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"Imams detained after prayer sue airline, Minneapolis airport"

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Imams detained after prayer sue airline, airport

The Associated Press




PHOENIX (AP) - Six Muslim scholars who were escorted off a US Airways 
flight in November have filed a lawsuit against the airline and the 
Minnesota Metropolitan Airports Commission, saying their civil rights 
were violated.

The 39-page complaint, filed in United States District Court for the 
District of Minnesota and announced Tuesday by the Council on 
American-Islamic Relations, said the scholars should not have been kept 
off a Nov. 20 flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix.

The lawsuit seeks an undisclosed amount of money as punitive and 
compensatory damages.

Ahmed Shqeirat, 42, Mohamed Ibrahim, 31, Didmar Faja, 26, Omar Shahin, 
45, Mahmoud Sulaiman, 49, and Marwan Sadeddin, 55, had been returning 
from a conference in Minneapolis of the North American Imams Federation. 
Shahin is president of the group.


All live in the Phoenix area, except Ibrahim, who is from Bakersfield, Ca.


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