Update: Memphis Muslims Haven’t Decided About Lawsuit in Delta Plane Incident
- Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:35am by
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(CNN) — Two imams heading to a conference on prejudice against Muslims said they were forced off their North Carolina-bound flight to undergo an additional security check — only to have the pilot take off without them, even after they were cleared.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines said in a statement that it was investigating the incident, which took place Friday night aboard a flight out of Memphis, Tennessee.
Masudur Rahman and Mohamed Zaghloul, both imams in the Memphis area, were clad in Islamic attire when they were told to leave the aircraft as it was taxiing toward the runway. Their lawyer, Mo Idlibi, told CNN on Saturday that neither man had done anything out of the ordinary, nor were they praying or chanting.
Rahman, who is also a professor of Arabic at the University of Memphis, said he and his colleague cooperated throughout the process and thanked Transportation Security Administration agents and others for their kindness and courtesy. But he said, through intermediaries, that they had difficulty finding out why they were ever kicked off the plane.
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Comments (172)
Bhaub
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:02pmThe pilot was a Blaze reader. I‘m sure that’s the only missing fact to this story, and it’d certainly explain his knee-jerk reaction to something other than “white people on mah plane.”
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 1:41pmHe mighta had a nig or two there also.
Report Post »misteryuck
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 2:50pmWOW! REALLY? Just like you huh?
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 3:45pm@loadingmyclips
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 1:41pm
He mighta had a nig or two there also.
Reported
Report Post »QuranisBookofDeath
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 6:34pmIf mouthy 7th Century global supremacist pig dogs, aka Creeping Sharia Peepshow Pedophiles, get on a TRAIN BUS or AIRPLANE:
prepare to be late, you ain’t traveling with us infidels anymore.
/taunt
Report Post »dinadp
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:02pmYeah, sure. Like they won’t sue.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 2:27pmThey are just waiting for Eric Holder to tell them what to do. He will take care of them and punish the ‘evil airlines’
Report Post »Blade
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:01pmThe plane left the gate with all passengers and then returned to the gate. Something was said or done in the time the plane left the gate. No pilot would return to the gate without cause. Someone said something. It could have been a passenger, flight attendant, or perhaps TSA received info somewhere along the line and asked for the passengers to return.
Once the plane leaves the gate, the pilot is responsible for everything that happens on that plane. If he feels the safety or security of everyone on board is or could be compromised it is his duty to return and take care of the problem. No pilot wants to be put in the position this pilot was put in. The pilot made the right decision in protecting the safety of all the passengers.
They were heading to a conference on prejudice. Perhaps they were looking to cause a stir so they would have stories to tell at the conference.
Report Post »QuranisBookofDeath
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 6:32pmJust like teh “Flying Imams” security probed on the tarmac which got them in big trouble.
They did it on purpose, too.
Muslims: after giving the world algebra, they have contributed NOTHING but hate, intolerance, rape, torture and death.
What a culture!!!
Report Post »HorseThief
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:00pmIf a resturant can refuse service for not meeting dress code then what is the problem with an airline. If you dress like a hoodlum you should be treated like one.
Report Post »maxmillion
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:52amI think I should take these guys to court myself. I’m sure I could find some attorney to represent me in a case agaisnt them, just a civil case for pain an suffering and mental anguish at their lack of common sense.
Report Post »00gabooga
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:46amWhen I see these three I hear ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’ playing in the back of my mind.
Report Post »liberalsarealiens
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:41am“Taqiyya” is all I have to say! Look it up!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:34pmJust checked it out….DISTURBING
Report Post »KatyDidIt
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:39amI can’t believe I sat here and actually WATCHED this video clip. Sooooooooooo much “hot air” about “duh reason”. I’ve got your reason for ya:
Report Post »DOES SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, 2001 RING ANY BELLS WITH YA???
What are these “yay-hoos” doing in our country anyway????? Are we THAT stupid? Here in THIS country the majority of the population believes in God. Not some pseudo sun god. So, put on a nice business suit and take the salad bowls off your head. You look ridiculous.
GCX
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:36amIf you want to board a plane dressed in Muslim garb, you should have to say you renounce Hammas and that Israel has a right to exist first! If I have to get groped, that’s only fair.
We should all proclaim that if Delta fires this pilot, we’ll all quit flying Delta. Time for conservatives to do a little boycotting of their own. There is more of us than them after all!
Report Post »mayihelpyou
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:35am“told to leave as the plane was taxiing towards the runway”
Report Post »What did the crew do? Open the door and kick them out while it was moving? This story really makes little sense. I get the point of extra pat downs or screening. After all, they are Muslims and there is real concern for the safety of all passengers. Maybe they were delayed and their being left was just an oversight?
BRAVEHEART
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:24am“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” I agree. I also find myself in line with Allen West who said, “When tolerance becomes a one-way street, it leads to cultural suicide.” Anyone who doubts the validity of that statement need only observe what is happening in America, where so many people subscribe to the insanity of multiculturalism that few of us are willing to speak the truth about Islam, about school-bus bombing Palestinians or about the dumber than dumb malefactors who comprise the Black Congressional Caucus.
It is the same sort of cowardice that allows special interest groups to demand that ballots be printed in about a hundred different languages here in California, that allows illegal aliens to collect welfare benefits and health care by the simple process of sneaking across our border, and encourages school textbooks to promote the Koran while Mohammed’s most fervent followers are murdering Christians and Jews every chance they get.
Speaking of the Koran, there’s no getting around the fact that Rev. Terry Jones is a damn fool, but that has little or nothing to do with his burning the only book that most Islamics have ever read. It’s simply a provable fact. Still, he had every right under the 1st Amendment to burn just about anything he chose to, including our flag. To suggest that he is the reason that the brutes in Afghanistan killed and beheaded people is to be as brain-dead as Mr. Jones. Islamics ra
Report Post »calebgs83
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:47pmExactly right. Britain has committed cultural suicide. Muslims have established Sharia courts. They preach hate from their mosques. They live on welfare. And natives are at risk of persecution when they speak out against the islamo-fascists.
Report Post »misteryuck
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:23amQuestion. Do private companies or idividuals have the constitutional right to associate or to not associate with anyone of their choice for any reason?
Report Post »I have not heard of any white people being members of the Congressional Black Caucus or getting tuition money from the United ***** College Fund.
Can we not as private citizens “discriminate” if we choose? Just asking.
WhiteFang
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:33pmPeople do have the right to “discriminate” as to association. Who we choose to associate with has always been part of the human experience. I choose for instance not to associate with my own brothers as we have taken different paths as to morals and goals in life. I still love them but no longer seek out their companionship.
Report Post »That is discrimination isn’t it?
Yes it is.
asybot12
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:18pmactually @ whitefang; came to N Am 40 years ago from Europe. Now that that place is falling apart brothers I have not seen or been in contact with more than 1 or 2 times want to come “visit” even some high school “friends” I have not seen at all !!!!! want to “see” me again!!!!
Report Post »calebgs83
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:20amI hope I’m not the only one fed up with islamo-fascists claiming victimhood…I wish they were thrown out of the country…not just the plane.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 9:31pmMe Too, Calebgs83!!!
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:14am@ go-‘ ’nads’ -as a word- is subject to censorship.
Report Post »~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Testing: ******
smak
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:23amDamn! No cojones.
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 9, 2011 at 3:22amyou are truely shining a light on the extent to your stupidity tonight.i guess it’s no different than any other time you post. read the terms of use agreement.
Report Post »then factor in the fact that most (including this one) just use a program that automatically filters certain things out. this is incase there are young ones visiting here.
EdBoo
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:02amMy own jury is out on this until I hear the pilots side.
Since nothing is forthcoming from the pilot or airline yet my sense is the airline is waiting to get sued. I hope the two Imams live with the fact that emotions were will continue to be high for a few weeks after the bin Laden killing and move on.
What could cause issues is the possibility of a cash payoff to make them go away quietly or the Muslim community does a Rev. Al and makes a big deal out of it to get longer term mileage.
Hard one to call right now.
Report Post »maryann72961
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:01amSend them packing, at this point I don’t care if they are a good muslim or a evil muslim… I am so sick of our nation bending to Muslims… send the whole lot home as far as I’,m concern.. I am NO LONGER TOLERANT
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 1:50pmYes I see them as a future threat, when their time has come. Look at how they reacted in Dearborn and how Dearborn itself reacted to Terry Jones. You might not like pastor Jones,BUT he did uncover their true being. He showed us that if we disagree with them they will react violently. I’ll admit that the koran thing was a bit silly, but it got the snake out of its hole.
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 7:16pm@Loadingmyclips, excellent observation and glad you brought that up! I believe that is exactly why Mr. Jones did what he did to show us all just who they really are. It wasn’t about burning the kornyann, but about their reaction! Their peeps burn our Bible, our reaction? Need I say more? Who’s the peaceful one?
Report Post »vaughan
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:00amUmmm lets see…does the Muslim Brotherhood need any more money….ummmmmm……
Report Post »ksagpilot
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:58amI think we should all take them out for Baconolia at Dennys
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:57amPerfect. No ones commenting and I have a gripe with you, The Blaze. So I’m dropping it here, seems like it should fit right in. Between Niggardly and Allah Akbar.
Stop encouraging the foolish and ignorant use of censorhip by any staff members incapable of utilizing a dictionary. Preferably said individual should be capable of adding a dose of common sense in their judgements.
Sinista Mace pointed out in another thread that ‘go-‘ ’nads’ -as a word- is subject to censorship. For the record, the word is neither slang, nor anymore ‘a curse word’ than penis or ******.
go·nad [goh-nad, gon-ad] –noun Anatomy .
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
Is Lymph node next? Oooh ooh! I got one!
You limp-wristed, lilly-livered, yellow-bellied, bottom-feeding Progressives are as backwards as the spineless, and morally-corrupt, liberal left. Oh yeah! And you don’t have any Pituitary glands either! NYAHHH!
Comeon guys, see how ridiculous the notion is?
Report Post »Censoring words based on perception is as un-american as the aforementioned fools daily thought patterns.
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cheezwhiz
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 2:07pmHey they put four *s when I typed the first name VP Cheney :D
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:57amThe lawyer representing them would be a good target for the Navy Seals to practice on, just sayin!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:56amI meant to say throw.
Report Post »sjohn70037
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:51amEvery airline should serve pork sausage on every flight. Ya‘ll come back now ya’hear.
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:46amTerrorists be gone!
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:54amIt is time to be pro active against threats.
Report Post »Delta has done it.
Be aware of our position in the eyes of the world
Not from the safety and confines of our homes
CatB
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:34pmI agree .. if they don’t like it here they should go to the countries that are “friendly” .. we will stand up to them and our Muslim outreach President.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:51pmWhen it comes to islam I have zero tolerance.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:44amI’m sorry but I think there is more to this story…..the pilot didn’t through them off for no reason!! I’ll bet there was some kind of information that they were up to no good……..Note to Muslims who want to cause trouble here: GO HOME
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:02amExactly,there has to be more to this story than what’s been reported.I’m sure they will sue we live in a litigious society.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:42amIf other passengers were afraid to be on same plane, isn’t this enough justification? When these Americanized Muslims start denouncing the radicals, perhaps they will no longer frighten us. I was in a hotel in Dallas last year and looking out the window one evening, I saw a number of men dressed in gowns getting into cars, it really scared me being in the same hotel remembering how the KKK looked in their sheets to go do harm to others. So, I could understand not wanting to be on same plane with them knowing it was their Islamic brothers who blew up WTC, a ship, an embassy, etc. and they refuse to condemn these actions. Not condemning means they approve, so, they are asking for this type action to those of us who remember the terror of 9/11.
Report Post »notreally
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:53am8/09 APF Paris: Muslim women turned away from a swimming pool because she wore a burqini.
1. She said: “I will fight to try to change things.”
2. Al Qaeda said: “We are ready to take revenge for the honor of our daughters and sisters.”
3. ALL the rest remain passive, and tell us “Islam means peace!”
It‘s Islam’s ancient Master Formula: Radical agitators + al Qaeda + “moderate” Muslims passivity + prodigious birth rate = Islamic victory.
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:40amGetting your stories from CNN now?
Report Post »GEW
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:16amOH I AM SHOCKED, just SHOCKED that these guys are suing.
Most likely the passages said something or heard something the guys were talking about, made it known to the crew and he dump em.
But really are your a tall shocked to read hear they are suing. Why this is the way to win the lottery!
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:40amIf you commies don‘t like our legal system here in the good ole’ USA then you should go to some other country where you DO like it, FREELOADERS.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:42amTar and feather their lawyer.
The Pilot had the right to kick any person off the flight for the safety of the passengers and plane.
There is no racism here. Islam is not a race
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:52am@Banjamon:
With the piolet I do agree, he is the captain of the plane and should have the final go or no go for the flight; if he feels conditions are too unstable or dangerous with some of the passangers, then he will bear the responsibility for the call – right or wrong, yet he is the one to make it.
In the case of the lawyer, tar and feathers is a little old fashioned; how about using skittles or such instead of the feathers.
Report Post »freespeech1
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:14pmThe best solution to air travel is to have all the seats reupholstered in Pig Skin, get the flight attendants to dress scantily, serve Jimmy Dean pure Pork sausage and lace the water with minute amounts of alcohol for purification purposes, and cover the headliner with Playboy playmates of the year. I would then fly again and Ibrahim cooper would have more to whine about.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:24pmHas anyone asked…“what is the rest of the story here”? Pilots don’t throw people off for no reason. There has to be more to this than we have been told
Report Post »freeus
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 12:38pmNo airline has ever held a flight for me for any reason.
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 1:53pmBoo Hoo! When you start standing up against the radicals and their sympathizes within YOUR Muslim/Islamic community – and you do it loudly, daily and publicly – then I will feel bad for Muslims who make others feel uncomfortable because of their status as a Muslim
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 2:02pmYou know who else is an imam ?
Report Post »Anwar alAwlaki , Mullah Omar, Yusuf al Qaradawi …..
You know who else was an imam ?
Nidal Hassan
All holy men according to CNN I’m sure …..
Finch88
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 2:05pmCNN are a bunch of comies.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 2:43pm@Patrich in AZ:
I have mentioned that there has to be more to the story; such as from the crew, the piolet himself and other passengers. There has to be some other testimony to support or decry what happened.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 2:51pmI’m with the pilot & I don’t care what other people calls this racism or profiling , it’s about time to be patriots again .
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 2:55pmMe I’d shake it off and down the highway!! everybody dosen’t have to put up with my shi nanigants
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 5:24pm@Snow – there always is more to the story than what we hear. But, even if these wasn’t, I still would not feel bad about this incident – ask the non-Muslims in Egypt just how loving and tolerant Islam is.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 8:25pmThe story here is pretty obvious. These guys went through the TSA check twice, probably got groped the second time around if not both times.
Most people here think that to subject an American citizen to the TSA procedure once is a violation of privacy, but the guys went through it twice.
My first point is that no one here is complaining about these two Americans be subjected to TSA procedures. Not in this case. Why? Because they were Arab-Americans right? So they are more likely, you think, to be terrorists. Of course that’s nonsense because every single other Islamic terrorist that has boarded an airplane tried to not stand out and did not wear traditional Arab garb.
Okay, so the TSA checked them out twice, the second time more rigorously than the first you have to believe. No bombs, no knives, no nothing. Still the pilot refuses to fly with them on board. There is no safety concern. The pilot’s only issue is that these Americans have an Arab heritage. He has refused to fly if there is anyone with Arab clothes on his plane, even if they have been checked twice are no hazard to the flight. Southwest has a problem with this guy.
Okay, support the pilot if you want. But he’s got a problem, and Southwest is busy trying to find other work for him. My prediction: he may not be fired, but he ended his career as a pilot.
And it should be. Southwest is a capitalist organization, and they can’t afford to have their operations disrupted by a big
Report Post »Large Eagle
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 9:10pmWhen are these bone head new casters going to ask questions like:
How long have you been in the US?
What country are you from?
Are you a citizen or in the process of becoming one?.
Can I see you visa or your passport/
You want to make the passages comfortable – Go figure
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 9, 2011 at 3:08amsmak … this is known as parody… shows the idiocy of your commrades with thier oun words…
as for the terrorist….swim back to the middle east. i’ll even pitch in for a lifepreserver filled with pigs blood for you. happy journey:chum.
for the sharks sake we’ll even sew some tums into the terrorist clothes to prevent heartburn. they won’t even notice. we’ll just take out the explosives that they sew into thier clothing and replace it with the tums.
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 9, 2011 at 3:16amjzs you are such a bloody idiot. remember it was all over all , including the marxist alphbet soup, news channels that due to thier religious beliefs they niether had to get scanned nor groped like prescool girls or old men who just came out of sugery having thier tubes pulled out of thier bodies. so quit your *bitchin* your coveted terrorist had thier rights protected while good/honest people had thier rights violated/raped.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on May 9, 2011 at 5:51amTranslation: Well, they know they shouln’t make a big deal about this right now, but actually they are just dying to make a big deal about this….
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on May 9, 2011 at 6:12amO Great JZS, who knows the thoughts of all, please tell us–why no lawsuit?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 9, 2011 at 4:24pmGETALIFE, glad you asked. Here’s my opinion. As the lawyer in the audio said, they’re “keeping their options open.“ Your question ”why is there no lawsuit?” is an illuminating one. They don‘t want to sue the airlines because they’re not trying to get money (which seems to be your first thought). They’re waiting, as the video said, to see what actions the airlines take.
I’d be very surprised if the pilot keeps his job. Maybe you’ve forgotten, but this is a Capitalist country. An airline can‘t tolerate flight disruptions because a pilot doesn’t like certain kinds of Americans, Americans who cleared security twice. In any case, if the airlines doesn’t take any action against the pilot, I imagine they will be sued.
Barbarian, as far as you “bloody idiot” comment, I have to say your facts are wrong. TSA cleared them twice (as they guy said, they checked “their luggage, their bodies, everything.” And besides, what’s with the “bloody” adjective? That’s an expression they use in England, not the US. You‘re a foreigner aren’t you? Go back to England where you belong, you socialist.
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