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May 9, 2011

Muslim Imams en Route to Islamophobia Conference Removed from Flight 
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines has launched an investigation after a pilot
removed two Muslim imams from a flight because they were wearing
traditional Muslim attire. The imams were trying to fly from from
Tennessee to Charlotte, North Carolina, in order to attend a conference
on Islamophobia.



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