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Article: Exposing the "flying imams".
- Article from:
- Middle East Quarterly
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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On November 20, 2006, airline officials in Minneapolis removed six imams from U.S. Airways flight 300 to Phoenix after their behavior raised the suspicion of fellow travelers. (1) The imams decried the incident as racist and evidence of discrimination. On March 12, 2007, they filed suit against the airline, airport, and fellow passengers. Some of the imams' claims are exaggerated; many are false. In reality, the incident was a tactical move to support the imams' claim to leadership over the American Muslim community. Indeed, the "flying imams" case, Ahmed Shqeirat et al. vs. U.S. Airways, (2) appears to mark just the latest front in the war between Islamists and ...
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Article: CAIR-NY Welcomes Arrests In Election Night 'Obama' Attack
U.S. Newswire;
November 15, 2008 ;
700+ words
... ... NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Ibrahim Hooper CAIR National Communications Director, +1 ... or +1-202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com NEW YORK, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire ... Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed the arrest of two ...
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