From Jihad Watch:
London: Flight returns to terminal after Muslim starts praying in aisle, won't take his seat
This seems to be a fairly clear provocation -- maybe the praying man is hoping to provoke a "discrimination" case that will establish that praying Muslims may have the run of the airplane. "Passenger's chants delay aircraft take-off," from Indo-Asian News Service, December 22 (thanks to Sanjay):
Valletta, Malta: An Air Malta flight from London Heathrow was forced to return to the terminal after a passenger started praying and chanting in the aisle just before take-off.
The man got to his knees on Tuesday and started chanting in Arabic and ignored instructions by cabin crew to return to his seat, a spokesman for the airline said.
Passengers panicked when they heard the man chanting, and he had to be restrained by passengers and crew, according to media reports.
The aircraft returned to the terminal and the passengers were disembarked for security procedures. British police arrested the man....
Posted by Robert on December 21, 2010 10:36 PM
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