Charges of racial, religious and ethnic profiling swirl in the wake of US Airways? removal of six imams. According to police reports, the men made anti-American statements, were praying and chanting “Allah,” refused the pilot?s requests to disembark for additional screening and asked for seat-belt extensions for no obvious reason. Three of the men had no checked baggage and only one-way tickets.
According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), five of the men have retained lawyers and are probably going to bring a discrimination lawsuit against US Airways.
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