Removing Muslim Passengers

Six imams were removed from a U.S. Airways plane. Witnesses say the imams were praying loudly, cursing the U.S. and praising Saddam, and they refused to sit in their assigned seats. These men were removed for their behavior, not for being Muslim, but CAIR is crying discrimination.

This sounds like it was staged. Muslim men fly every day, and removing them from planes is incredibly rare. These men went out of their way to create a spectacle and scare passengers. They could have prayed quietly. They could have refrained from cursing the U.S. They could have sat in their assigned seats.

One of the goals of the jihadists is to isolate American Muslims, so those Muslims are more accommodating to the jihad movement. Muslims who feel persecuted are more likely to join the jihadists or to become home-grown terrorists. By making a spectacle of themselves, these men helped increase nationwide suspicion of even moderate Muslims. Alarming actions of seemly moderate Muslims multiplies the effectiveness of the jihadist's terrorism. I don't think there's anything innocent about this group of imans.