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Some Muslim communities concerned 'United 93' creates anti-Islam sentiment
Women allegedly verbally abused by couple leaving movie showing in Arizona

By: Justin Malvin
Issue date: 5/10/06

Section: City News

"Take off your f***ing burqas and get the f*** out of this country. We don't want you in this country. Go home."

These words were allegedly spoken by a middle-aged couple to a group of three young Muslim women wearing head scarves Apr. 29 at the Desert Ridge Marketplace in Scottsdale, Ariz.

According to the young women, the couple approached them calmly and asked if they were Muslim. After answering yes, the women said the couple became enraged and verbally abused them, indicating they had just watched the film United 93.

The event raised concerns throughout several Muslim communities after one of the women, Bushra Khan, the office manager for the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Arizona chapter, sent a message out to all 31 CAIR offices nationwide about the incident.

"The words were very harsh," Khan said. "I thought we were going to have a conversation."

Khan said she assumed the exchange would be peaceful because she said she works to spread cultural information about Islam as part of her job at CAIR.