Muslim Imans (priests) taken off US Air flight. Justified?

Yes I think it is totally justified, given their track record. I just think airlines should be careful to avoid profiling people who are NOT Muslims but LOOK like them, such as Hindus.

Nobody needs religion to be a good person. Though, it DOES keep us under control and make us better people, along with laws and other things. Interestingly enough, being TOO religious(aka religious fanatics) makes us worse people. I believe it has to do with balance, even with all this 'science is all we need' thing that has been going around the past century, what 'atheism fanatics' fail to notice(and that more sane atheists notice) is that religion played and still plays a vital part in the formation of society. I know I'm speaking too much about atheism, but just bear with me. If religion was never created, everyone was always, during the whole course of humanity, atheists, don't you think society would be a lot more chaotic? Nowadays, society has already formed, so even if everyone becomes an atheist it won't be suddenly turning chaotic. Religion influences law, influences society, and I know this may leave some atheists(particularly the fanatics) in dismay but it influences them as well. Since nearly all the morals their parents taught them when they were just babies were based on a religious view. Even if their parents were also atheists, what about their grandparents, and their great grandparents, etc? What about society itself, after all the society in which we live influences us a lot! If all religious books(like the Bible) said that we had to kill everyone around us, and 1000 years passed then everyone turned atheist, then another 1000 years passed, we would probably still be killing each other, right? It's hard to get rid of certain habits and scars. Long answer is long.

Absolutely justified. Would have you stayed on the flight? I don't think I would have. So what was the airline to do? Let all of the rest of the customers/fliers off for another flight and use all of that fuel for the pack of imans? What if the flight attendants did not feel comfortable going on the flight? You cannot force these people to stay on the flight that they feel may be in trouble. The airline is between a rock and a hardspot. LOL! I was thinking the same thing about US Air now being my airline of choice with them calling the boycott.

Absolutely justified. If an American goes to "one of those countries" where Islam is the rule and the law, and we do something American ( like hold an anti-government demonstration ) then we can expect to be arrested or otherwise escorted away from the site. In America, NO ONE KNEELS and faces east before getting on a plane - NO ONE. Why should they feel that we have to accept them just because we have more freedoms, and are more free than they are in their own country? If they don't like the way we treat them here, they are more than welcome to go home and stay there. It is amazing to me that "these people" can come here and NOT expect to be asked questions or treated like suspects. Just because they are doing the allah thing does not mean anyone has to respect them for it, or even accept it. The USA is not a muslim country, the sooner 'they' figure it out the better we will be. We tolerate them in our schools, they can have their mosques, but damn, don't come here to my country and assume that all is right between us, because it isn't. Respect is earned, not given. And until the muslims can earn my respect, I will treat them anyway I choose. If my 'religion' says to kill them in the name of 'my god' then they are lucky to only be asked to leave the airplane. After all, muslims are supposed to kill all those who are not muslim, that means me and most Americans. I think they should all be escorted out of the country until they learn to respect the US and our ways.

Absolutely 100% justified and we should not be criticized, chastised, or expected to apologize for any reason. They were not mistreated in any way or subjected to anything unfairly. They chose to over react, not surprisingly, and again, not surprisingly, made a mountain out of a mole hill. If you don't like our protocols, don't fly our airlines. They are lucky just to be in our airports let alone board a plane in the first place. If we were to show the same brazen disrespect in their country as they show us in ours, they would have our heads on sticks and parade through the streets. And of course, all in the name of Allah.

i don't have a problem with it, its too bad if they are indignant let them take it up with their cousins, the terrorists, it is their own countrymen that have caused the necessary percautions to be taken.. why should we put ourselves at risk if they don't like the way they are treated here.. ship em back. I for one am sick and tired of us in the USA having to be the fall guy for every dam thing . We had thousands of innocents mass murdered here and these selfish men can think of nothing but how THEY are treated?aww.. tuff tidddies baby this land is OUR land! you live by OUR rules and laws while your Imam or whatever a s s e s are here or GO HOME and STAY HOME!

The act of removing the Imams(not imans) from that flight was uncalled for.They were praying. It is not an act of agression to pray.

I am a practicing pastor.I have had to pray at the back of a room or on a public transport many a time.The fact is that their form of prayer involves assuming various postures at specific points during the prescribed prayer times.The Christian is not obliged to kneel to pray,but can assume any posture. In the Islamic faith they must perform the salaam fully before they have considered themselves to have observed their daily obligatory prayer. And Muslims pray together in the nearest designated prayer area when the hour of prayer is at hand,regardless of whether or not they know their companions - they may come in off the street to the closest mosque even if they aren't familiar with the locals.

So what if some of them had one way tickets? Or no luggage?Suppose the ones with one way tickets were on homeward bound flights? When I was returning to the States last September after many years away, I had a one way ticket simply because I didn't need a two-way ticket! ( Duh! ) And I ,a woman who'd been away for twenty five years returned to the US with but two small bags. Not everyone needs to carry the kitchen sink along!

We are not helping issues when we demonise an entire ethnic group or religious group because of the stupid actions of a few members thereof . We are not helping issues when we fail to find out more about other folks' beliefs instead of writing them off as dangerous and weird. I am a pastor of an evangelical christian community, but I made it my responsibility to learn about all faiths to the best of my ability, so that I can freely minister to anyone in need, knowing how his belief system may contribute to his lifestyle and thus his particular spiritual needs. I am proud to state that when I was pastoring a campus congregation that even the staunchest of Moslem ladies who occupied a room next to mine one semster felt free to approach me for personal prayers and counsel, despite our clear differences in worship and and certain points of doctrine, because my stand on religion was quite clear: Worship God in thought, word and deed, love and respect every man, be faithful in all things,be true to everyone.

Play fair,buddy. Would you welcome this act as a "good decision" if it was done to a group of Christians on say, Emirate Airlines? Selah...

I may be idealistic,but thus far, it's working for me. AND IF IT AINT BROKE,DON'T FIX IT :-)

yes, absolutely, security risks

I believe they were right to do so.