A nice reminder of the double-standards Muslims expect, and get -- even regarding subtle things as this anecdote relays. "EgyptAir subjects passengers to Islamic prayer," from Stop the ACLU, July 23:
Let me give you a hypothetical situation.You board a flight for New York someplace in Europe. The passenger list is a mix of Christians, atheists, muslims and Jews and over the loud speaker comes a prayer while a picture of the Vatican flickers on the overhead screens. Who would complain? [...] The muslims? You betcha buddy.
But let Egyptair play a muslim travel prayer while showing a picture of a mosque and all is well in dhimmi land. Nobody, as far as I can tell, lodged one complaint to the airline. Most likely because complaining about all things muslim is almost taboo, especially when you are heading to the nest of vipers called the Middle East.
If an airline tried to play a Christian prayer at the start of a flight the left would be up in arms screaming religious discrimination. The ACLU might even join in that fight by suing the airlines on behalf of an offended muslim passenger.
I suppose if an Egyptair plane did play a Christian prayer the passengers would try to break into the cockpit and kill the crew for blasphemy. The fact that the plane would crash as a result wouldn't bother them in the least for they would have done Illah's will and get that long awaited trip to paradise.
"If an airline tried to play a Christian prayer at the start of a flight the left would be up in arms screaming religious discrimination. The ACLU might even join in that fight by suing the airlines on behalf of an offended muslim passenger."
Ain't that the truth! The ACLU, better known as The Anti-Christian Litigation Unit has long since targeted Christian expression while ignoring Muslim expression. The ACLU's silence regarding the forcing of children in California and other states to play Muslim roles in schools speak volumes. These bozos would have major league fits and popping veins on the forhead if school kids were forced to play Christian roles.
The Islamist enemy has many useful idiots in the West, the ACLU is merely one of them.
A risky move, for an airline to make. Airlines, and any subsidiary business concerns owned by the same people, can be boycotted.
Raymond,
You're right of course, although anyone would be nuts to fly this airline after that EgyptAir flight leaving NY was plunged into the Atlantic by its jihad pilot (which remains the most believable scenario due to the tapes, the malevolence of the pilot's beliefs and the stonewalling and corruption of the Egyptians during the investigation).
Even native Egyptian Copts may reconsider flying this flying mosque.
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What non-Muslim -- or for that matter what Muslim -- in his right mind would, after the "Allahu-Akbar" EgyptAir crash a few years ago, ever again set foot on an Egyptian airliner?
No matter what airline you fly, please stay alert. I was in Atlanta's Hartfield airport this past weekend, I had already gone throught the security checks and was standing in the area for passenger checkin and seat assignments, the fellow in front of me was a Middle Eastern looking guy, he was pacing nervously about and sweating a little. He asked me if this was the area to board the plane..I replied "YES, but they will call your name and post it on the screen above when your seat assignment is made", when the attendent began calling names for boarding he left the area..I do not recall him getting on the plane..
Maybe something, maybe nothing, but to all flight passengers..keep on your guard, report anything you feel uncomfortable with. I reported the mans actions to the attendent, and she thanked me for my concern and said "we have everything here on cameras."..
A few minutes later I boarded the plane and flew on to New York..
I speak as someone who is a strictly observant Jew residing in Jerusalem, who prays 3 times a day. I would be very annoyed if El Al did this at the expense of the feelings of non-Jewish or non-religious passengers.
Ones beliefs should never be shoved in other's faces.
Wanted: a brazenly tactless tourist (one of my relatives has a mother-in-law who could pull this off beautifully) to ride EgyptAir and say:
"This is the worst in-flight movie ever!"
just google BOORTZ, go to the archives for 01/31/07, then scroll down to the link on how to handle irritating seatmates and clink on the indicated link. HAHA
You would have to hold a revolver to my head to even get me on an Egyptair flight. I'd be concerned about an unscheduled stop right off the coast of Newfoundland.
I think if the airline is domiciled in an Arab country, and if the name is "Egypt Air" you'd probably have to expect some flying or buzzing prayer rugs and hearing the chanting "leleleleleleeeeyayayayyaa" to allah, (the moon rock).
I don't think that this is within the jurisdiction of the ACLU.
That gave me a great big chuckle. I'd have no problem making the comment - aloud - on a domestic flight (I'm not crazy enough to try that on a foreign airline). I would certainly would however, file a formal complaint with any airline that tried that crap while I was a paying passenger.
Hey if you don't like the fleas or smell, don't get on the camel!
The world hold Islam to a lower starndard than to most humans. You cannot expect Islam to behave like humans or there would be no Islam.
Having travelled with EgyptAir and its Israel travelling offshoot Air Sinai (...shiver, the worlds oldest 737), I would never ever ever ever and again never travel with them again. And this was before the crash.
I don't think I would ever fly an airlines that began its flight with a prayer no matter what religion. That said, let the market do its work and simply avoid such businesses.
Actually, the ACLU would do nothing of the kind since an airline is not a government agency and it is the government that is forbidden to favor one religion over another or no religion. The link to a previous article about the ACLU does not suggest that it would. The case it describes is completely unrelated: it concerns the granting of a visa to a Muslim wishing to visit the US.