The Flying Imams II

As a follow up to the Flying Imams incident in Minneapolis, five of the six Muslim imams want an out-of-court settlement from US Airways for their ordeal.

After the Nov. 28 incident, the airline offered to meet with the group of clerics on Dec. 4, but the men declined and instead sought legal help from the opportunistic Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington, D.C. I would imagine getting the CAIR supporting them would force the airline to make some sort of conciliatory settlement for the imams. Think of the bad publicity for U.S. Airways!!!

Yet, there are conflicting reports of what really happened on that plane. Honestly, it would have been great to have a security camera in the cabin, or a travelling passenger would have tried to record the incident on their camcorder or digital camera. Now, we just have the word of the imams, the airline, and the rest of the passengers on the plane. Of course, some would not trust the airline or the passengers because they could be "baised" against the imams. Sigh!

If you can see the YouTube video on my trackback, question the imams' actions when they boarded the plane which rouse the suspicions of the other passengers and crew.

Out-of-court settlement? Denied!

UPI - Ousted imams want airline settlement

Update 12/14/2006

The real purpose behind the imam publicity blitz

Ordering imams off flight was a reasonable act

Update 12/18/2006

The Faking Imams from Pajamas Media

He has a link to the official police report and handwritten statements from witnesses. U.S. Airways refused to be intimidated by these opportunistic imams trying to use their Muslim ethnicity as an excuse in being discriminated against.