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Nowadays, even the Indians, Pakistani, Indonesians, Vietnamese, and Chinese, have US citizenships, and NOT just the white guys!
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Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384592/Muslim-religious-leaders-told-leave-U-S-domestic-flight-pilot-refuses-aboard.html (7 MAY 2011)
Robed Muslim clerics kicked off U.S. flight after pilot refuses to take off with them (and they were en route to conference on Islamophobia)
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:47 PM on 7th May 2011
Two Muslim religious leaders were asked to leave a commercial airliner in Memphis - and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard. Masudur Rahman and another imam had already been allowed to board their Delta Connection flight from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charlotte, North Carolina before they were asked to get off the plane.
Ironically, the two men were headed to a North American Imams conference discussing Islamophobia or (irrational) 'fears of Islam' and discrimination against American Muslims. 'It's racism and bias because of our religion and appearance and because of misinformation about our religion.' Mr Rahman said. 'If they understood Islam, they wouldn't do this.'
Mr Masudur Rahman said he and Moh
amed Zaghloul, of the Islamic Association of Greater Memphis, were cleared by security agents and boarded the plane for an 8.40am departure.
The aircraft pulled away from the gate, but the pilot then announced the plane must return, Mr Rahman said.
When it did, the imams were asked to go back to the boarding gate where they were told the pilot was refusing to accept them because some other passengers could be uncomfortable.
Mr Rahman said Delta officials talked with the pilot for more than a half-hour, but he still refused to fly with them aboard. The men were taken to a lounge and booked on a later flight. They flew on to Charlotte later the same day.
Mr Rahman said a Delta manager apologised for the pilot's actions, but that he and Mr Zaghloul never spoke directly with the pilot. Both passengers are Memphis-area residents. Mr Rahman, who is also an adjunct instructor of Arabic at the University of Memphis, said he was dressed in traditional Indian clothing. Mr Zaghloul was clad in Arab garb, including traditional headgear.
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jon Allen in Atlanta confirmed the incident but said it was not initiated by that agency. A Delta Air Lines spokesman said the flight was operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which is also based in Atlanta.
Jarek Beem, a spokesman for Atlantic Southeast, said the airline was investigating the incident. 'We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused,' he said.
[Note: That's right, abuse first, then IF they (Muslims) make noises, then we (US authority and pilot) apologized, if not, who cares? But the important point here is 'Abuse First'... Now that's what we call 'Freedom of Religion' and 'Civil Liberty' in USA]
Mr Rahman and Mr Zaghloul have contacted the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in Washington. Ibrahim Hooper, of the American-Islamic organisation, said the group will follow up with the airline and with the TSA to help ensure such incidents do not continue to occur.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384592/Muslim-religious-leaders-told-leave-U-S-domestic-flight-pilot-refuses-aboard.html#ixzz1MVDQ1uoR
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http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/PesawatASusir2imam/Article
(9 May 2011)
Pesawat AS Usir 2 Imam
NASHVILLE (Tennessee): Dua pemimpin Islam tempatan mendakwa mereka diarah keluar dari pesawat komersial di Memphis kelmarin apabila juruterbang enggan berlepas selagi mereka berada di dalamnya.
Pensyarah jemputan bahasa dan kesusasteraan Arab di Universiti Memphis, Masudur Rahman, berkata pada awalnya dia bersama seorang imam dibenarkan menaiki pesawat Delta Connection dari Memphis ke Charlotte, Carolina Utara.
Bagaimanapun, sejurus kemudian mereka diminta meninggalkan pesawat berkenaan. Jurucakap Pentadbiran Keselamatan Pengangkutan, John Allen, mengesahkan kejadian itu tetapi mendakwa, agensi berkenaan tidak ada kena-mengena dengan insiden itu.
Jurucakap syarikat Delta Airlines berkata, pesawat itu dikendalikan syarikat Atlantic Southeast Airlines yang berpangkalan di Atlanta. Menurut Masudur Rahman, dia mengenakan pakaian tradisional India, manakala rakannya, Mohamed Zaghloul, berpakaian Arab lengkap dengan serban.
Mohamed Zaghloul adalah aktivis Persatuan Islam Greater Memphis. Kata Masudur Rahman, pada peringkat awal, pesawat itu bergerak perlahan-lahan meninggalkan terminal. Bagaimanapun, tidak lama kemudian, katanya, juruterbang mengumumkan mereka terpaksa berpatah balik ke terminal.
“Sejurus selepas itu, saya dan Mohamed Zaghloul diarah kru kabin supaya pergi ke pintu berlepas semula dan dimaklumkan juruterbang enggan menerima kami, kononnya kerana ada penumpang tidak selesa,” katanya. Menurut Masudur Rahman, kakitangan syarikat penerbangan itu berbincang dengan juruterbang terbabit selama lebih setengah jam tetapi gagal memujuk menukar fikiran.
Masudur Rahman dan Mohamed Zaghloul kemudian mengalah dan menempah tiket untuk penerbangan selanjutnya. - AN
- This is a clear discrimination of races, of religious background, and dressing (dress code)! The US security staff and white mates are paranoid, due to their own bias Western media, that wrongly reported about Islam (and its loyal followers).
- And who would bomb a plane, dressing in their traditional dress code? Isn't that too obvious?!
- In conclusion, if the US whites are paranoid, they cannot think straight, now they are afraid... One is only afraid if one does wrong to others (e.g. a thief is afraid of the police, a killer is afraid to be caught and/or retaliated).
NOTE:
Nowadays, even the Indians, Pakistani, Indonesians, Vietnamese, and Chinese, have US citizenships, and NOT just the white guys!
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Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384592/Muslim-religious-leaders-told-leave-U-S-domestic-flight-pilot-refuses-aboard.html (7 MAY 2011)
Robed Muslim clerics kicked off U.S. flight after pilot refuses to take off with them (and they were en route to conference on Islamophobia)
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:47 PM on 7th May 2011
Two Muslim religious leaders were asked to leave a commercial airliner in Memphis - and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard. Masudur Rahman and another imam had already been allowed to board their Delta Connection flight from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charlotte, North Carolina before they were asked to get off the plane.
Ironically, the two men were headed to a North American Imams conference discussing Islamophobia or (irrational) 'fears of Islam' and discrimination against American Muslims. 'It's racism and bias because of our religion and appearance and because of misinformation about our religion.' Mr Rahman said. 'If they understood Islam, they wouldn't do this.'
Mr Masudur Rahman said he and Moh
amed Zaghloul, of the Islamic Association of Greater Memphis, were cleared by security agents and boarded the plane for an 8.40am departure.The aircraft pulled away from the gate, but the pilot then announced the plane must return, Mr Rahman said.
When it did, the imams were asked to go back to the boarding gate where they were told the pilot was refusing to accept them because some other passengers could be uncomfortable.
Mr Rahman said Delta officials talked with the pilot for more than a half-hour, but he still refused to fly with them aboard. The men were taken to a lounge and booked on a later flight. They flew on to Charlotte later the same day.
Mr Rahman said a Delta manager apologised for the pilot's actions, but that he and Mr Zaghloul never spoke directly with the pilot. Both passengers are Memphis-area residents. Mr Rahman, who is also an adjunct instructor of Arabic at the University of Memphis, said he was dressed in traditional Indian clothing. Mr Zaghloul was clad in Arab garb, including traditional headgear.
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jon Allen in Atlanta confirmed the incident but said it was not initiated by that agency. A Delta Air Lines spokesman said the flight was operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which is also based in Atlanta.
Jarek Beem, a spokesman for Atlantic Southeast, said the airline was investigating the incident. 'We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused,' he said.
[Note: That's right, abuse first, then IF they (Muslims) make noises, then we (US authority and pilot) apologized, if not, who cares? But the important point here is 'Abuse First'... Now that's what we call 'Freedom of Religion' and 'Civil Liberty' in USA]
Mr Rahman and Mr Zaghloul have contacted the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in Washington. Ibrahim Hooper, of the American-Islamic organisation, said the group will follow up with the airline and with the TSA to help ensure such incidents do not continue to occur.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384592/Muslim-religious-leaders-told-leave-U-S-domestic-flight-pilot-refuses-aboard.html#ixzz1MVDQ1uoR
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http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/PesawatASusir2imam/Article
(9 May 2011)
Pesawat AS Usir 2 Imam
NASHVILLE (Tennessee): Dua pemimpin Islam tempatan mendakwa mereka diarah keluar dari pesawat komersial di Memphis kelmarin apabila juruterbang enggan berlepas selagi mereka berada di dalamnya.
Pensyarah jemputan bahasa dan kesusasteraan Arab di Universiti Memphis, Masudur Rahman, berkata pada awalnya dia bersama seorang imam dibenarkan menaiki pesawat Delta Connection dari Memphis ke Charlotte, Carolina Utara.
Bagaimanapun, sejurus kemudian mereka diminta meninggalkan pesawat berkenaan. Jurucakap Pentadbiran Keselamatan Pengangkutan, John Allen, mengesahkan kejadian itu tetapi mendakwa, agensi berkenaan tidak ada kena-mengena dengan insiden itu.
Jurucakap syarikat Delta Airlines berkata, pesawat itu dikendalikan syarikat Atlantic Southeast Airlines yang berpangkalan di Atlanta. Menurut Masudur Rahman, dia mengenakan pakaian tradisional India, manakala rakannya, Mohamed Zaghloul, berpakaian Arab lengkap dengan serban.
Mohamed Zaghloul adalah aktivis Persatuan Islam Greater Memphis. Kata Masudur Rahman, pada peringkat awal, pesawat itu bergerak perlahan-lahan meninggalkan terminal. Bagaimanapun, tidak lama kemudian, katanya, juruterbang mengumumkan mereka terpaksa berpatah balik ke terminal.
“Sejurus selepas itu, saya dan Mohamed Zaghloul diarah kru kabin supaya pergi ke pintu berlepas semula dan dimaklumkan juruterbang enggan menerima kami, kononnya kerana ada penumpang tidak selesa,” katanya. Menurut Masudur Rahman, kakitangan syarikat penerbangan itu berbincang dengan juruterbang terbabit selama lebih setengah jam tetapi gagal memujuk menukar fikiran.
Masudur Rahman dan Mohamed Zaghloul kemudian mengalah dan menempah tiket untuk penerbangan selanjutnya. - AN
