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Flying While Counter-Jihad, Or, Why You Should Never Fly American Airlines

Oct 2, 2016 4:45 pm By Robert Spencer

Roula Allouch of Hamas-linked CAIR is worried about “Islamophobia” in airports because, she claims, people sometimes give her “a hard, strong stare and a stern look.” Horror of horrors! People give me “a hard, strong stare and a stern look” in airports all the time; I’ve always thought that it was because they weren’t thinking about me at all, but were preoccupied with making their flight and other pressing matters. But Roula Allouch appears sure that everyone who doesn’t give her a cheery grin is an “Islamophobe” who quietly disapproves of her hijab, and of course, she knows better.

The claim that Muslims are singled out for special examination or harassment in airports is wholly baseless. Many who claim they were persecuted for “Flying While Muslim” really were acting suspiciously — here is a case in point.

Roula Allouch gets stern looks? Oh, the humanity! If she really wants to know what it’s like to be gratuitously harassed while flying, let her declare that she doesn’t think Islam is a religion of peace. For well over a year now, every time I fly American Airlines, which up until recently has been almost every week, I’ve been subjected to extensive and time-consuming extra security checks. This never happened when I flew any other airline, only American — but I was a Platinum frequent flyer on American, so it happened often.

After repeated inquiries, I finally found it that it was because American Airlines and British Airways are partner airlines, and British Airways was requiring that I be subjected to these extra security checks to make sure I wasn’t flying to Britain. I am, of course, banned by the British government from traveling to Britain because I noted (correctly) that Islam is “a religion and is a belief system that mandates warfare against unbelievers.” I wasn’t banned for any criminal activity and have no criminal record. It is, moreover, perfectly clear from my flight ticket in every case that I am not traveling to Britain. Hence these extra security checks to make sure I am not flying to Britain simply constitute harassment, mandated by British Airways and perpetrated by American Airlines.

I wrote to American Airlines explaining the situation, noting that I had been a loyal and frequent customer for many years, and asking that they stop the extra security checks. All I got back was a form letter. So apparently American Airlines only wants the business of those who believe Islam is a religion of peace. Very well. I will go elsewhere, and I hope you will, too, and avoid American Airlines whenever possible.

That’s harassment: Flying While Counter-Jihad. A stern look in an airport, Ms. Allouch? That’s not harassment.

I am happily writing this post while utilizing in-flight Internet on a Delta Airlines flight.

A stern look from Roula Allouch
A stern look from Roula Allouch

“Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now,” by Diane Daniel, New York Times, September 28, 2016:

Roula Allouch, 36, is a Cincinnati lawyer and the chairwoman of the national board of directors of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, one of the nation’s largest civil rights and advocacy groups for the American Muslim community. Raised in Kentucky, she is a member of the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative for the Middle East and North Africa. Ms. Allouch’s parents emigrated to the United States from Syria in the 1970s. Following are edited excerpts from a conversation with Ms. Allouch.

Q. The term “flying while Muslim,” a variation of the expression “driving while black,” implies that Muslims are hassled during air travel because of their religion or ethnicity. Is this a major concern?

A. Our main concerns during this time of heightened Islamophobia are mosque attacks, bullying against students and traveling — they’re equally discussed. More and more people are being deplaned because they’re Muslim. For instance, one student was asked to leave a flight because he was speaking Arabic. What seems to be happening frequently is if another passenger on the plane has a complaint, the person they’re complaining about is asked to deboard. We’re a country that operates with civil rights. It’s very arbitrary and very troubling.

You wear a hijab and fly often for work. Do you feel you’re treated differently?

It’s one of the most subtle things, but it stays with you. I feel people’s tension. When I’m walking down the aisle and people look up, they give a different expression than when it’s another person. There are people who give me a hard, strong stare and a stern look. But there also are people who go out of their way to give me a smile.

Does the Council on American-Islamic Relations offer advice to air travelers?

We refer people to our “Know Your Rights” booklet, which includes rights as an airline passenger. But even when you know your rights, you’re in a vulnerable position, especially if you have children with you. With the family that was recently asked to leave a flight out of Chicago, the woman said they agreed because they wanted to protect their children.

Have you changed any of your behaviors?

In the past year, I have because I’m worried about perceptions. For instance I’m mindful of when I speak Arabic. Or [when] I was late for a connection and was running through O’Hare — try “running through airport while Muslim” — and people looked at me noticeably differently than the other woman making the same connection. Some actually stopped in their tracks….

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Comments

  1. August West says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    I fly every week as well and I will take the advice to not fly American.

    Delta is, however, a questionable choice as well as it a large hub in Detroit and another large hub in Minneapolis.

    • JAR says

      Oct 2, 2016 at 9:58 pm

      Robert is not the only one who writes letters to airlines…in this case, United:
      http://www.therebel.media/woman_has_seat_changed_on_flight_because_muslims_would_not_sit_near_her
      Such Sharia creep is frustrating.

    • Mark I. says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 6:58 pm

      CAIR Is Full Of Crap!

    • WHY says

      Oct 4, 2016 at 12:42 am

      “flying while Muslim” means they should NOT be approached for security, just allowed to pass.
      You know, like Bill deBlastio has done for them in NYC, stopping all the silly checks.

      The explosions are likely from greasy islamophobes. Just ignore and move on.

  2. Balderdash says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    She should have shed luggage, caused a real panic.

    • WHY says

      Oct 4, 2016 at 12:43 am

      Drop her luggage, and just run would work

  3. Marty says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:14 pm

    Pity, since American is the only airline that services the small airport I currently use. Nevertheless, I’ll make other arrangements. We islamophobic bigots and racists have to stick together.

    • Olivia says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 1:52 pm

      Right. I’m so white I glow in the dark. So that must be why I’ve been repeatedly patted down at airports to an embarrassing degree. Because I’m Islamaphobic 🙂

  4. JerryJ26 says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    She should be reminded that she probably wouldn’t be under so much scrutiny if it weren’t for the violent actions of her co-religionists violent actions around the world.

    • Keith says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 3:18 am

      That was my first thought as well. Maybe if there weren’t so many terrorist incidents in the name of her religion people wouldn’t care about how she dresses.

  5. pdxnag says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:24 pm

    Old fashioned shaming. Quite justifiable, in a correct world that recognizes the evil of Islam.

  6. Caliph says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:27 pm

    Is she flying alone or with a male relative?

    I understand that pious Muslim women are not supposed to talk to unrelated males, how dios that work for her as a lawyer? Muslims are not supposed to initiate conversation with non Muslims – I bet she violates that aspect of the sharia all the time.

  7. Crusades Were Right! says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:28 pm

    I for one will try to avoid American Airlines and British Airways from now on.

  8. Angemon says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:35 pm

    When I’m walking down the aisle and people look up, they give a different expression than when it’s another person.

    How does she know this? Did she spend long periods of time staring at those people to see how they looked at other people? If so, could the stern looks she allegedly is receiving be the result of other people see her staring at them for long periods of time? And if I were to stare at another person – let’s say, a muslimah – would a “stern look” be all I got in return? Not some nasty words and comments or a visit from the local security forces? Perhaps the people she’s staring at for long periods of time in search of “islamophobia” do not want to be called “racists” or “islamophobes” and don’t tell law enforcement of her suspicious actions because they see she’s wearing a hijab.

    • somehistory says

      Oct 2, 2016 at 8:41 pm

      Exactly…how would she know how a person looks at another person not her?

      Personally, I spend as little time as possible looking when I see someone I know is moslim. They all have ugly countenances. The ugliness of islam shows clear through. Even the males not dressed other than non-moslims…jeans, or suits… have that angry, “I’m superior to you” look on their faces.

      She craves the stares…and wears the clothing that will elicit stares from those who know what that clothing signifies.

      • Pere LaChaise says

        Oct 3, 2016 at 11:22 am

        The harpy’s bizarre comment makes her out to be a paranoid schizophrenic. She thinks she “knows” what others think and that she’s singled out for scrutiny. She deserves to be laughed to scorn

  9. gravenimage says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:43 pm

    You wear a hijab and fly often for work. Do you feel you’re treated differently?

    It’s one of the most subtle things, but it stays with you. I feel people’s tension…[when] I was late for a connection and was running through O’Hare — try “running through airport while Muslim” — and people looked at me noticeably differently than the other woman making the same connection. Some actually stopped in their tracks….
    ………………………………….

    Might that be because Roula Allouch’s coreligionists are always murdering and plotting to murder people on airplanes, with airplanes, and in airports? Nah…couldn’t be…sarc/off

    • carpediadem says

      Oct 2, 2016 at 7:26 pm

      If someone is running I tend to give them a wide berth because people in a hurry zoom past and can hit you in flight.

      Has it occurred to this supremely egotistical person that while other people have their own issues to worry about and probably haven’t even noticed her, that her own facial expression is not the most welcoming?

      In any event, if she wants to feel harassed, she could pretend she is Jewish and see how she is treated by any random Muslims, especially at universities!

    • Shazza says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 2:03 am

      She is enjoying the attention she gets especially running through the airport. She knows exactly how other people must feel and ‘gets off’ on the impression she makes.
      Also she is seeing ‘mean looks’ because of psychological projection. She is projecting how she feels onto others.

  10. vlparker says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 5:54 pm

    So, who cares if people stare at her or any other muslim. The world is on fire and it is being caused by muslims. Anyone who doesn’t pay attention to what muslims are doing is a fool.

    • Joanne says

      Oct 2, 2016 at 8:21 pm

      I know. It is gratifying and makes me feel safer when I hear about Muslims being carefully scrutinized. People are waking up.

    • Alexius Comnenus says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 12:28 pm

      why she does not go to a muslim country and see people who will hug her daily.
      she should thank to her muslim brothers for what the world is today and for 14 centuries.

  11. VRWC member77 says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 6:05 pm

    “flying while muslim”……..yeah, I’ve got a problem with the symbolic Islamic Supremacist nature of your hijab “counselor.” I’m guessing a number of people would give “hard looks” to someone wearing a pointed white sheet too or if someone from the NBP (see BLM) was wearing a shirt that said: “I hate white people”

    Go whine to your brothers in terror at CAIR…..

  12. berserker says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 6:15 pm

    Wearing a uniform of an ideology that is waging a global war and we are simply supposed to ignore her. Noticing is what rational people do; they notice patterns and make inferences.

  13. davej says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 6:19 pm

    Ah, the dreaded backlash! A “stern look”, OMG, call Security! As someone else said, flying in the uniform of the enemy so you are readily identifiable is your choice. I always give Muslims a stern look as I am looking for protruding sword handles, concealed box cutters, loose wires or ticking timers. The record of your coreligionists puts you under valid suspicion – talk to them, not to me.

    The counter on this page is now up to 29,349 Islamic terror attacks since 9/11.

    • utis says

      Oct 2, 2016 at 8:39 pm

      There you go! It’s called self-preservation. I am tolerant of snakes in principle, but if one crawled across my desk at work, I’d get far enough away to make sure it wasn’t a copperhead or a rattler.
      Other people here have brought up the issue of how she looks to others. She may be the one giving the harsh stare and just getting it right back. It’s how we ordinary humans act.

      • Markus says

        Oct 3, 2016 at 2:41 am

        The copperhead crawling across my desk doesn’t get a free pass. I like my workspace ( any space for that matter around me and my family) safe. No apologies and I will not back down( hmm reminds me of a song).

  14. Jay Boo says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 6:31 pm

    Isn’t the whole purpose for wearing a hijab to attract attention.

    Other than ideology, isn’t this is the main reason Muslims want to kill all of us. They hate the thought of having their specialness being ignored.

    Omar Marteen must have been furious that Orlando gays did not heed his Islamic call to prayer or take time to give him a “a stern look and a strong stare”. But, how were those gays to know any better having been conditioned over many years, by the Huff Post and NPR, to believe that Muslims were their multicultural lifestyles allies in the battle against intolerance.

    • Budvrakbar says

      Oct 2, 2016 at 8:49 pm

      Before 9-11-2001 one rarely saw any of these Muslim accoutrements — after that they soon were poping up like mushrooms — remember over the years when and where and by whom you have heard the term: ” — get in their faces!”

      • Pere LaChaise says

        Oct 3, 2016 at 11:37 am

        Your comment reminds me of the piece I heard last month on NPR a couple days before the 15th Anniversary of the jihadi attacks on America. The young commentator interviewed a muslima who, “as so many others” converted to Islam after the ‘events of 9/11’ because curiosity blossomed into fascination that led to conversion. Of course she spoke not one word about the mass murder attacks themselves or the Moslem ‘faith’ that inspired them, and the oh-so-polite interviewer wouldn’t dream of anything so crass as to hold her to contemplate the meaning of her conversion: on the basis of being overawed by the violence of the creed, she was compelled to identify with it.
        Rather, this muslima went on to adumbrate the putative discrimination she and her coreligionists feel especially on the occasion of this anniversary.
        The ironic lack of critique went entirely unspoken in this piece celebrating the conversion of this woman and ‘so many others’ in the last fifteen years. They went on to cite the growth of the number of Islamic adherents in America, implying tacitly that the jihad attack was marvelously effective da’wa.

  15. overman says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 6:41 pm

    It’s the general unease and tension created by muslims wherever they go – they carry this atmosphere wherever they go. l was sitting next to a pair last week and lt’s a tangible feeling of discomfort – and l’m pretty sure it was coming from them and not me.
    When looking at them, lt’s a defense reaction, especially when ppl have woken up to the threat of Global Jihad – so, she might as well get used to it, or better still, ditch the Hijab.

    Robert is probably wise to go with Delta – they seem to have a hardline policy where muslims are concerned [quite often, the flight attendant has felt uneasy around them] – so he might get more respect from Delta. l’m in Britain and if l did fly it wouldn’t be with BA.

  16. Mark A says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    This woman works for CAIR.

    She’s just working on yet another complaint that CAIR can and will use to advance its cause.

    Good for pointing it out though Robert

    • Alexius Comnenus says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 12:31 pm

      CAIR should be abolished and ban as a pro Muslim crusade agency in America.

  17. Graham says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 7:32 pm

    I will be sure to avoid American Airlines.

  18. jewdog says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 7:37 pm

    A few years back I was in Montreal for the weekend and was staying at a hotel that was hosting an Islamic conference. At one point, one of the Muslim men gave me a hard hate stare, and the other people with me noticed. The fact is, Jews are far more likely to be victims of hate crimes than Muslims and their situation in much of Europe, thanks to the increasing numbers of Muslims, is becoming untenable. Eventually, Europe will resemble the Mideast, with only a Jewish vestige remaining. European Christians will be next.

  19. Jay Boo says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 8:00 pm

    Islamic texts

    According to a conservative commenter on a Christian radio station,

    Only one third of Islam’s — ‘The Reliance of the Traveler’ is about Islamic observances.
    The other (two thirds) is about imposing SHARIA.

  20. Wellington says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 8:07 pm

    Hijab = swastika. Ditto for burqas, skull caps and other Muslim garb.

    Well, if what you believe in is the spiritual equivalent of Nazism, which Islam surely is since it’s very much into inequality under the law, no real freedom of religion, no real freedom of speech, more real estate for the Master Faith as opposed to the Master Race, then expect to be looked upon by all remaining sensible adults (unfortunately often times this seems a declining number which can only redound to Islam’s advantage) as a NEGATIVE.

    Count on it, Muzzies. Oh yeah, count on it.

  21. Pong says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 8:25 pm

    The airports are the places where one really feels hatred for moslems. Tel Aviv is the only exception. So called “random security check” is a ridiculous procedure, which hardly has anything to do with security. A few days ago I watched a couple ( both around 80 y o) forced to take their shoes off. It was humiliating and physically difficult for both of them. They were white and had australian passports. White, 80 y o australian is a perfect match for a terrorist, isn’t it?
    Not only I give a stern look towards the moslem, but I ask my wife “why moslems are so ugly (stupid, in case of a man)”, making sure they can hear.
    We should make them as uncomfortable as possible. They are the enemies.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 2, 2016 at 8:42 pm

      When I was traveling with my 90-year-old mother a few years ago, I had to take her shoes off in the airport, as well. She had worked for several airlines as a young woman, and found the whole procedure bewildering.

      Even when we are not directly victims of Jihad, we are all suffering for the actions of Muslims.

      • Budvrakbar says

        Oct 2, 2016 at 8:58 pm

        You can thank the Bushes, Klintoons and o-bastard for that! — esp Bush 2 who should have totally shut down ALL muslim immigration (INFILTRATION!) and terminated ALL student visa and sent the SOB’s packing after 9-11! At least Giuliani had the sence and balls to tell off the Saudi!

  22. billybob says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    “Have you changed any of your behaviors? In the past year, I have because I’m worried about perceptions. For instance I’m mindful of when I speak Arabic.”

    Arabic’s not the problem. Like, how ’bout taking off your hijab, lady? You think wearing a symbol of a violent, repressive religion that hates us is the way to influence people and gain friends? Who do you think you are, anyhow? Superior to the rest of us like your religion tells you? Why can’t you be a normal person like everybody else? You do realize, don’t you, that Islam is the enemy of civilized societies everywhere. Don’t expect everybody to welcome you with open arms.

    • Budvrakbar says

      Oct 2, 2016 at 9:00 pm

      90% of the treasonous US politicians have been welcoming them with your open arms and wallets for 30 years now!

      • John Stefan says

        Oct 3, 2016 at 4:39 pm

        Yes, and the democrats and many others who refuse to study and know what Islam truly teaches are to some degree also “treasonous”, using your word, Mr. Bud. We have to keep trying to get the American people (and those in other countries) to know what Islam truly teaches and stands for. Of course, then we are considered to be the oddballs. But we love our country and must get the word out. Ali Sina said, “Islam’s biggest enemy is the Qur’an. If people learn what is in that book, Islam will be finished.”

  23. Gen Jones says

    Oct 2, 2016 at 11:31 pm

    The NY Times can’t let a day go by without a fawning article about how hard life is for Muslims. It’s in Guardian territory now.
    I have a Hindu friend who has a Muslim last name because her dad is Muslim. Her mom is Hindu, apparently the dad isn’t very religious yet she always gets extra scrutiny at the airport but takes it in stride.

    A favorite joke I may have read here at JW: Q: Why do Muslim women wear the niqab?
    A: It’s easier than saying Fuck You to everyone they pass on the street.

  24. Expat88 says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 12:00 am

    I was living in the Middle East for many years and got strange/hostile looks every day even though I was dressed in a way to blend in.

    This Muslims needs to get a grip.

    • Jay Boo says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 10:25 am

      This Muslim should be deeply ashamed to dress like that in public.

      The question that needs to be asked of all Muslims is:
      “Why are they not ashamed to be seen supporting such a vile ideology?”

  25. Expat88 says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 12:02 am

    Oops, I mean Muslima.

  26. mortimer says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 12:19 am

    Roula Allouch: PROFESSIONAL GASLIGHTER.

    Roula Allouch makes a living by shaming those who are afraid of real terrorists and then claiming they aren’t REALLY terrorists.

    It’s all in the mind of those whom the terrorists are terrorizing!

  27. Guest says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 12:21 am

    Dear Roula Allouch

    If you are reading this, I’ll tell you why I might give you an unfriendly look:

    1. Your hijab is the uniform of an ideology that hates and murders jews, homosexuals, unbelievers and women.
    2. Your hijab is a personal insult to all other women, stating ‘you are a morally inferior slut, because you dare show your hair in public.’

    Regards, A woman who can’t say these things in public because people of your ideology would kill me.

  28. LorFalcon says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 12:52 am

    Here’s a novel idea. Think of your fellow travelers and STOP wearing your hijab at airports. It might surprise you to know that they’re only human, so why not think about how they feel for a change?

  29. Johan elzinga says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 1:08 am

    Of course, this isn’t really news. The real news is that you, Robert, are banned from the UK for making a perfect valid point and my fellow Europeans are not even aware of this sad fact. For me, this is news every day. What happened to the highly held democratic values of freedom of speach in our so called democracies? No democracy is possible without freedom of speech!

  30. Pal says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 1:43 am

    New-York-based (?) Muslim Brotherhood activist (journalist?) Ayat Oraby:
    ( Copts/Christians must always remember that) ‘The Crescent Must Always Be on Top of the Cross’:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBMaR3ih-Fw

    Here’s her FB, TW:
    https://www.facebook.com/AyatOrabi55/
    https://twitter.com/ayaa00

  31. Rufolino says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 2:16 am

    As you have memorably said yourself, Robert, “we are living in a world of unreality”.

    The checks to which they submit you must be more than exasperating.

    • duj swami says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 8:23 am

      We used to watch ‘The Twilight Zone’ on TV…Now we live it…

  32. particolor says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 2:23 am

    Not a Great deal of thinking required now Darling !!
    Looks like a Duck……………….

  33. bc says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 2:50 am

    I have a question to Ms Allouch. I assume she supports women wearing burkas. How do we (infidels) know whether the concealed woman sending ‘hard looks’ to us?
    Also of course she has a ready solution, discard the hijab and look like Western women

    • bc says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 2:51 am

      Sorry ‘is sending’

  34. Sapienti Sat says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 2:57 am

    I stopped flying AA in 2015 when I discovered they plan with delays. Delays are not something they avoid, they purposely plan with it (got that from a TA employee in Texas. My company spends millions on flights with AA every year. I don’t go very much, but in 2015 I was en route to UK I was delayed in Lubbock but made it to Dallas ½ hour before my flight at 8 pm, could have made the flight but the staff at the check in were busy with other delayed passengers for other flights. AA offered me another flight out that evening at 3,000 dollars, which of course I couldn’t pay, so they set me up for a stay in a Dallas hotel, gave me a voucher for 12 dollars for a meal. The hotel was so busy with AA delayed passengers that they couldn’t pick me up before midnight! The seat I got for the flight I was given the day after was the last row seat in the back of the plane, window, with very little room. I had to sit for about 10 hours besides a very loud UK immigrant who was constantly talking with his mates sitting close by. When I finally got to the UK I was completely wasted and my back was out. That trip cost me, my family and my company 3 whole days in the end. And what was AA’s response to me about the treatment? Sorry, can’t help you. Your company does spend a lot of money flying with us, but you as an individual don’t, so sorry, we can’t be of more help to you. Basically they said F*** you and your company. OK. So F*** American Airlines and British Airlines for using them. They are as guilty of the shitty customer service as AA is.

  35. jayell says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 3:38 am

    Message to Ms Allouch.

    Are you reading this? Now, you’re obviously a clever girl being such a high-flying (sic!) member of the legal profession, so you should understand all this without any difficulty at all. In fact, you really should have understood all of this before you made this amazingly perceptive quote of yours…..

    “When I’m walking down the aisle and people look up, they give a different expression than when it’s another person. There are people who give me a hard, strong stare and a stern look.”

    Oh dear, oh dear, how very, very sad. Well, as you no doubt surmise, that’s because they don’t like the look of you too much. Did you surmise that, my dear? Now, why might that be? Because the perceived track record of people who go out of their way to present themselves as you do isn’t too good, perhaps? In any case, people have every right to like you or not to like you for whatever reason (or indeed, no apparent reason) and it’s none of your business. And if they don’t like you, they have every right to manifest that fact, so long as they don’t break the law in the process. Which is probably where the problem lies, because people who dress as you do have acquired a bit of a reputation for showing dislike and contempt for for just about everyone else, making it very obvious not only in the most insulting verbal ways but also in highly illegal ways, e.g., by committing murderous atrocities. Or had we forgotten that (that’s the ‘Royal ‘We’, by the way, because we are well aware that your ‘prophet’ has promoted you to some sort of aristocratic status)? Or doesn’t that matter for some reason? Because you are humanity’s aristocrats? Which is why all these lesser mortals have no business daring to give you “hard, strong stares and a stern looks.”.

    Well, hard as it may seem, if it all upsets your delicate feelings so much, the answer might be NOT to dress as you do, then you won’t draw attention to youself for the wrong reason (surprise, surprise!)! Or go to a country where EVERYONE dresses as you do (and behaves as your good book tells them, which we don’t like much over here, if you haven’t noticed). I also have a third suggestion, but Mr. Spencer wouldn’t like that sort of thing on his civilised site.

  36. LB says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 3:49 am

    How To Never Be Harassed By TSA 101:

    Step 1: Wear a full-on black tent for clothes (regardless of your gender).
    Step 2: If you see agents approaching you just scream “islamophobia” and threaten them with CAIR.
    Step 3: Enjoy victimhood status and free first class tickets to your desired destination.

  37. Les says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 4:02 am

    Is see a Muslim in full garb especially a woman and I try to see what kind of person follows a pedophile murdering rapist polygamist warlord that hates women, gays and non muslims.

    I can’t imagine that an intelligent person would follow such a satanic person and his cult so then I can’t help but stare and look perplexed when I see these freaks in full display of their stupidity

  38. Eyes open says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 5:34 am

    Miss Allouch
    has got it wrong. This is a time of heightened Islamic jihad not islamaphobia, which is not even a word anyway.

  39. D J says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 7:38 am

    After recent atrocities in Austria the locals have started to hiss when they see Muslims.

    • Mirren10 says

      Oct 4, 2016 at 8:32 am

      Good. All decent people should rub into these scum a) they are *not* welcome, and b) not all of us are fooled by our ‘leaders’ and the traitorous msm.

  40. Susan says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 8:13 am

    Poor pitiful little Muslim victim. Member of CAIR. Did anyone notice?

  41. duj swami says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 8:27 am

    under President Hillary a stern look at a Muslim will be a hate crime…

  42. rappini says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 8:27 am

    It’s like the porcupine said if you don’t like my quills move. In other words go back to your own country.

  43. Jay Boo says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 9:33 am

    The Muslim Stare

    A smile is more likely to elicit a smile in return.
    If she has a negative attitude from the start … oh well.

    (Some) Muslims I have met seem to take a perverse pleasure themselves in returning “a hard, strong stare and a stern look”. It is almost as if they are waiting for an apology by the non-Muslim for not being Muslim or perhaps an attempt to display their ‘alleged’ superior status.

    (Be harsh with the unbelievers)
    More Islamic hate speech at:
    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/09/hamas-linked-cair-outraged-over-florida-officials-private-facebook-posting

  44. Jay Boo says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 10:09 am

    The Islamic Call to Prayer has a dual purpose’
    1 To intimidate Muslims into staying Muslim.
    2 To intimidate and (annoy) non-Muslims.

    Notice the long pauses in the sing-song.
    That is because it would be easier to ignore a steady call.
    Every spoiled child who insists on being heard knows this.

    • Jay Boo says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 10:10 am

      In summary, Muslims enjoy annoying non-Muslims.

    • Carolyne says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 10:46 am

      It could be a Muslim dog calling the faithful to prayer. Nah.

  45. Carolyne says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 10:49 am

    Will stern looks soon be outlawed if it involves a Muslim? IMO she wears that garb to attract attention. “Look at me, look at me.” If I saw someone in a clown suit in an airport, and frankly there isn’t much difference, I’d look too.

  46. Manual Paleologos says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 11:45 am

    CAIR? She’s a terrorist supporter. Strip search her.

    • Lioness says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 12:17 pm

      They don’t strip search muslim women in airports. They strip search western grandmothers who had mastectomies and are wearing prosthesis, and little children under the age of 5. No, muslims wearing burqas slip right through untouched.

  47. Henry jones says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    Hmph, I wish she had a tenth of this much passion to give an interview telling radicals that Islam is peaceful and ask them to stop committing Jihad violence in the name of Islam. I also wish she made a call to peaceful Imams to develop programs to teach peace and help guide radicals and deter new converts from joining Islam for the sole purpose of slaughtering innocents.

    Nah, who am I kiddin? Islamaphobia and dirty looks are more of a threat. (Sarcasm)

    I am happily writing this post using Internet on a military base with heroes who sacrifice and have lost comrades for my, and unfortunately her, freedom.

    • John Stefan says

      Oct 3, 2016 at 4:59 pm

      God bless our beloved soldiers and God bless Trump who is to put them back on a high pedestal.

  48. Lminterests says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    Sorry Muslims but people who claim to be following your religion are killing people. In Islamic countries they are also persecuting nonmuslims. If you are one of the moderate Muslims you will accept some of this and work to stop the reasons for this within your community.

  49. Schrödinger says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    Wearing the hijab sweetie? Don’t you look cute!

    Actually, I’m just saying that.

    You may or you may not look cute, but that’s not what matters. What really matters is what lies within. Your invisibility cloak hides little. We can all see what, very probably, hides inside. And it isn’t pretty.

    Islam has a great deal it tries to hide. A great deal it has to hide — including, for very good reason, from itself. However your hijab, your niqab, even your burqa, none helps hide your striking, arresting ugliness — perhaps only the despair and tragedy of those who don’t really wish to be trapped within. Within the ugliness and tragedy of islam.

  50. Pablo Cruize says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    Saying people don’t smile enough at a Muslim woman showing submission to Sharia law by wearing the hijab is typical of Political Islam. Islamic doctrine is about 60% political which means Roula’s complaint is that the kafir (infidels) are not showing her proper respect for her submission to Sharia Law is strictly a political complaint.

  51. Alfred E. Neumann says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 7:32 pm

    _______________________________________________
    The other day at DELTA AIRLINES…
    ————————————————————
    A California woman is seeking an official apology from United Airlines for discrimination after she was forcefully reseated by the airline agent because two Pakistani monks refused to share a row with a woman.
    https://www.rt.com/usa/361345-woman-discriminated-united-seats/

    Don’t give DELTA any business!

  52. gary fouse says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    I remember when OJ Simpson was running through airports and we never figured him for a killer. did we?

  53. RL Robison says

    Oct 3, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    “From its founding by Muslim Brotherhood leaders, CAIR conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists…the conspirators agreed to use deception to conceal from the American public their connections to terrorists”.

    Federal prosecutors on a court filing
    Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA vs. SABRI BENKAHLA”

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