Saturday, December 2, 2006

Saudi's to build Churches at airports

How about Saudi's build a Church and Synanouge at Saudi Airport?? I'm sure this will have some positive economic effect on the Saudi Airlines, the almost dead once a year used Saudi national air carrier...and may get more jobs to fuel Saudization.

Airports truly reflect the sense of multiculturalism with hundreds of people present bearing different nationalities and religion. Considering the fact that all humans are entitled to equal rights, we should be fair and cater to all.

If this group of Islamic idiots succeed, i can see that in future American Airports will cater to university student trips researching different religions.
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Muslims seek prayer room at airport
By PATRICK CONDON, Associated Press Writer
Fri Dec 1, 6:53 PM ET
Source: Yahoo News

Airport officials said Friday they will consider setting aside a private area for prayer and meditation at the request of imams concerned about the removal of six Muslim clerics from a US Airways flight last week.

Steve Wareham, director of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, said other airports have "meditation rooms" used for prayers or by passengers who simply need quiet time.

A group of Somali clerics met with airport officials Friday and said they would attract less attention if they had a private area for prayer. Devout Muslims pray five times daily, facing the holy city of Mecca.

"When we pray, we don't want a problem. We don't want what happened last week," said Abdulrehman Hersi, an imam at Darul-Quba mosque in Minneapolis, referring to six clerics who were barred from a US Airways flight in Minneapolis after drawing the concern of some passengers.

Airports in Nashville, Tenn.; Columbus, Ohio; and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., all advertise meditation rooms. Fort Lauderdale's is billed as "For travelers seeking a quiet time." All note they are nonsectarian.

The imams at the airport Friday drew a few stares as they laid down their prayer rugs and knelt on the hard rubber floor at the airport.

The clerics requested a meeting after both the US Airways incident and a recent flap over Muslim cabdrivers who didn't want to pick up passengers carrying alcohol.

"We are users of the airport, too, and we don't want to get into a situation where Muslims feel we are being marginalized at the airport," said Omar Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in St. Paul and the meeting's organizer.

Airport officials will accept the group's invitation to visit a mosque, airport spokesman Pat Hogan said.

"I think there's a mutual recognition that it would be helpful for there to be a solid understanding," Hogan said

PS: I know the heading of this post is totally delusional.

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