It’s not clear whether Suarez was already a Muslim when he began working at Key West International Airport or if he converted while he was working there, but it’s the same in either case: his supervisors wouldn’t have dared try to ascertain whether or not he had any jihadist sympathies. To make such inquiries would […]
TSA failed to identify 73 workers “linked to terrorism”
What could possibly go wrong? Any attempt to determine if these TSA employees had links to jihad terror groups would have been denounced as “Islamophobic” anyway. “IG report: TSA failed to identify 73 workers ‘linked to terrorism,’” FoxNews.com, June 8, 2015: On the heels of Transportation Security Administration workers flunking a security test at airport […]
United Airlines fires flight attendant in Diet Coke “Islamophobia” incident
United’s earlier statement, now erased from the web, said that the flight attendant “attempted several times to accommodate Ms. Ahmad’s beverage request.” This flight attendant has been done a manifest injustice. She has been sacrificed on the altar of Muslim victimhood, sacrificed to the false narrative that Muslims are treated unjustly in this country — […]
Bomb threats ground 5 US flights
And about a dozen planes in the last two weeks. Those pesky right-wing extremists! “Bomb threats ground 5 US flights,” by Sophia Rosenbaum, New York Post, June 2, 2015: Bomb threats grounded multiple flights leaving from various destinations throughout the US on Tuesday morning. Five flights were threatened, with four of them landing safely. A […]
The dreaded Diet Coke of Islamophobia
There is just so much that doesn’t ring true about this latest round of “Flying While Muslim” grievance theater. In the first place, what is this about requesting an unopened can for “hygienic reasons”? The mainstream media, of course, never asks Tahera Ahmad what she means by that. What’s unhygienic about getting a can of […]
U.S. Air Force veteran charged with trying to join the Islamic State
“Pugh converted to Islam in 1998 while living in Texas and became radical in his beliefs, according to ABC News. In 2001, while Pugh was a mechanic for American Airlines, a coworker reported to the FBI that Pugh said he sympathized with Osama bin Laden and was expressing anti-American sentiment, ABC reported. Pugh’s Facebook page […]
Man screaming “jihad, jihad” is wrestled to ground on DC to Denver flight
Was he trying to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60), or did he just think jihad was cool? “Pictured: The dramatic moment passenger who yelled ‘Jihad! Jihad!’ is pinned to the ground by fellow fliers on board Washington to Denver United Airlines flight,” by John Hall, MailOnline, March 17, […]
Miami: Muslima rams police car at airport, falsely claims to have bomb
This report gives her name, Julissa Magdalena Maradiaga-Iscoa, and notes that she is Honduran. It gives no hint whatsoever that she is Muslim except that she “screamed at officers in what was believed to be Arabic.” In photos and video of the incident, however, she is wearing a hijab. This is nothing new — in […]
Islamic State tweet: “We’ve planted explosives on Delta flight 1061”
This could have been a genuine Islamic State threat, or just someone who thought it would be cool to imitate what appears to be the strong horse. In any case, the objective is to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). “‘We’ve planted explosives on Delta fight [sic] 1061 . […]
Islamic State shoots down Iraqi helicopter
“…raising fresh concerns about the extremists’ ability to attack aircraft amid ongoing U.S.-led coalition airstrikes.” Indeed. “European airlines including Virgin Atlantic, KLM and Air France, U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines and Dubai-based Emirates changed their commercial flight plans over the summer to avoid Iraqi airspace.” Before too long they’ll be having to change their commercial […]