Omar Shahin says about being led off his airplane in Minneapolis: “I never felt bad in my life like that. I never. Six imams. Six leaders in this country. Six scholars in handcuffs. It’s terrible.” After all, he’s a humanitarian. From Muslim Voice, with thanks to LGF: When the Tsunami disaster struck Muslim families in […]
Archives for 2006
Lileks: Speaker at Minneapolis Muslim conference “expressed in rather . . . forceful terms the depth of Muslim oppression in America”
This is likely the “religious conference” that was attended by the six imams who were subsequently removed from their airplane. From the Lileks blog, with thanks to LGF: Hmmm. According to the TV, the men said they were in town for “a religious conference.” Interesting. I was talking today with a guy I know; he”d […]
Manhattan: Second Man Charged in Terror Plan
An update to this story from the New York Times, with thanks to MB: A New Jersey man has been charged with conspiring to help the terrorist group Hezbollah by allowing people to obtain satellite broadcasts of a Hezbollah television station, federal prosecutors said yesterday. The man, Saleh Elahwal, 53, of Matawan, N.J., was charged […]
Brown’s Darwish disinvitation: From One Hillel to Another or “If Not Now, When?”
Here’s what happened, from “Dissent Crushed: Why Muslims Rarely Speak Out, Even In U.S.,” by Adam Brodsky in the New York Post, with thanks to all who sent this in: November 19, 2006 — MUSLIMS are often accused of not speaking out sufficiently against terrorism. Nonie Darwish knows one reason why: Their fellow Muslims won’t […]
CAIR to file complaint over imams removed from flight
Predictable. “Six Muslim imams removed from MSP flight,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: “They took us off the plane, humiliated us in a very disrespectful way,” said Omar Shahin, of Phoenix. The six Muslim scholars were returning from a conference in Minneapolis of the North American Imams Federation, said Shahin, president of […]
Hamid Mir spreads falsehoods about me
Despite being unable to defend his remarks about Islam when challenged to do so at the America’s Truth Forum, Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir has repeated and expanded his false charges about me: However the Muslim allies of the West, like General Pervaiz Musharraf, are very unlucky. On one side, their friends like George W. Bush […]
Anti-Syrian Lebanese Christian politician murdered
Hizballah said it would topple the government. Is it making its move now? “Lebanese Christian politician killed,” from AP, with thanks to Paula: BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Prominent anti-Syrian Christian politician Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday, his party’s radio station reported. His fatal shooting will certainly heighten the political […]
Pakistan: Drunken mob vandalizes church
Even when transgressing the Islamic prohibition on alcoholic drinks, this mob remembers to express hatred and contempt for the unbelievers, the “vilest of creatures” (Qur’an 98:6). From Compass Direct: November 20 (Compass Direct News) — Armed and drunken Muslims struck two greeters at a Sunday evening service of a church outside Lahore last week, later […]
Imam ‘Humiliated’ To Be Removed From Plane
It seems as if the “suspicious behavior” on the Minneapolis flight from which six Muslims, who turn out to be imams, were removed consisted of the imams’ evening prayers. So Shahin says “he was ‘humiliated’ and never felt so bad in his life. He said ‘it’s terrible’ to put six scholars in handcuffs.” Indeed. It […]
Minneapolis: 6 “Middle Eastern” passengers pulled from flight after “suspicious activity”
They were chanting “Allah, Allah, Allah,” as they were led away from the plane. “6 Passengers Pulled From U.S. Air Flight in Twin Cities After Crew Sees ‘Suspicious Activity,’” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: MINNEAPOLIS “” Six passengers of Middle Eastern decent were removed from a US Airways flight Monday […]