian) group...And the MSM knows this as well...

94 posted on 08/21/2006 6:43:14 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: A. Pole
Chill everyone. It's easy to forget that we Americans do not own the English language. There are a lot of differing terms between our version and the British version (and other versions). When we read their newspaper (although, apparently in this case, it's UAE), we need to adjust our thinking to their audience. If I see the term "Asians" the first thing that I do is check who the article was written for. If it's for Britain, then I know EXACTLY it's our Islamic bunch of animals that they're referring to. If US, then probably East Asia (China, Japan). Just keep in mind that the world (still) does not revolve around us.
95 posted on 08/21/2006 7:09:38 PM PDT by BobL
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To: A. Pole
"You can’t just accuse anybody who’s of Asian appearance and treat them like a terrorist.

That's cause all the terrorists were green eyed blonde American's.

96 posted on 08/21/2006 7:10:47 PM PDT by ladyinred (Leftists, the enemy within.)
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To: A. Pole
Thats a little late to the gate...

[ "If somebody is threatening anybody it’s understandable, but when they are just travelling for their own needs it’s not. "People just need to calm down." The Islamic Human Rights Commission told the newspaper that "ever-increasing Islamophobia" was to blame for the removal of the men. ]

<<-- they are talking to the HAND....(cutting toenails)...

97 posted on 08/21/2006 7:14:41 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole.)
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To: GretchenM

Thought you knew an event was coming up on September 22, afterall August 22 is supposed to be SOMETHING,...then I realized your fingers slipped. ;)


98 posted on 08/21/2006 7:15:36 PM PDT by madison10
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To: A. Pole

You know what muslim leaders (no caps on purpose) can do?

They can kiss my pale pink Irish arse!


99 posted on 08/21/2006 7:18:20 PM PDT by lawdude (There are limits to intelligence but none to stupidity... Hannity and Colmes)
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To: A. Pole

""You can’t just accuse anybody who’s of Asian appearance and treat them like a terrorist. "

I reserve my God given right to feel uncomfortable about whomever I choose. And you have the right to ESAD!


100 posted on 08/21/2006 7:22:01 PM PDT by lawdude (There are limits to intelligence but none to stupidity... Hannity and Colmes)
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