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044/06  November 25, 2006



     CAIR:  Defending the Indefensible

      The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has, once again, shown North America exactly where they stand on the issue of defending innocent human beings from the depredations of radical Islamic terrorists and their supporters.

     Six Muslim imams (Islamic holy men) were recently pulled from a US Airways flight due to concerns raised by fellow passengers. 

     These concerns included:

     -    Making anti-American comments about the war in Iraq.

     -    Asking for seat belt extensions (even though a flight attendant did not believe they needed them).

     -    The six boarded the plane separately, except for one who needed assistance because he is blind.
 
     Taken separately, none of these rises to the level where casual observers need become concerned. 

     However, consider:

     -    The men were overheard making anti-American comments in the terminal before the flight.  Why did they find it necessary to make the comments in the terminal, in the presence of fellow passengers?  Was it simply a case of bad  behaviour or an attempt to call attention to their presence?

     -    Seat belt extensions are exactly what they are called; a means for overly large passengers to extend the reach of the normal seatbelts in order to make themselves more comfortable—and safe—for the flight.  Seat belt extensions would also make very handy weapons. 

     -    While there is no rule that says Muslim passengers must sit together, it would seem very odd to any observer to see the men split up and sit apart when they had been a group in the terminal.  Could this have scared passengers who remembered the same tactic was used on 9/11 to commandeer the doomed airliners that hit New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania?

     Omar Shahin, one of the “holy men” is a representative of the Kind Hearts Organization.  Kind Hearts assets have been frozen while under investigation.  Shahin has expressed doubts that Muslims are responsible for the 9/11 attacks and says of Al-Qaida terrorist nests in America:

 “All of these, they make it up.” 

     If Omar Shahin is representative of the type of “holy men” that were taken off the airliner, then we can fully understand why law enforcement personnel were concerned enough about their presence to remove them.

     CAIR’s response?  Ibrahim Hooper, spokesperson for the Islamic terrorist supporting group, had this to say:

“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 once again apologizes for radical Islam while pretending to be concerned about civil rights.  He completely ignores the civil rights of the passengers who were intimidated by the rude and suspicious behaviour of the six “holy men”. 
 
     Omar Shahin had this to say:
"They know what they have to do, they have to be fair
and just with everybody."

     Omar Shahin got his wish: he behaved like a Muslim terrorist and he was treated like one.

     What could be fairer than that ...?



Further reading:  The Minneapolis Six Sabotage Airline Security
                                 How the imams terrorized an airliner
                                 In praise of discrimination



Andrew Whitehead
Director
Anti-CAIR (ACAIR)
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
www.anti-cair-net.org



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