Part 1 is here.
Keeping these incidents in mind, can one not have some sympathy for those non-Muslim passengers when they hear this phrase being used by a praying Muslim in a plane? Is it any surprise that they do not feel ‘safe and secure’ as the ICAO wishes? Mere flying can be stressful enough for many without the added challenge of seeing the Muslim prayer sequence. The phrase Allahu Akbar is a well-known war cry, and it is unfair to expect routine air travelers to have nerves of steel. The U.S. government must shield the flying public from such needless provocations.
Fifth, this practise of allowing Muslim prayer in planes violates ICAO’s norm of ‘gender equality’ and enhances Muslim patriarchy. The US is a member of ICAO. According to an Islamic website, ‘Prophet Muhammad preferred for women to pray in their houses and said that their reward for doing so is greater than their reward for praying in the mosque. If women need to pray in the marketplace and there is a place that is screened off, there is nothing wrong with them praying there.’
If airlines are facilitating prayers only for Muslim men during flight, but do not provide a ‘place that is screened off’ for devout Muslim women, they are violating ICAO’s commitment to gender equality.
Sixth, one can add commonsense to our list of objections. When a person buys an airline ticket, they implicitly agree to their physical freedom being curtailed and to abide by the regulations of the airline during the flight: one must wear a seatbelt during takeoff, landing and flight turbulence; one cannot smoke or vape, an economy class passenger cannot stroll into the business class section, or jog up and down aisles, and a passenger must follow instructions given by the flight crew and cannot under any circumstances enter the flight cockpit. Banning Islamic prayer during flight falls within such commonsense restrictions.
Last but not least, Islamic prayer in airlines registered in the U.S. also falls foul of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This includes the Establishment Clause, which states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” This clause prohibits the government from establishing a national religion or favoring one religion over another. FAA appears to be favoring Islam and is prima facie in violation of the Constitution. As millions of people fly into the U.S. every year, it is reasonable to argue that planes count as public transport when operated by an airline that carries fare-paying passengers. Planes are incontestably a ‘public square’ of this century and have been so for a long time.
Legally, the issue should present no difficulty. Under 49 U.S. Code § 40103 that relates to Sovereignty and the use of airspace, the FAA Administrator “shall develop plans and policy…to ensure the safety and protection of aircraft.” We emphasize the use of the imperative “shall” in the code.
The practice of in-flight Muslim prayer is replicated on the ground. The world is well acquainted with the Muslim habit of aggressively turning public places into arenas of mass prayer, domination and inconveniencing others. A writer observed, ‘Many Muslims believe that prayer grants them immunity from breaking the law, guarantees them protection from accountability, and gives them the authority to disrupt the interests of others’.
In airports, the situation is even more dire as the same manifestation of Islamic supremacy is seen in the proliferation of prayer rooms driven by the demands of Muslim travelers. A Substack writer reported on a ‘Shocking Revelation’ and asked, ‘why are Muslim prayer rooms dominating airports while other faiths fade into “common” obscurity? The writer observed a ‘global trend of religious favoritism in public spaces’ and substantiated it with examples.
- At Cape Town International Airport in South Africa, two prayer rooms stand side by side—one labeled “Muslim Prayer Facility,” the other a vague “Common Faith Prayer Facility.”
- At London’s Heathrow Airport, multi-faith rooms are available, but dedicated Muslim prayer areas with wudu facilities are prominently featured.
The writer then asked, ‘This disparity raises a critical question: why does Islam receive specific recognition while Christianity, Judaism, and other faiths are lumped into a generic category?’
The answer is not far to seek: It is because the world has taken two steps backward for every step forward by Islamic supremacy. You may also consider an audit of U.S. airports to determine if they provide prayer rooms set up as a result of Muslim demands, as has happened around the world.
We also suggest you take up this issue with the ICAO so that it develops recommendations advocating the complete prohibition on airlines offering to facilitate Islamic prayer rituals during flight, with the possible exception of airlines registered in Islamic countries and flights that originate and terminate in Islamic countries.
The U.S. Constitution is an exemplar of the total separation of church and state. It is time to fully implement its provisions and ban Islamic prayer in U.S. airlines. Untold, anonymous millions of the flying public-both U.S. citizens and non-citizens-will surely welcome such a step. Needless to say, such an act will not be ‘Islamophobic,’ but simply an equal and impartial application of the law.
Respectfully yours,
Rahul Sur
P.S.: The Sharia-Free America Caucus in the House of Representatives led by Republican Representatives Chip Roy and Keith Self from Texas may be interested in this issue. Please consider sending this letter to them.
Cynthia says
I’m totally on board with banning prayers out loud. It is a sign of dominance and conquest for Muslims to demand such rights.
Everyone who wants to pray can whisper in their seats to their own god.
Don’t give them an inch. Like Iranian diplomatic talks, it will never end well.
OLD GUY says
One step further ban islamic followers from flying to America.
somehistory says
If I recall correctly, a few months ago, a group of Christians were flying together and at some point, began to sing. That was nipped in the bud because other passengers complained.
Passengers on planes where the scum get down and began saying their message of terror, should complain. Loudly.
Don’t wait for the Congress to put an end to it. We know how slowly they can go when it’s to do a good thing.
Demand that the flight attendants make the muzzlims keep their seats.
James Lincoln says
I was on a recent flight to Phoenix a couple weeks ago. While boarding, I noticed a Middle Eastern man seated several rows in front of me, and he had a large tattoo “Free Palestine” on his forearm.
He had an angry looking face with dead eyes.
Nothing happened, but I kept close eye on him…
somehistory says
James, I’m glad ‘nothing happened.’
They are certainly making it easier to tell who and what they are, even when we can’t get a good look in their eyes.
Jerry says
Some will say that the Muzzies have a Civil Constitutional Right to pray out loud on a plane. But those same people will deny my Civil Constitutional Right to carry a firearm on that same plane because it is scarry. So, is there a double standard? Is “the right to keep and bear Arms” a lesser Civil Constitutional Right than a prayer? Or Free Speech? Or a Free Press? What makes one Right more Constitutional than another? I and you do have a right to protect myself and yourself.
I don’t fly any more unless it is an emergency. And even than I have a means of protecting myself.
Reader says
There is also the “disturbing the peace” issue. All passengers have the right to a safe and quiet ride when they pay for a ticket. Allowing some to disturb the peace of others is akin to blasting sounds while others are sleeping, reading, or watching something on their own.
We have given up public spaces now to sleeping, to tents, sometimes to defecating and now to public prayers. It is not allowed for one group to be permitted to disturb the peace of others– why should blocking streets and “praying” (showing dominance) be any different?
And esp on a plane.
PS. To RS, you have been my instructor since I started reading about islam shortly after 9-11. Thanks for all you do.
WPM says
The loud and demonstrative way Moslem pray is off putting to anyone who just wants peace and quiet when they are locked in a thin metal tube traveling 600 miles an hour ,thousands of feet above the earth crowded with hundreds of strangers .Anyone with a little compassion be it a Christian ,Jew ,Hindu ,or Buddhist could silently count their beads say their prays to themselves or make small motions of crossing themselves or other small motions without alarming everyone .Moslems praying is an over demonstrative act of supremist drama praying they enjoy in shoving into everyone eye, ear and space .It is like some idiot doing an air guitar show or some other lunatic mime show with caterwauling violent threating praying drama you cannot get away from lock in your thin metal tube . If some homeless person where shouting nonsense jumping up and down in a public bus terminal you could walk away in a plane you are trapped with these cult lunatics.
bill says
As far as I know and I am not a praying person, most large airports have prayer rooms where those who need the comfort of prayer can do so. If Moose limbs are allowed prayer on the plane, are Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists permitted to pray also? The plane would become a circus and control by the staff would be impossible
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Incidentally, other than mohammedans, does anyone ever use these prayer rooms?
somehistory says
I pray wherever I happen to be when I feel the need or desire to pray. I don’t need a special room, as I can easily pray with a crowd around and the crowd has no idea.
My God hears me wherever I am and whatever time of day/night. He is Far Superior to the fake ‘god’ who demands special rooms, busy streets and derrieres to the air.
muzzlim ‘prayers’ have nothing to do with their need to feel secure, or to receive things they may need to survive, nor to be a decent person. It’s all show and intimidation.
And I know you know that about them.
gravenimage says
I know that many interfaith preyer rooms have been comletely taken over by aggressive Muslims.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I haven’t been on domestic flights for a while (except for a couple of flights from Dulles to Hartford a few months ago), but I had no idea that in-flight prayers were a thing. Fully agree w/ Mr Sur above: they should be banned. If muslims could live w/o them all these years, there’s no good reason to introduce them now
Andrew Blackadder says
If I seen a wee muslime fella on his knees bowing to his moon good then I would sit beside him and start singing Onward Christian Soldiers… And Im not a Christian…
I would then stand up and deliberately fall over him.
gravenimage says
Letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation: Ban In-flight Islamic Prayers in U.S. Planes (Part 2)
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*Absolutely* these should be banned. If anyone wants to pray on a flight, they should do so silently, just as a courtesy to others. Everyone else is OK with that.
And this is not just loud and annoying from Muslims–it is deliberately intended to strike fear in the hearts of unbelievers.