The mainstream media and designated terrorist group CAIR went ballistic after learning that an Iraqi Muslim student was removed from a flight when an alleged ‘Islamophobic’ woman reported him after overhearing him speaking Arabic. What the media conveniently left out is that the woman who alerted the flight crew is a native Arabic speaker and said he was talking about terror group ISIS.
Reuters A federal judge on Thursday rejected Southwest Airlines Co’s (LUV.N) bid to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit by an American of Iraqi descent who was removed from a 2016 flight after another passenger heard him speak in Arabic and feared he might be a terrorist.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu in Oakland, California, said Khairuldeen Makhzoomi could try to show that “Islamophobia,” coming amid a “sensitive political climate,” was a factor behind his removal, and that Southwest’s claim he was removed because he appeared to make threats was pretextual.
Ryu said Makhzoomi could seek damages from Southwest for alleged violations of federal and California civil rights laws, but dismissed claims of negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The Dallas-based carrier had argued there was “at most a scintilla of evidence” suggesting racial animus, and said its employees acted reasonably in considering Makhzoomi a possible safety threat. Southwest did not immediately respond to requests for comment. One of its lawyers declined to comment.
“The case is moving forward, and we look forward to trial,” said Zahra Billoo, a designated terrorist group CAIR litigation jihadist lawyer for Makhzoomi. A trial is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2020.
The incident occurred on an April 6, 2016, Southwest flight awaiting takeoff to Oakland from Los Angeles. Makhzoomi, then a 26-year-old public policy student at the University of California, Berkeley, had been talking with his uncle by cellphone.
Two police officers and Southwest customer service manager Shoaib Ahmed removed Makhzoomi from the plane after a woman who had been seated nearby became agitated, and reported having heard him use words associated with suicide martyrdom.
“I would say the fact that ‘American’ was said next to it, and I’m on a plane, I wasn’t sure what to make of it,” the woman, her name shielded by a pseudonym, said in a deposition.
Makhzoomi, an Iraqi-born U.S. citizen, denied making threatening statements, and denied Ahmed’s claim that he had used the words bomb, ISIS, jihad and martyrdom on the plane.
If you aren’t Muslim, booking a flight on Southwest Airlines gives you the BEST chance of not not finding yourself on board with a Muslim terrorist. Southwest holds the record for kicking off Muslim passengers who could be potential terrorists and NEVER losing when complaints are filed in court.
The woman no doubt saved everyone on board that plane. Of course the terrorist will deny deny deny. Taquiya taquiya taquiya.
Let’s all patronize Southwest!
Even without their Muslim filtration policy, SouthWest is a GREAT airline to fly!
CAIR wants to make it where we cannot question Muslum motives, and terrorism will go unfettered. Just wait & see.
That make sense for CAIR, being that they are a front group for the Muslim Brotherhood which is a terrorist organization.
So this POS tries to turn it around and blame America for Islamaphobia. In the depths of what passes for his brain his words reveal where his sympathies truly lie re. the worst terror attack on America, 9/11. He thinks it was justified!
Yes it is time to say enough is enough as he demands!
Stop allowing any of these Middle Eastern people into the US for ANY reason whatever.
I, a Caucasian mature male, was boarding a Southwest Flight from Tucson Arizona to LAX to change planes for a flight to Bangkok via Eva Airlines.
I was held back for a while and I mentioned that my shuttle flight is due to leave and I have a very long flight ahead of me to Thailand.
They wouldnt tell me why until finally they said I could leave and board the plane, one officer went with me to the plane steps, I asked him what was wrong as now this flight is 20 minutes late, he looked at me and kinda laughed, “we detected gunpowder residue on your carry on bag”, I was still laughing when I entered the plane to which everybody gave me some serious evil eye so I stood there and told them, “They thought I was a terrorist”.. laughter all round… FYI, this was a few years BEFORE 9/11..
Thanks for sharing this wonderful anecdote.
Great news that the airport in my city was on it’s toes! : )
Hamas TERRORIST FRONT Group CAIR have dedicated themselves to destroying all security measures to enable MASSIVE Muslim TERROR ATTACKS to succeed.
No judges on earth have the right to allow our security to be destroyed.
NEVER forget our cherished 3,000 slaughtered on 9/11 where Muslims in America, Britain and around the world CELEBRATED their Muslim victory.
Palestinians celebrating the fall of the twin towers on 911
Muslim identity is crescent SS hyena jihadi identity always !
The sound of spoken Arabic is as offensive as a meth deranged deviant explosively vomiting, scooping it up and eating it again, then explosively vomiting, ect, ect…
Love it!
Steve, I agree. Can’t stand that language. So disgusting. Their names are revolting too.
I hope that all airliners follow suite. NO MUSLIMS should be the slogan everywhere. And that is for a very good reason SECURITY. The perfidious mainstream media must be educated or forced to report THE TRUTH about Islam.