Remember November 20, 2006?
Six Muslim imams were removed from US Airways Flight 300 in Minneapolis after several passengers and crew members, became alarmed by what they felt was suspicious behavior : asking for unnecessary seatbelt extenders -which they then did not use, but placed on the floor in front of them; refusing to sit in their assigned seats- they fanned out in the cabin, sitting in pairs close to the front, middle and rear exit rows; and shouting slogans Arabic. In other words, deliberately provoking a reaction amongst the non-Muslim passengers.
Ahmed Shqeirat, Mohamed Ibrahim, Didmar Faja, Omar Shahin, Mahmoud Sulaiman and Marwan Sadeddin claimed the police officers' actions were motivated solely on discrimination based on race, color, religion, ethnicity and filed a lawsuit for unspecified damages, citing "fear, depression, mental pain and financial injury".
They claim their only crime was 'flying while Muslim'.
Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch notes that “Omar Shahin, one of the imams removed from the plane, has links to Osama bin Laden and Hamas.”
US Airways filed its response Dec. 26, 2007 in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota and denied more than 200 complaints levied by the imams.
The airline is demanding that the imams provide "strict proof" on 97 of its claims and wants a jury trial.
Good.
As long as Muslims are trying to explode their shoes on Trans-Atlantic flights, planning to use baby bottles as bombs from London to New York, and smashing jets into skyscrapers, we will see more instances like this one.
The six imams might as well get used to it.
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I found your blog through a Google alert on Omar Shahin.
I've written some posts on the U. S. Airways response to the imams' complaint; here, here and here
I aspire for Crossword Bebop to be considered an authoritative source for information on the Flying Imams
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