Ousted imams want airline settlement

United Press International

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Five of six Muslim imams who were taken off a US Airways flight in Minneapolis last month want an out-of-court settlement from the airline for the ordeal.

After the Nov. 28 incident, the airline offered to meet with the group of clerics Dec. 4, but the men declined and instead sought legal help from the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington.

"With the hopes of reaching an amicable resolution to this matter, we would like to take this opportunity to ask for a formal meeting with US Airways executives and legal counsel," Arsalan Iftikhar, CAIR's national legal director, wrote to the airline.

There are conflicting reports of what happened after security agents escorted the men off the plane based on other passengers' complaints of suspicious activity, the Washington Times said Monday.
CAIR claims the men were handcuffed for several hours, but one of the imams told the Times he was only handcuffed for "10 or 15 minutes" and that the imams were not led off the plane in handcuffs.

An airline spokeswoman said the meeting request was received, but a date has not been set. (Read story here.)

This whole incident was obviously staged. This is just another example of how Muslims want to take over our country. They are trying to change our laws to give them special privileges. Are we going to sit back and allow Muslims to make Islam have more privileges in this Country and other Religions? This is so much against the Constitution and Freedom of Religion. But here we are seeing all reference to Judeo/Christian influence of the Founding Fathers completely removed from our History and yet Muslims are trying to gain Special Rights. We cannot allow this to happen. We also need to start taking a stand over all mention of the Founding Father’s belief in God being erased from our History. It is part of our History. How can we sit by and let this happen?