SubscribeBooted “Imam” Wants Boycott Of US Airways
From the Minneapolis Red Star-Tribune:
Omar Shahin, right, one of six imams removed from a US Airways Phoenix-bound plane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, passes through a Northwest Airlines checkpoint, where he successfully purchased a ticket on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006.
Muslim scholar calls for airline boycott
Six imams were removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Monday and questioned by police for several hours before being released, a leader of the group said.
Bob von Sternberg, Star Tribune
November 21, 2006
One of the Muslim scholars removed from a US Airways flight on Monday today called for imams around the country to boycott the airline after employees refused to sell him new tickets for his flight home.
On Monday, Omar Shahin and five other imams had gone to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to fly home to Phoenix after attending a conference in Minneapolis of the North American Imams Federation. Shahin is president of the group.
But after passengers raised concerns about the imams — three of whom said their normal evening prayers in the airport terminal before boarding the Phoenix-bound plane — the imams were removed from the flight and questioned by authorities.
This morning Shahin returned to the Twin Cities International Airport to buy six more tickets for the flight to Phoenix, but a US Airways ticket agent and supervisor refused to sell him the tickets.
In an exchange witnessed by a Star Tribune reporter, the unnamed supervisor said Shahin’s tickets had been refunded and that he needed to get tickets on another airline.The supervisor then offered Shahin a customer service phone number.
"I want to go home. I don’t want phone numbers," Shahin said. "I want to buy six tickets."
"They have no reason to refuse service to us just because of the way we look," he said "It’s terrible. We want America to stay the way it is because we love this country."
The supervisor asked Shahin to leave the ticket counter.
"This is prejudice," he replied. "This is obvious discrimination. No one can argue with this."
"I am calling for a boycott of US Airways because I’m not going to stay silent," said Shahin, who is Jordanian. "I came to this country to enjoy justice and freedom."
US Airways said in a statement that it was aware of the situation and is conducting its own investigation. "We are always concerned when passengers are inconvenienced and especially concerned when a situation occurs that causes customers to feel their dignity was compromised," the statement said. "We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and will continue to exhaust our internal investigation until we know the facts of this case and can provide answers for the employees and customers involved in this incident."
Later this morning the scholars were able fly standby on an 11:15 a.m. Northwest Airlines flight.
Pat Hogan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, said that witnesses to Monday’s events told police that before the flight that besides praying, the imams were spouting anti-American rhetoric, talking about the war in Iraq and Saddam Hussein.
One of the imams was heard saying that he would do whatever is necessary to fulfill his commitment to the Qur’an, witnesses told police, Hogan said. Other witnesses said some of the imams were repeating "Allah, Allah," he said.
And a couple of the imams asked for seat-belt extensions, even though it did not appear they needed them, Hogan said.
All of this made passengers, the attendants and the pilot uncomfortable, Hogan said. As a result, the pilot called police to have the imams escorted from plane.
Airlines have the right not to allow passengers on a plane, Hogan said.
"It’s up to the airline," he said. "From an airport standpoint we’re out of it, once it was determined no crime occurred."
The imams were questioned by U.S. Marshals, the FBI and Secret Service and they were handcuffed, which is standard procedure, Hogan said.
"There are different interpretations about what was going on," he said.
Shahin said the imams asked for two seat-belt extensions because "a couple of us have big fat bellies."
Marwan Sadeddin, another of the imams said, "What bothers me the most is these false statements and lies that we refused to leave when we were asked. That we were shouting ‘Allah, Allah.’ This never happened."
Shahin said Tuesday that three members of the group prayed in the terminal before the six boarded the plane on Monday. They entered individually, except for one member who is blind and needed to be guided, Shahin said. Once on the plane, the six did not sit together, he said.
"We did nothing" on the plane, Shahin said.
The six were among passengers who boarded Flight 300, bound for Phoenix, around 6:30 p.m. Monday, airport spokesman Pat Hogan said.
Police were called after the captain and airport security workers asked the men to leave the plane and the men refused, Rader said.
Shahin said no one asked the six to leave, but when police arrived, the group complied.Of the six Muslim scholars, five of them were from the Phoenix-Tempe area, while one was from Bakersfield, Calif., Shahin said.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations planned to file a complaint, said CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper.
"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.Hooper said the meeting 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.
Shahin expressed frustration that — despite extensive efforts by him and other Muslim leaders since even before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — so many Americans know so little about Islam.
"If up to now they don’t know about prayers, this is a real problem," he said.
Shahin said the group spent the night at the Minneapolis area home of a local imam and was waiting for a phone call Tuesday from US Airways. Hooper said US Airways refused to put the men on another flight.
The other passengers on the flight, which was carrying 141 passengers and five crew members, were re-screened for boarding, Rader said. The plane took off about three hours after the men were removed from the flight.
The note a passenger gave a US Airways flight attendant.
Who are we to argue with a "Muslim scholar"? I’ll go even further. All Muslims should boycott all the airlines.
It would be better for everyone concerned.
Hooper said the meeting 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.
Yes. It was a wonderful meeting. It raised $620,000 for CAIR, which is a terrorist enabling organization if there ever was one.
We certainly need more of that.
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November 21st, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Maybe they should only fly on Muslim built airplanes.
November 21st, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Boot their asses out of the country along with CAIR.
November 21st, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Hamas supporter Omar Shahin
Omar Shahin, spokesman for the humiliated imams, is affiliated with Kind Hearts for Charitable Human Development…
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…a Hamas-linked organization whose assets were frozen by the Treasury Department earlier this year.
November 21st, 2006 at 3:38 pm
Good digging, Dane!
November 21st, 2006 at 3:38 pm
So, if they are going to boycott US Airways, then we can rest assured that US Airways is the safest airline to fly on. {{GRIN}}
November 21st, 2006 at 3:50 pm
I have something to say on this…
November 21st, 2006 at 4:00 pm
Man. Where’s MooselimbBrother when you need’em…
November 21st, 2006 at 4:21 pm
How about boycotting our country completely, Mo-bomb-head?
Seriously, who wants to bet this was a setup all along? The imams probably decided to behave this way ahead of time in order to exploit the situation for their personal gain. I would be very curious to find out if they have ever acted this way before when at the airport. Surely this is not the first time they’ve flown.
November 21st, 2006 at 4:24 pm
Ignore PJF (two posts above.) He has nothing to say. His link is just another Dhimmie lawyer who is blathering between sprints chasing ambulances and wasting electrons spouting tired and disproven conspiracy theorists and Bush Lied wailers.
November 21st, 2006 at 4:26 pm
I am not sure why they did not take off before asking the Imams to disembark……
November 21st, 2006 at 4:27 pm
mb is busy working, those frys need to be ready.
November 21st, 2006 at 4:29 pm
They should have disembarked the imans at 30,000 feet.
November 21st, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Muslims Threaten to Boycott Airline…
Now one of the removed Imams is calling on all Muslims to boycott U.S. Airways. To which I say: Can you get them to boycott all airlines and air travel? I mean, if Muslims aren’t flying on airplanes, they can’t fly them into any more buildi…
November 21st, 2006 at 4:41 pm
I’m with you studmuffin, this whole scenario smells.
An airline has the right to refuse boarding or ticketing to any passenger they feel is unsafe, threatening , drunk, belligerent or any other number of reasons. The six imams can be as offended as they want to be but it is up to the airline as to whom they convey.
November 21st, 2006 at 4:44 pm
We better watch out or pretty soon “real Americans” like us will be discriminated against.
November 21st, 2006 at 4:51 pm
PJF,
Go spend your hatred somewhere else, You are not a real American.
I will ignore you after this post.
November 21st, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Muslim Radicals In Our Midst…
Any of this starting to make sense yet?
Think about this for a minute. We have a meeting of 150 Muslim radicals inside the United States. These radicals all live inside the United States. They are supported by a group with known ties to terrorists who …
November 21st, 2006 at 5:32 pm
Don’t forget to mention that the government will soon be involved: U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, D-Minneapolis, who just became the first Muslim elected to Congress was at that “meeting” also.
November 21st, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Concerning our friend, Patrick Al Fitzgerald. How timely.
http://torontosun.com/News/Col.....0-sun.html
November 21st, 2006 at 6:20 pm
More of the famed Muslim level-headedness from the Manila Times:
BTW, this “legislator,” Rep. Faysah Dumarpa is a female.
November 21st, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Interesting find studmuffin.
So how about it PJF - are you the same U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who directed the FBI’s elite bin Laden squad, which, Lance Thune argues, allowed Mohamed to remain an active al-Qaida agent?
BTW PJF - there was an election two weeks ago . . . . aren’t you supposed to be filing election fraud papers somewhere right now? Oh yeah . . . . silly me . . . . election fraud only happens when Republicans win.
November 21st, 2006 at 6:53 pm
Rep. Faysah Dumarpa of Lanao del Sur should be charged with battery and assault for pointing the knife. Insensitive? How about she gets her over-sensitive slovenly entitled or self-importantly privileged derierre over to the vending machine for food instead. The world does not revolve around you Muslims, and certainly never will. Can’t live with that? The alternative is there for you…
November 21st, 2006 at 8:04 pm
This is a point that needs to be made. When muslims are about to blow up their target…..they pray. Allah Akhbar is the first thing they say, then something about give me courage, then something about the paradise thing, then Allah akhbar again, then bloooooooowie! Up goes some kids and women or people looking for work, you know, the real threats to society.
So, there are a batch of mooselimbs, and they all begin the “allah akhbar” mandatory praising right before they die, or not, maybe….who’s to know? If a group of muslim men begin the Allah akhbar crap when I am on a plane, rest assured they wont get to finish the sentence. If they start it on the ground, one of us isnt going to fly.
If they insist on this freakin praying wherever they are regardless of anyone else’s sensibilities, then they seriously need to reschedule their flights. People were not even aware of, nor did they care about muslims before they started using aircraft packed with people as a means to a guaranteed path to paradise. Screw them. Screw them all. Muslims neednt even attempt to try this crap anymore, because a sensitive and overly aware public wont allow it.
I have had to stand in lines, be frisked, be stopped, questioned, searched, shoes removed, every damn inconvenience imaginable because MUSLIM MEN USED AIRPLANES FOR MASS MURDER!!!
nobody else, so far, has done so, and every freakin miserable moment spent at an airport is because of them. NOT ANYONE ELSE!!!!
So, if they want to boycott air travel, Great!! Please do! AS a matter of fact, boycott all forms of travel to and from the US. Boycott the US!! Boycott everything western. get the eff out of here, and take your intolerant religion with you! We will not be suckered a second time, and if they are offended by profiling passengers, then blame your damned Jihad mullahs and fatwas and your inability to do anything remotely tolerant of anyone else. DONT TRAVEL!! Stay the hell home!! Got it? Boycott all of us, everyone, every mode of transportation!
In short…you asked for this treatment, and you are going to get it every chance sane people have to give it to you. That be us there hadji, we are not going to allow you an easy time of it ever again. In spite of what the Democrats promised you.
November 21st, 2006 at 8:34 pm
Rep. Faysah Dumarpa slapped the crew member and pointed a knife.
And then demands only halal food be served.
I have a better idea.
Let me serve her dinner, I will need a 2 quart turkey baster filled with bacon grease and a
needle on the end made from a rusty 3/8 inch pipe nipple from a pig pens drain.
And a 20 pound ham.
And SJ and 1st to hold her down.
I leave the rest to your imaginations.
November 21st, 2006 at 8:39 pm
From MuslimVoice.Net:
For more on the “Kind Hearts” organization:
Kind Hearts for Terror : Arab American Chamber of Commerce helps ‘charity’ tied to Al Qaeda with Islamist fundraisers tied to Jihad recruiting: 2006 fundraising tour for Kind Hearts involves Tableeghi Jamaat missionaries from UK known as Al Qaeda recruiting source - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor
http://www.militantislammonito.....le/id/1427
November 21st, 2006 at 11:23 pm
I’ll bet they had no problem catching a cab there!
November 22nd, 2006 at 3:54 am
The media focus is all about the muslim’s “humiliation” and nothing about the very real fears of the passengers and crew.
“Muslim scholar” is an oxymoron.
Boycott all those “flying while muslim”.
November 22nd, 2006 at 4:17 am
Good point, SJ. I kinda remember from my history lessons what we did with the Japanese citizens after Pearl Harbor. Was it right? Courts afterwards said otherwise. Did it keep us safe? I don’t know, but there were no attacks on the U.S mainland. Draw your own conclusions. Keeping them off airlines should have been one of the first things we did.
We are in a war folks. I believe this will end up being the 3rd World War. Freedom and democracy vs. Muslim fundamentalists. Trouble is, fighting guerrellas and terrorists isn’t as easy as fighting troops with drawn lines and in uniform. Another problem is that we’ve too many liberals who don’t want to offend. The petroleum industry probably wouldn’t be too hot on us destroy their business buddies, but we can always promise to give them the oil fields back (the ones our industries developed and the Moolimbs “nationalized”), at least the ones that survive. Who knows, maybe a little radiation will provide faster burning fuel. Regular, Premium, or Atomic?
I’ve got a problem with the airlines. We were not attacked on 9/11 by white, southern, Dixiecrats, Santa and his elves, or the Irish. We were attacked by Muslim extremists, and there aren’t too many who aren’t extreme. Why I have to be targeted by airport (in)security is a mystery to me. How about this idea. No carry ons of any kind. Everything gets stored in baggage or, if it’s a necessity like medicine or baby forumla it stays with the cabin attendants until needed. In the meantime, watch the movie or read the magazines. Either that, or no Arabic folks and absolutely no Muslims on board!
November 22nd, 2006 at 10:21 am
I would be more likely to fly USAir if I knew it was “Muslim Free”, despite their crappy service.
November 22nd, 2006 at 11:18 am
More about our hero Mr. Shahin from an old article in the Arizona Republic:
November 22nd, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Studmuffin’s speculations may actually be brilliant! This, in fact, could be the well thought out and calculated plan that spearheads the agenda to “correct the Patriot Act” that the Democrats seem ready, willing and able to enact: Afterall, the “Scholars” had to talk about SOMETHING, other than raising money, and Lord knows, Muslims do like to devise “plans”.
From FrontPage Magazine:
November 22nd, 2006 at 6:53 pm
Thanks, DLovely.
I don’t know if you saw this earlier post here on the same subject:
Pelosi, Democrats Promised Muslims To Stop “Profiling” | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com.....-profiling
November 23rd, 2006 at 12:38 am
“If up to now they don’t know about prayers, this is a real problem,” the outraged mooselimbs says. I say…..if up to now you don’t know how nervous people may be about a bunch of mooselimbs acting like the 9/11 hijackers, this is a real problem you asshat.
BTW, on my one way last minute ticket from San Diego to Bellingham, WA yesterday, in spite of using my retired Navy ID card for ID, I got my usual special service at security. The full monty shakedown. Maybe I should call CAIR.
November 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 am
“Witnesses, including a number of passengers and US Airways employees, said they heard some of the men making anti-American remarks and chanting “Allah,” first as they boarded the plane and then when led off….” - NYT article.
anti-American remarks? Must have been liberal democrats.
“asked for seat-belt extensions, even though it did not appear they needed them….” That raises a “red flag”.
Dry run.
Practice makes terror.
November 25th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
From the The Seattle Times.com
One way tickets, no baggage, praying ‘Alla Akbar’… hmmmm, seems to me the passengers and all the security folks were on their “A” game.
November 25th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
“We are asserting the right of Muslims to be free of fear, free of apprehension, to take an equal seat at the table,” said Jafar Siddiqui, a member of American Muslims of Puget Sound.
You Son of Bitches gave up that right on 9-11-2001. nuf said.
Best give thanks you are still alive , But I would not bet on that for much longer.