US Airways settles intimidation lawsuit filed by Flying Imams

by Robert Spencer
Jihad Watch
October 20, 2009

http://www.legal-project.org/533/us-airways-settles-intimidation-lawsuit-filed-by

Excerpt:

The Flying Imams' lawsuit was "the latest component in a national campaign to intimidate airlines and government agencies from acting prudently to ensure passenger safety." In other words, it was a quintessential stealth jihad effort.

"US Airways, others settle lawsuit filed by Muslim clerics," by Mike Sunnucks forBizJournals.com, October 20 (thanks to James):

A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit filed by six Muslim clerics against US Airways and other parties after they were removed from a flight between Minneapolis and Phoenix in 2006.

The imams sued US Airways, the FBI and Minnneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Other passengers on the flight had expressed concerned about their behavior, which included asking for seat belt extenders, sitting in seats to which they were not assigned, and saying prayers and having discussions in Arabic.

The clerics were removed from the aircraft, questioned and then released without charges.

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