| Filed under WoT because these six were provocateurs, and they know it. |
MINNEAPOLIS -- Six Islamic leaders who were removed from a U-S Airways flight say they'll sue the airline for discrimination. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it will provide details on the lawsuit tomorrow at a Washington news conference.
Six imams returning to Phoenix from a religious conference in November were taken off a plane in Minneapolis, handcuffed, and questioned. They had prayed in the airport before the flight, and after they boarded, a passenger who considered them suspicious passed a note to a flight attendant.
| Of course the AP doesn't bother to tell us exactly what the imams were doing that was so suspicious. |
When the men returned to the airport the next day, the airline refunded their fares and refused to sell them new tickets.
A U-S Airways spokeswoman did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press, but the airline has said prayer was never the issue. |