Comments on: I Prayed to Allah on a Plane and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:17:43 +0000

u r so full of shit. Canuckistan is a joke.

By: Ade

Ade — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:57:56 +0000

Now someone is actually selling t-shirts just like these.

By: Ade

Ade — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:44:13 +0000

Muslim pilot hauled off plane, questioned by armed police

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:22:18 +0000

Ted — Turkey is a muslim country, I don’t think anyone would give you a headache for that shirt. Egypt or Libya or Indonesia, probably same thing… Even Iran is 100 times more open than your example country.

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:21:03 +0000

In the deep dark past when the worst thing that happened to westerners in arabic lands was the occasional kidnapping you could buy a t-shirt in Australia that said in arabic with english translation: I am not an American

I think that would get you bucketloads of trouble these days and not from anyone arabic.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:52:37 +0000

You’re a genius, infidel. I dare you to wear a t-shirt saying “I Prayed to Allah on a Plane and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt.” in Saudi Arabia or any muslim country.

Then let’s talk tolerance and prejudice.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:42:41 +0000

Alevo,

At the same time I was reading this, I got an email from a friend that included the phrase, “Shieks on a plane”, which fits better.

Ade,

Apparently, now talking in Arabic is considered a form of terrorism. I think the guy should receive some clemency since he provided an English translation for his seditious comments, especially since the US military is busy firing its Arabic-speaking soldiers for their demoralizing community theatre activities.

By: Ade

Ade — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:29:03 +0000

Democracy Now! is reporting today that an Iraqi named Raed Jarrar who resides in the United States was prevented from boarding his plane from New York City to Oakland because he was wearing a t-shirt with Arabic script on it that read “We will not be silent”, with an English translation underneath.

In his words, “I was told by one of the officials that wearing a t-shirt with Arabic script in an airport now is like going to a bank with a t-shirt that reads, ‘I am a robber.’”

This is an odd coincidence because although I watch DN! regularly, I was not aware of this when I wrote this post this morning, although I’m not terribly surprised by Jarrar’s experience.

By: alec

alec — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:11:09 +0000

Islamo-fascists on a mother fucking plane? (I hope they don’t have gatorade bottles and box cutters).

By: alevo

alevo — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:46:49 +0000

I think we are living through the xenophobic trend of our age – one my children’s children would read about.

Arabs on a plane.