I do think there's a lot of useless 'profiling' on the part of publics that haven't a clue what represents 'reasonable behavior' on the part of Muslims. Muslims tend to pray out loud, they tend to pray in Arabic, they tend to pray at takeoffs and landings. They can 'look funny'.

This story, though, isn't like most of the others about profiling errors. These guys were behaving far stranger than those in the Jacob's stories of a year or so ago. And they were not traveling in the US for the first time, either.

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Unless of course the (presumably white christian) flight attendants, gate agent, passengers, were all engaged in a conspiracy to discredit these unknowing and honorable Imams.

This is not rednecks over reacting, it's not a result of fear mongering, it is supposedly serious people acting like punks where they knew they shouldn't.

It's no wonder mainstream America doesn't trust the Muslim community if the leadership acts like this.

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Funny how the very people who seem to make it their life's calling to trash the MSM on a daily basis, just suck up every detail of this story as if it were absolutely true. Seat-belt extenders to hijack a plane. Give me an effin break!

And from the frickin' Moonie Times, no less! Get a grip, people...

These guys weren't foreigners; they were Americans who have been living in the country since 9/11. I cannot believe they were so stupid as to not realize that their behavior was going to attract unfavorable attention. Thus, it was designed to attract unfavorable attention and the cloak of 'victim of profiling'.

I sincerely doubt these guys have anything to do with terrorism, other than the terrorism that results from "victimism".

Or more seriously 'terrorist probing.' Though this would be very hard to prove as it wouldn't involve a direct hijacking attempt. Determining what sort of behavior would be allowed vs. raising suspicions and subsequent actions would be very useful information for future hijacking attempts. I believe this is at least as likely, if not more likely, than deliberate provocation.

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Mere unfamiliarity with flying doesn't explain the seating pattern or the request for seat belt extenders that were not used to extend seat belts.

I say deliberate provocation, rather than a foiled hijacking, because loudly praying in Arabic ain't exactly a subtle way for a jihadist to start off a hijacking.

But perhaps there's an explanation I'm missing.