A group of imams booted off a US Airways flight to Sue
A group of imams booted off a US Airways flight to Sue
All I can say is that the "imams" better thank allah I wasn't on that plane. Their actions were suspicious and threatening. Being on an airplane, I would have taken a more physical action just to be sure they weren't carry anything. Better safe than sorry. CAIR can call it what they want, racial profiling, a hate thing. When it comes to my ass, I'm going to protect it and their buddies put us in this frame of mind on 9/11. Besides it's been proven over and over again that CAIR is affiliated with the terroists.
Steve
A group of imams booted off a US Airways flight last fall will announce a lawsuit against the airline Tuesday.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which is representing the imams, will hold a news conference in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to announce the filing of a discrimination lawsuit against US Airways by the six Islamic religious leaders. The imams were removed from a flight in Minneapolis last November. They say their removal from the flight was based on racism and religious intolerance.
The filing of the lawsuit will be announced by the imams' attorney.
A US Airways spokesperson said the company would not comment until seeing the lawsuit, and that the company still supports the actions of its workers.
Three of the imams are scheduled to attend CAIR's news conference and read a prepared statement.
In December, a federal source told FOX News that five of the six imams were trying to reach an out-of-court settlement with the airline.
The airline said then that it had not been notified of a lawsuit by CAIR.
"We haven't sat down and looked these guys in the eyes. We have no idea on what grounds, what they're seeking. We have not yet sat across the table from CAIR," US Airways spokeswoman Andrea Rader told FOXNews.com. The airline issued a statement saying a meeting had not been set up yet.
The imams, who had just attended a North American Imams Federation conference, were asked the leave the plane after several passengers saw suspicious behavior, including asking for seat-belt extenders, making critical comments of the United States in Arabic and sitting in pairs throughout the cabin in unassigned seats
US Airways manager Robby Taylor Davis told police three of the six imams had one-way only tickets and only one passenger checked luggage.
Passengers alerted the flight staff to their behavior, and after consulting local police and U.S. Federal Air Marshals, they were escorted off the plane.
An internal probe by US Airways found there was no racial profiling in the imams' removal from the plane.
After the incident, CAIR advised Muslim travelers to take down the names of employees who they feel are treating them unfairly, and ask to speak to a manager. Passengers should then call CAIR's hotline and report the incident, the council said.
