Area Muslim leaders ask airport for prayer room
Sure thing, just as soon as the airport sets up a crèche in the main lobby and afixes mezuzot to airliner doorways.
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Emphasis mine. The article mentions that there are already places where prayer can take place, but nobody asked for a space where shouting “Allah” before boarding a flight could be non-threatening, much less nonintrusive. Sensitivity to others is not a hallmark for these imams.
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[1] This particular act was not “non-intrusive” by definition. See [3]. If it is typically “non-intrusive”, why do they need a special room? One answer to why they think it was “non-intrusive” is that intruding on infidels is not actually intrusion. This raises the question of how intrusive a “special room” is, however.
[2] It “makes harm” psychologically to anyone who remembers 9/11. The imams know this, but probably do not believe 9/11 had anything to do with religious fervor, nor perhaps even that Muslims were involved.
[3] Would YOU want to fly with them after that?
[4] There is a gap in communication. It would appear that the imams have never heard of Islamic terrorists.
[5] If you deliberately set out to be known as a particular form of American – “victim” – in order to make others accommodate your religious law (see here and here), it needs to be resisted. Same for the Minneapolis cabbies refusing fares and wanting special treatment because of their religion.
UPDATE 4:14PM.
DO NOT miss this comprehensive post at Bizzy Blog. What Really Happened on US Airways Flight 300?
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