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FOX ALERT: Passengers Taken Off Plane at MSP (Minnesota - Flying Imams, 2006)
FOX 9 NEWS ^ | 11/20/06 | FOX 9 NEWS

Posted on 11/20/2006 7:06:49 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

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To: Cindy

Such a relief to find out it's not the Episcopalian Youth Ministry!


141 posted on 11/21/2006 12:06:38 AM PST by Fire_on_High (I am so proud of what we were...)
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To: Fire_on_High

Absolutely and it's good to know it wasn't the Baptists praying before the Big Meal.

You're so right -- what a relief.


142 posted on 11/21/2006 12:13:55 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Did a little checking on our friend Omar Shahin. Busy guy.

He's affiliated with the CAIR-Arizona office.

He's imam with the Islamic Center of the East Valley.

He was a representative for the Muslim PAC at a fundraiser for Jim Pederson who ran against Kyl in 2006.

He's head of the Valley's Imam Council, is the Islamic leader at a local Islamic parochial school, and imam at a local mosque, and he also emceed a recent CAIR-Arizona fundraiser.

He has a law degree from Jordan, and he used to be with the Tucson Islamic Center in 2001.

Some quotes from Omar via the AZ Republic, 09/28/01: "More than 1200 Muslims died in the WTC catastrophe..." and regarding reports by the FBI of Al-Queda nests in the US..."all of these, they made it up."

He's a Muslim extremist by association, and I doubt he was innocently praying on this flight.

143 posted on 11/21/2006 12:28:26 AM PST by IrishRainy (The only way BJ Clinton would have nailed bin Laden is if Ossama had been a White House intern.)
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To: IrishRainy; backhoe; piasa; All

Thank you IrishRainy for the post.
Phoenix seems to be a busy place.

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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=%22Omar+Shahin%22&scoring=d

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&client=news&q=%22Omar+Shahin%22&ie=UTF8

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UPDATE...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/21/passengers.removed.ap/

"Six Muslim imams taken off plane"
POSTED: 3:00 a.m. EST, November 21, 2006


MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) --

ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""They took us off the plane, humiliated us in a very disrespectful way," said Omar Shahin of Phoenix.

The six Muslim scholars were returning from a conference in Minneapolis of the North American Imams Federation, said Shahin, president of the group. Five of them were from the Phoenix-Tempe area, while one was from Bakersfield, California, he said.

Three of them stood and said their normal evening prayers together on the plane, as 1.7 billion Muslims around the world do every day, Shahin said. He attributed any concerns by passengers or crew to ignorance about Islam.

"I never felt bad in my life like that," he said. "I never. Six imams. Six leaders in this country. Six scholars in handcuffs. It's terrible."

Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, expressed anger at the detentions.

"CAIR will be filing a complaint with relevant authorities in the morning over the treatment of the imams to determine whether the incident was caused by anti-Muslim hysteria by the passengers and/or the airline crew," Hooper said. "Because, unfortunately, this is a growing problem of singling out Muslims or people perceived to be Muslims at airports, and it's one that we've been addressing for some time."

Hooper said the conference drew about 150 imams from all over the country, and that those attending included U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, D-Minneapolis, who just became the first Muslim elected to Congress. Shahin said they went as far as notifying police and the FBI about their meeting in advance."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reached by cell phone just after his release, Shahin said he didn't know where they would spend the night or how they would try to get back to Phoenix on Tuesday. Hooper said US Airways refused to put the men on another flight."


144 posted on 11/21/2006 12:59:04 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

So who had Omar's cell phone number anyway?


145 posted on 11/21/2006 1:01:42 AM PST by IrishRainy (The only way BJ Clinton would have nailed bin Laden is if Ossama had been a White House intern.)
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To: IrishRainy

I don't know.


146 posted on 11/21/2006 1:06:34 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Txsleuth; Mr. Brightside

Or a nursing mother, mile high story


147 posted on 11/21/2006 1:10:16 AM PST by Gamecock (Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology. J.I.P.)
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To: Cindy
OMG, here's another one! Go down about 8 paragraphs regarding Kind Hearts.
148 posted on 11/21/2006 1:15:25 AM PST by IrishRainy (The only way BJ Clinton would have nailed bin Laden is if Ossama had been a White House intern.)
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To: Cindy

"Planning on flying this Thanksgiving?

Yes I am, flying from Frankfurt to London. Sance I am flying to England I will have to submit to the same silly regs that everyone back home has to contend with.

If I were flying to Rome I wouldn't have to worry about it...


149 posted on 11/21/2006 1:17:50 AM PST by Gamecock (Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology. J.I.P.)
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To: Gamecock

"If I were flying to Rome I wouldn't have to worry about it..."

Well, when it comes to security, if necessary, rules can change.

I hope you have an uneventful flight gamecock and a blessed Thanksgiving.


150 posted on 11/21/2006 1:23:54 AM PST by Cindy
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To: garjog

And do they have ties to Minnesota's new senator?


151 posted on 11/21/2006 1:24:17 AM PST by beckysueb
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To: IrishRainy; Velveeta; all4one; nwctwx; backhoe; piasa; Oorang; All

Well thanks for the memory jogger, IrishRainy. I do recall reading this article.
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21619
"The Black Hearts of KindHearts"
By Joe Kaufman
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 14, 2006


152 posted on 11/21/2006 1:29:25 AM PST by Cindy
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Evening prayer time for Minneapolis on the 20th was 6:05 PM. Flight departure was scheduled for 5:15 PM. Why didn;t they wait until they were in the air to do their ritual? And come to think of it, how were these pious imams going to align themselves in an airplane so that they were facing Mecca?


Flight Status

Flight # 300
Depart Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Date 11/20/2006
Gate C9
Scheduled 5:15 PM
Actual 8:29 PM
Status Departed

Arrive Phoenix, AZ
Date 11/20/2006
Gate A11
Scheduled 7:40 PM
Actual 10:41 PM
Status Arrived

Today's Prayer Times (Get them via Mobile Phone)
Day Fajr Sunrise Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha
Tue 5:54 7:18 12:00 2:19 4:39 6:05

http://www.islamicfinder.org/prayerDetail.php?country=usa&city=Minneapolis&state=MN&email=&home=2006-11-21&lang=&aversion=&athan=


153 posted on 11/21/2006 1:56:29 AM PST by angkor
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To: Cindy

AM update......


http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_324220237.html


154 posted on 11/21/2006 4:43:25 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Send Lawyers, Guns And Money (Not Necessarily In That Order))
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To: Cindy
Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, expressed anger at the detentions.

"CAIR will be filing a complaint with relevant authorities in the morning over the treatment of the imams to determine whether the incident was caused by anti-Muslim hysteria by the passengers and/or the airline crew," Hooper said. "Because, unfortunately, this is a growing problem of singling out Muslims or people perceived to be Muslims at airports, and it's one that we've been addressing for some time."

Hooper said the conference drew about 150 imams from all over the country, and that those attending included U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, D-Minneapolis, who just became the first Muslim elected to Congress. Shahin said they went as far as notifying police and the FBI about their meeting in advance."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reached by cell phone just after his release, Shahin said he didn't know where they would spend the night or how they would try to get back to Phoenix on Tuesday. Hooper said US Airways refused to put the men on another flight."

Oh Geez! The local radio guys are talking about the Borat movie. BBL

155 posted on 11/21/2006 4:44:30 AM PST by mplsconservative
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To: mplsconservative

More....

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/826056.html


156 posted on 11/21/2006 4:48:25 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Send Lawyers, Guns And Money (Not Necessarily In That Order))
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To: csvset
Has CAIR been notified? Standyby for fits of Muslim outrage.

Look out....here they come.

157 posted on 11/21/2006 4:53:19 AM PST by relictele
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

There will be a lot of lawsuits. They will win. We will be less safe on planes as a result.


158 posted on 11/21/2006 4:54:32 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (PC kills every time it is applied)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Lawsuits from these types of incidents have gone nowhere, in the past. The law is clear. If you are told to do something on an airplane and you refuse, you have broken the law.


159 posted on 11/21/2006 5:01:17 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Send Lawyers, Guns And Money (Not Necessarily In That Order))
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To: angkor
I like to pray before meals even in a restaurant or on a plane. But I do not call attention to myself. God can hear me even if my eyes are open. Refraining from weird, counter-cultural behavior on a plane is just common sense. Just be polite, helpful, and take a bath occasionally and you'll be fine.
160 posted on 11/21/2006 5:17:51 AM PST by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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