In November, six Muslim clerics (imams) were removed from United Flight 300 after being accused of suspicious behavior. They are threatening to sue the passengers who were aboard and have filed the civil rights lawsuit against the airline and their fellow passengers.
The complaint is filed in Minnesota federal court and seeks an undisclosed amount of money for punitive and compensatory damages.
Ahmed Shqeirat, Mohamed Ibrahim, Didmar Faja, Omar Shahin, Mahmoud Sulaiman, and Marwan Sadeddin were the six men and were returning home from a conference of Islamic clerics in Minneapolis.
Praying and chanting in Arabic, asking for the seat belt extenders in the plane were the reasons why the passengers suspected the imams.
After the passengers complained of the suspicious behavior of the imams the plane was cleared for a security sweep, nothing was found and the jet took off without the imams.
It is said that such lawsuits could discourage travelers from speaking up when they see something unusual.
Source: MSNBC
