[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

I'm sure lots of people pray when they get on a flight, it's just not quite so overt. Assuming they're praying because they're planning a terrorist attack is perhaps an understandable human reaction - but it's still essentially racist.

FWIW of course as always I think it's all a bit silly, talking to imaginary people in the sky like it means something, BUT people are and should be free to do what they want so long as it isn't clearly harming or disrupting others.

sigh no it is not... its no different to assuming you might be mugged or raped by a man while walking late at night, its just a human thought....

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Alright then, no more ‘inappropriate’ than those bible preachers shouting in the street

...you mean the ones in an open street as opposed to an enclosed aircraft

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

He is not hurting any one

Not physically...but no one said he was

[Liam-]

This thread wouldn’t exist if someone was reciting the rosary, if your first thought when you see a Muslim praying is about your safety, then it’s racism

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Liam-

This thread wouldn’t exist if someone was reciting the rosary, if your first thought when you see a Muslim praying is about your safety, then it’s racism

Can you tell me when you have seen someone reciting the rosary in public anywhere...because I have never seen this ever and if I did I would probably think they were a nut job....does that make me racist

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Liam-

This thread wouldn’t exist if someone was reciting the rosary, if your first thought when you see a Muslim praying is about your safety, then it’s racism

Why don't you grow up.....

[Liam-]

I’m not the one having a strop because people pray in public and I’m the atheist!

[parmnion]

Spose it would give you something to gawp at during the delay.

[bitontheslide]

if anyone of any religion, knelt down in the aisle of a plane and started praying, i would like to know who wouldn't be unsettled. Do they know something that I don't would be the first thought in my head

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

if anyone of any religion, knelt down in the aisle of a plane and started praying, i would like to know who wouldn't be unsettled. Do they know something that I don't would be the first thought in my head

He took his pray Matt to the back of the plane and was praying out of sight, he is not in the middle of the isle at all

A nervous flyer having a panic attack is more likely to cause harm and distress

Also it’s narrow minded thinking if he is Muslim he might be a bomber

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

He took his pray Matt to the back of the plane and was praying out of sight, he is not in the middle of the isle at all

A nervous flyer having a panic attack is more likely to cause harm and distress

Also it’s narrow minded thinking if he is Muslim he might be a bomber

it's not really narrow minded given historical hijacks

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's not really narrow minded given historical hijacks

Of course it is considering how millions of Muslim’s travel by plane each year without any problem

[UserSince2005]

Why do you need to pray in the middle of short haul flight though?
I get they need to pray 5 times a day but can it not be scheduled so you don’t have to pray in public?
I can’t say the guy made a huge scene because he didn’t
maybe I was only 1 of a hand full of people who actually noticed him praying
But the cabin crew definitely did feel awkward by it
I think only because maybe the emergency exit must be kept clear at all times

For me I think there is a time and place to express your religion and in confined public spaces it really isn’t it.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

Why do you need to pray in the middle of short haul flight though?
I get they need to pray 5 times a day but can it not be scheduled so you don’t have to pray in public?
I can’t say the guy made a huge scene because he didn’t
maybe I was only 1 of a hand full of people who actually noticed him praying
But the cabin crew definitely did feel awkward by it
I think only because maybe the emergency exit must be kept clear at all times

For me I think there is a time and place to express your religion and in public spaces it really isn’t it.

I dont often agree with you but you are right, looks like an Easy Jet flight so not long haul, no need for this at all

@Redway where is the transphobia in the thread? who are the people you are referring to?

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Can you tell me when you have seen someone reciting the rosary in public anywhere...because I have never seen this ever and if I did I would probably think they were a nut job....does that make me racist

Its not uncommon at all to see people praying before a plane takes off - a lot of people are very, very scared of flying. So to name one of the ONLY places I've seen people openly praying I public... .... ... On planes. Before take off, before landing, during heavy turbulence. Not uncommon at all.

And we'd think nothing of it if it was a priest in full dog collar get up.

But we get a bit antsy if it's a Muslim.

I didn't even say I wouldn't - like I said, given the association with plane hijacking, it's a normal enough reaction. However, it is racial profiling by definition, and thus racist.

[Ninastar]

No but if I hear people starting to shout ‘allahu akbar‘ I will pee and poo myself at the same time.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Its not uncommon at all to see people praying before a plane takes off - a lot of people are very, very scared of flying. So to name one of the ONLY places I've seen people openly praying I public... .... ... On planes. Before take off, before landing, during heavy turbulence. Not uncommon at all.

And we'd think nothing of it if it was a priest in full dog collar get up.

But we get a bit antsy if it's a Muslim.

I didn't even say I wouldn't - like I said, given the association with plane hijacking, it's a normal enough reaction. However, it is racial profiling by definition, and thus racist.

Literally fly 12 or more times a year and never witnessed anyone praying…..holding hands on takeoff and landing but never praying …might be a Scottish thing what kind of praying are you talking about full on decades of the rosary ….most people who are nervous fliers have a few bevvies that’s why the airport pubs are generally packed …doubt the prayer rooms are

[Cherie]

I’m at the airport as I type not a person praying in sight …just relaxed people having brekkie

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I’m at the airport as I type not a person praying in sight …just relaxed people having brekkie

Not another drug run
Mr c walking like he got a duty free size bar of toblerone between his arse cheeks while smiling and joking

[thesheriff443]

Paddy says to Murphy
What if this bomb blows up on my lap?

Murphy says, don’t worry I’ve got another one in me suitcase

[Ammi]

…it feels as though you answered your own questions, User…the prayer was taking place at the back of the aircraft, which apparently is the most likely place that would be allocated….as there is more room so can be done without any disruption to any staffing routines….I was reading on one site that some passengers have been allowed to do small yoga routines and other non prayer related things also in this more quiet area…passengers have their back to that area so as you say, barely anyone would notice as you felt they probably didn’t…the prayers only last a few moments and the staff would ensure that it all adhered to passenger safety at all times etc…so it doesn’t feel as though there would be any reason to object to it, when it was all done with consideration and discretion etc…’is it ever inappropriate’…?…hmmm, maybe …but in the situation and circumstances that you’ve said, it doesn’t feel inappropriate and I would think, most airlines and situations would be similarly allowed for unless there were specific reasons why that couldn’t happen…

[Nicky91]

don't mind it myself

but i never have been an islamophobe so

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Paddy says to Murphy
What if this bomb blows up on my lap?

Murphy says, don’t worry I’ve got another one in me suitcase

Not at all surprised you haven’t been pulled by Liam or SB on this ‘joke’ try inserting Muslim for Murphy and count down to the outrage lol

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Liam-

This thread wouldn’t exist if someone was reciting the rosary, if your first thought when you see a Muslim praying is about your safety, then it’s racism

Well it's a Religion so it would be Islamophobia.

I know that I'm nitpicking.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Not at all surprised you haven’t been pulled by Liam or SB on this ‘joke’ try inserting Muslim for Murphy and count down to the outrage lol

Not be pulled because it’s an old joke that’s been around for years
And I’m clearly joking

Adding Muslim wouldn’t make it funny

How to confuse an Irish man

Give him a spade and a shovel and ask him to take his pick