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CAIR Reports United 93 incident at Desert Ridge

Published: May 4, 2006

The Arizona Republic, Plugged In

The Arizona office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says United 93, the widely acclaimed film that tells the story of one of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist-hijacked airliners, inspired "a White middle-aged couple" to "accost" three Muslim women at Desert Ridge Marketplace mall in northeast Phoenix.

From the CAIR-AZ news release:

The three Muslim women say a white middle-aged couple approached them on April 29 at the Desert Ridge Marketplace in Scottsdale, Ariz., and asked whether they were Muslim. After learning that the women were in fact Muslims, the couple indicated they had seen "United 93" and then said: "Take off your (expletive) burqas and get the (expletive) out of this country. We don't want you in this country. Go home." [Note: Two of the three women are American-born citizens.]

"The couple's verbal abuse had obviously been prompted by their associating all Muslims with those who took part in the 9/11 terror attacks," said CAIR-AZ Office Manager Bushra Khan, who was one of those accosted by the couple. "The best way to prevent this type of stereotyping and intolerance is to educate ordinary Americans of all faiths about Islam and Muslims."