An Islamic civil rights group is calling for an investigation to determine why 40 Muslims were not allowed to board a flight from Germany to Detroit after their pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.Northwest Airlines officials said the passengers arrived too late to catch the flight, but some of the Muslims, appearing at a press conference yesterday with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), called it religious discrimination.
The Muslims arrived at the Frankfurt airport at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 7 on a charter plane from Saudi Arabia. They did not show up at the ticket counter until about 20 minutes before the Detroit-bound Flight 51 left at 10:20 a.m., said Dean Breest, a Northwest Airlines spokesman.
Why don't I have an organization that demands apologies for me when I'm unable or unwilling to follow the rules everyone else must obey?
Posted by marybeth at January 19, 2007 01:04 AM Box of RocksI thought you were talking about 3 year olds... then I realized it was adults... sigh
Posted by vw bug at January 20, 2007 02:04 PMOther than the ability to travel alone, there doesn't seem to be much difference between this group and toddlers. Except, of course, that most adults try to discourage toddlers from throwing tantrums in public while CAIR's rants continue to be treated as if they were legitimate.
Posted by marybeth at January 20, 2007 10:34 PM