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Six imams were removed from a flight:
Muslim leaders expressed outrage on Tuesday after six imams were removed from a commercial airline flight in Minnesota for what they said was nothing more than trying to say evening prayers.
...Patrick Hogan, spokesman for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, said the airline asked airport police to remove the six men from the Minneapolis to Phoenix flight because their actions were "arousing some concerns" among both passengers and crew.
He said the men had been praying at the gate area but he did not know if they tried to pray once at their seats inside the plane.
He also said some witnesses reported the men were making anti-American statements involving the Iraq war, asked to change seats once inside the cabin, that one requested an extender to make his seat belt larger even though he did not appear to need it and that in general "there was some peculiar behavior."
I'd be concerned too if I saw a bunch of imams praying before a flight. I've rarely heard of imams praying for a safe flight. I've rarely heard of imams praying to be protected from Islamic terrorists. On the contrary, there is tremendous documentation of imams praying for terrorism, and praying for people to blow up planes, etc., in the name of Islam.
Muslim leaders expressed outrage on Tuesday after six imams were removed from a commercial airline flight in Minnesota for what they said was nothing more than trying to say evening prayers.
"They were treated like terrorists ... humiliated," said Abu Hannoud, civil rights director for the Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who said the men were taken off the US Airways flight in handcuffs.
..."They were rewarded by being treated like terrorists," [Hannoud] said. "Their humiliation is really a humiliation for the entire Muslim community," he added,
Note that these imams don't say one word condemning terrorists who blow up planes, trains, busses, and restaurants in the name of Islam. They don't like being treated like terrorists, but they don't say that anyone who is a terrorist is lost to Islam.
On the contrary, they make a statement that contains a veiled threat, by claiming outrage and "humiliation for the entire Muslim community."
In current Islamic culture, outrage is considered a sufficient pretext for rioting, burning buildings, etc., e.g. the cartoon riots, which were ascribed by Muslims to nothing more than a sense of outrage. So when these imams claim outrage, not only for themselves, but for the "entire Muslim community," they are making a veiled threat of violence. They prove that we are right to be vigilant against Islamofascism and Islamic terrorism in the U.S.
If imams don't like being thrown off of flights, they need to start holding rallies, marches, and vigils in which they loudly proclaim that anyone who blows up planes, trains, busses, and restaurants in the name of Islam, is lost to Islam, with no "ifs" "ands" or "buts". Until they separate themselves from the Islamic terrorists, they cannot claim to deserve to be considered separate from the Islamic terrorists.
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#2For the same reason you don’t yell “fire” in a crowded theater, Muslims shouldn’t proclaim “allahu akbar” before takeoff.
Well said!
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#4People who faunt their religion don't strike me as being truly spritiual. That said, about the worst thing you can do is pay them any attention...because that's what they really want. Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all. Travelerhelen gives good advice....a bit more patience would probably help everyone out in a situation such as this.
The 9/11 hijackers totally changed the game....in the past protocol said cooperate with the demands of the terrorist. Who would be foolish enough to do that now? If someone jumps up on a plane and claims they have a bomb, they're ass is going to get beat down(do we even need a Federal Marshall on the plane?). I know some hijackings have occurred since 2001, but none in America that I'm aware of.
Not only do I think that Imams and other prominent leaders in the Muslim community need to stand up and be more vocal against Islamic radicals, but I think they also need to respect our country, our culture, and our people more. Everyone always ballyhoos about "discrimination" when there's an incident like this, but you never hear any retort from the other side!
When are the pundits and other non-Muslims going to stand up and say, "Excuse me! We were attacked a few years back by people of YOUR religion who killed 3000 of our citizens, and it's put is on guard!"? We have every right as citizens of this country to protect ourselves against the suspects who fit the profile of a terrorist; so if anything, the Imam's are the ones who are being insensitive. The majority of clear-thinking, red-blooded American's out there (Even those at the ACLU and CAIR) are concerned about terrorism and would say something if they saw two Muslims praying before their plane took off.
For the same reason you don't yell "fire" in a crowded theater, Muslims shouldn't proclaim "allahu akbar" before takeoff.