You would think that by now, Muslims, especially Muslims in a power position would know that when you appear in public wearing "Muslim garb" as Juan Williams famously said, you invite extra scrutiny and an emotional reaction. The fact they were on their way to a "Islamophobia" convention also calls into question their motives and attitudes. It is not Islamophobia to feel anxious when seeing Muslims in traditional clothing, as it is Muslims who, in the name of Allah continue to murder and maim while quoting the Qur'an and shouting Allahu Akbar. If it was Christians in traditional garb who were blowing innocents up in the name of Christ I would be calling for the same cooperation from Christians as I do Muslims.
The next time radical Christians blow themselves up in a pizza parlor while yelling "Christ Akbar", let me know.
From CNN May 7
Muslim group: two imams pulled from plane bound for North Carolina
(CNN) -- An airline is investigating the removal of two imams from a flight headed to North Carolina, ostensibly because passengers felt uncomfortable with their presence of the pair -- both clad in Islamic attire.
The incident occurred Friday on an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight from Tennessee to North Carolina and it involved Masudur Rahman and Mohamed Zaghloul were wearing traditional Muslim dress, CNN affiliate WCNC reported.
The two -- who hold high religious positions in the Muslim community -- were headed to North Carolina for a conference on prejudice against Muslims, or Islamaphobia. The meeting is sponsored by the North American Imams Federation.
Rahman, who is a professor at the University of Memphis, told the affiliate that the incident reminded him of the prejudice Rosa Parks faced during the civil rights movement.
Yes, and Rosa Parks religious choice allowed for the killing of non-Christians, the blowing up of oneself amidst non-believers and the demand to convert, become a slave or die. Yes there was racial discrimination during the struggle for civil rights, that has nothing to do with Islam as a complete political and societal doctrine which controls all aspects of one's life and is inherently discriminatory against non-Muslims.
"That history I found today in that plane, and it shouldn't happen with any other person," he said.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which operated the flight, said the incident is under investigation, and apologized "for any inconvenience that this may have caused."
Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the civil rights group Council on American-Islamic Relations, told CNN the two men contacted his office and said they were told that passengers were uncomfortable with them on the flight.
"They went through security, even went through secondary security, and got on the plane, were taxiing out," he said.
But then, they were taxied back, Hooper said.
"TSA came on and pulled them off and said the pilot was refusing to fly with them because passengers were uncomfortable with them," Hooper said, referring to the Transportation Security Administration.
Hooper said officials re-screened them and found they were no threat.
While officials tried to get the men back on the plane, "the pilot absolutely refused and ultimately took off," Hooper said.
The pilot of an airplane is the same as a captain of a ship: they have ultimate authority and can control their domain any way they see fit, including kicking passengers off for reasons as simple as having a bad attitude. I can understand why the imams were removed from the flight, it is the passengers right to feel safe, and since they did not, the cause of the passengers fears must be removed.
The lawsuit claiming "discrimination" cannot be far behind.
Read it all
The next time radical Christians blow themselves up in a pizza parlor while yelling "Christ Akbar", let me know.
From CNN May 7
Muslim group: two imams pulled from plane bound for North Carolina
(CNN) -- An airline is investigating the removal of two imams from a flight headed to North Carolina, ostensibly because passengers felt uncomfortable with their presence of the pair -- both clad in Islamic attire.
The incident occurred Friday on an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight from Tennessee to North Carolina and it involved Masudur Rahman and Mohamed Zaghloul were wearing traditional Muslim dress, CNN affiliate WCNC reported.
The two -- who hold high religious positions in the Muslim community -- were headed to North Carolina for a conference on prejudice against Muslims, or Islamaphobia. The meeting is sponsored by the North American Imams Federation.
Rahman, who is a professor at the University of Memphis, told the affiliate that the incident reminded him of the prejudice Rosa Parks faced during the civil rights movement.
Yes, and Rosa Parks religious choice allowed for the killing of non-Christians, the blowing up of oneself amidst non-believers and the demand to convert, become a slave or die. Yes there was racial discrimination during the struggle for civil rights, that has nothing to do with Islam as a complete political and societal doctrine which controls all aspects of one's life and is inherently discriminatory against non-Muslims.
"That history I found today in that plane, and it shouldn't happen with any other person," he said.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which operated the flight, said the incident is under investigation, and apologized "for any inconvenience that this may have caused."
Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the civil rights group Council on American-Islamic Relations, told CNN the two men contacted his office and said they were told that passengers were uncomfortable with them on the flight.
"They went through security, even went through secondary security, and got on the plane, were taxiing out," he said.
But then, they were taxied back, Hooper said.
"TSA came on and pulled them off and said the pilot was refusing to fly with them because passengers were uncomfortable with them," Hooper said, referring to the Transportation Security Administration.
Hooper said officials re-screened them and found they were no threat.
While officials tried to get the men back on the plane, "the pilot absolutely refused and ultimately took off," Hooper said.
The pilot of an airplane is the same as a captain of a ship: they have ultimate authority and can control their domain any way they see fit, including kicking passengers off for reasons as simple as having a bad attitude. I can understand why the imams were removed from the flight, it is the passengers right to feel safe, and since they did not, the cause of the passengers fears must be removed.
The lawsuit claiming "discrimination" cannot be far behind.
Read it all
No comments:
Post a Comment