All categories - 23 December 2006

'Praying very loud'
In a statement to police, a US Airways gate agent wrote that three of the men prayed in Arabic at the gate. "I was suspicious by the way they were praying very loud," the gate agent said.
Said Shahin: "We were never bothering anyone, not saying anything loudly. We were just prostrating ourselves, the normal way we pray."
Devout Muslims pray five times a day, but practices vary among cultural groups, said Owais Bayunus, a Muslim scholar in the Twin Cities.
"Those who pray in the airport would be more conservative Muslims who stop to pray at the designated times no matter where they are," he said. "Others accept the opinion that it is acceptable to combine the prayers during travel."
Before passengers boarded, one became alarmed by an overheard discussion. "They seemed angry," he wrote in a police statement.
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/826056.html
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