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Article: Twin Cities / Imams file suit against airline: Muslim leaders allege bias; MAC also sued.
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- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
- Article date:
- March 13, 2007
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Byline: Tad Vezner
Mar. 13--A group of Muslim prayer leaders removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last November after fellow passengers expressed concerns have filed a discrimination suit against the airline and the airport.
The six prayer leaders, known as imams, filed suit in US District Court in Minneapolis on Monday against US Airways and the Metropolitan Airports Commission. The suit alleges the group was illegally removed from the flight "on the basis of their perceived race, religion, color, ethnicity, alienage, ancestry, and/or national origin,"; lied to about the reasons they were removed; unlawfully ...