Let them ride Ass Class...

Imam by Gohkan Okur
I know everyone has heard about the praying imams that were booted off the US Airways flight but I just have to chime in here and say this, if I'm ever on a flight and you guys pull this jack, I will be passing a big fat note to the flight attendant, too. IMO this was homegrown Islamic terror pure and simple.

Some snippets:

@LGF:

UPDATE at 11/21/06 8:49:01 am:
Omar Shahin, spokesman for the humiliated imams, is affiliated with Kind Hearts for Charitable Human Development Muslim Voice Staff - When the Tsunami disaster struck Muslim families in south East Asia, the students of Arizona Culture Academy answered the call and rushed to help. They emptied their piggy banks, brought their allowances, and lobbied their families to participate. In five days, $8,014.00 was collected and given to the Representative Imam Omar Shahin of the Kind Hearts Organization....a Hamas-linked organization whose assets were frozen by the Treasury Department earlier this year. (Hat tip: Aaron.) KindHearts officials and fundraisers have coordinated with Hamas leaders and made contributions to Hamas-affiliated organizations. Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) Usama Hamdan, a leader of Hamas in Lebanon, reportedly phoned a top fundraiser for KindHearts during a September 2003 KindHearts fundraiser. During the call, Hamas leader Hamdan reportedly communicated to the fundraiser his gratitude for KindHearts’ support. The KindHearts fundraiser reportedly also provided advice to Hamdan, telling him not to trust the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. More about KindHearts and their terrorist connections, at Internet Haganah.
UPDATE at 11/21/06 12:42:47 pm: Omar Shahin is also on record expressing doubt that Muslims were behind the 9/11 attacks, and admitting ties to Osama bin Laden.

@ATLAS SHRUGS.

"Airport spokesman Patrick Hogan said some witnesses said some of the imams made anti-American comments about the war in Iraq before boarding the flight, and that some of the men asked for seat belt extensions even though a flight attendant thought they didn't need them. "There were a number of things that gave the flight crew pause," Hogan said. It wasn't immediately possible to verify whether the passengers who reported suspicious activity witnessed it themselves. Shahin said Tuesday that three members of the group prayed in the terminal before the six boarded the plane, although on Monday night he said they had prayed on the plane. They entered the aircraft individually, except for one member who is blind and needed a guide, Shahin said. Once on the plane, the six did not sit together, he said."

These guys were begging to get booted off this flight. Just another example of homegrown radical Muslims gaming the system to play the victim card. Classic. I for one hope they boycott US AIRWAYS. If they can't follow the rules, let them ride a donkey wherever they want to go. Fine by me.

I salute the passengers that had their eyes open and weren't afraid to speak up and the flight crew that had their wits about them.

Let's roll.