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The six Muslim imams who were taken off a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have filed on Monday a discrimination lawsuit against the airline and the Metropolitan Airports Commission, alleging they were humiliated and treated like criminals.
At a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, imam Didmar Faja said some of the imams prayed at the airport before boarding a Phoenix-bound flight. The imams attended a three-day North American Imams Federation conference in Minneapolis.
Agents asked them to get off the plane, he said. “We were then led off of the plane, handcuffed and searched right on the jetway. We were humiliated and treated as if we were criminals.
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Comment posted March 16, 2007 @ 7:42 am
Washington Times It’s funny, that what you left out of your article, the Washington Times used for an entire article.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070316-123415-2121r.htm
“”If reporting suspicious behavior becomes actionable, that could have a dangerous precedent for reporting other crimes, like child abuse and abductions,” Mr. Behrens said. “It’s certainly a form of intimidation to go after passengers.“
The lawsuit primarily targets US Airways and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, but suing passengers who report suspicious behavior “sends a terrible message if we are at all concerned about the threat of terrorism,” said Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of several books on litigation in the U.S.
“The implications are that if you appear to just buzz about what you perceive to be a security threat then you are a legal wrongdoer and responsible for damages, even if all you did was notify the authorities. And that would have a tremendous chilling effect, win or lose. “
Comment posted March 15, 2007 @ 4:57 pm
Left something out You forgot to mention that the imams are also suing the passengers who first raised alarms with the airline.
“Defendants ‘John Does’ were passengers … who contacted U.S. Airways to report the alleged ’suspicious’ behavior of Plaintiffs’ performing their prayer at the airport terminal.”
You also failed to mention that the suit includes the pilot, the flight attendants, and the desk agents.
Comment posted March 15, 2007 @ 11:57 am
Left something out You forgot to mention that the imams are also suing the passengers who first raised alarms with the airline.
“Defendants 'John Does' were passengers … who contacted U.S. Airways to report the alleged 'suspicious' behavior of Plaintiffs' performing their prayer at the airport terminal.”
You also failed to mention that the suit includes the pilot, the flight attendants, and the desk agents.
Comment posted March 16, 2007 @ 2:42 am
Washington Times It's funny, that what you left out of your article, the Washington Times used for an entire article.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070316-123415-2121r.htm
“”If reporting suspicious behavior becomes actionable, that could have a dangerous precedent for reporting other crimes, like child abuse and abductions,” Mr. Behrens said. “It's certainly a form of intimidation to go after passengers.“
The lawsuit primarily targets US Airways and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, but suing passengers who report suspicious behavior “sends a terrible message if we are at all concerned about the threat of terrorism,” said Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of several books on litigation in the U.S.
“The implications are that if you appear to just buzz about what you perceive to be a security threat then you are a legal wrongdoer and responsible for damages, even if all you did was notify the authorities. And that would have a tremendous chilling effect, win or lose. “
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