Get uncomfortable with Muslims on an Airplane?

StillStanding · #1 10-22-2010, 01:18 PM

In the wake of Juan Williams firing at NPR, here is a poll to see where AFFers stand on this issue.

Adam · #2 10-22-2010, 01:23 PM

Not if they have fresh falafels. Yum!!

Pressing-On · #3 10-22-2010, 01:27 PM

I'm not convinced that there is truth in the "moderate" Muslim. We see it is not the case when they are the majority in a country. I also don't see how I could support, in any way, a religion that teaches, endorses and accepts lying as part of their doctrine - Tiqqiya.

StillStanding · #4 10-22-2010, 01:30 PM

Poll is now up!

Socialite · #5 10-22-2010, 07:08 PM

Looking for a qualifying option. There's an immediate viceral response a then a calmed down reasonable reaction. So my discomfort is momentary. Now... If that same Muslim is chanting words to Allah, wearing sunglasses and having intense whisper sessions with 5 other Muslim men all seated together, I'm as petrified as a turkey in November.

Socialite · #6 10-22-2010, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I'm not convinced that there is truth in the "moderate" Muslim. We see it is not the case when they are the majority in a country. I also don't see how I could support, in any way, a religion that teaches, endorses and accepts lying as part of their doctrine - Tiqqiya.

Where are moderate or mainstream Muslims a national majority?

The fact is, there are plenty of them right here in the US. Good religious Muslim men who play ball with me at the athletic club.

canam · #7 10-23-2010, 05:54 AM

I aint getting on the plane,period.I hate flying as it is.

Adam · #8 10-23-2010, 10:08 AM

Pretty soon we'll all have to walk through the device that reveals to people in a back room with barely a GED, snickering at all the private parts, taking pics with their cell phones, and sending them to all their friends. And then being pulled aside and treated like a criminal because the cab I rode in was previously occupied by someone with cocaine residue all over them, which then attached itself to me and my belongings. Oh yeah, can't wait to fly again.

Digging4Truth · #9 10-23-2010, 10:42 AM

I thought this thread was a remake of Snakes On A Plane.

Muslims On A Plane. If it was as bad as they say Snakes On A Plane was then I would be scared of it.

But... in all seriousness. I voted no. The fact that a Muslim walks onto the plane I am about to fly on brings no worry to me in the least.

Jermyn Davidson · #10 10-23-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Socialite

Where are moderate or mainstream Muslims a national majority?
The fact is, there are plenty of them right here in the US. Good religious Muslim men who play ball with me at the athletic club.

Turkey.

Kuwait.

Most of Syria's citizens.

Indonesia.