So your unfriendly neighborhood Islamist group CAIR has decided to sue US Airways and ‘John Does’ on behalf of six imams who were removed from a flight this past November after doing a number of questionable things, including praising Osama bin Laden, moving around the cabin and asking for seat-belt extenders for skinny men.

There’s little question that despite CAIR saying the lawsuit is an attempt to penalize US Airways and ‘John Does’ for horrible Islamophobia the case is actually about trying to preempt any future legislation that could be made that would enable profiling. It just so happens it would also make it easier for actual Muslim terrorists to sneak on board because of what CAIR is doing, and for whatever reason the group is not suing on behalf of the Muslim passengers who also questioned what the six imams were doing. Funny how that happens, eh?

But the most disturbing trend is that CAIR isn’t just suing US Airways, they are suing passengers who were alarmed at the imams’ behavior, it’s just that they haven’t figured out who the passengers are yet. Katherine Kersten reports:

It describes “John Doe” defendants whose identity the imams’ attorneys are still investigating. It reads: “Defendants ‘John Does’ were passengers … who contacted U.S. Airways to report the alleged ‘suspicious’ behavior of Plaintiffs’ performing their prayer at the airport terminal.”

Paragraph 22 adds: “Plaintiffs will seek leave to amend this Complaint to allege true names, capacities, and circumstances supporting [these defendants'] liability … at such time as Plaintiffs ascertain the same.”

In plain English, the imams plan to sue the “John Does,” too.

Who are these unnamed culprits? The complaint describes them as “an older couple who was sitting [near the imams] and purposely turn[ed] around to watch” as they prayed. “The gentleman (‘John Doe’) in the couple … picked up his cellular phone and made a phone call while watching the Plaintiffs pray,” then “moved to a corner” and “kept talking into his cellular phone.”

In retribution for this action, the unnamed couple probably will be dragged into court soon and face the prospect of hiring a lawyer, enduring hostile questioning and paying huge legal bills. The same fate could await other as-yet-unnamed passengers on the US Airways flight who came forward as witnesses.

For the sake of argument, let us assume all passenger complaints were right in line with what CAIR alleges. They were religiously motivated. It’s not illegal to be a bigot, nor is it a civil action to say something bad about another on that basis. Tom Cruise is an idiot who believes space aliens invade the human mind. See? I just did it.

There may be a dangerous precedent set, pushed by the likes of CAIR and against the American people regardless of one’s faith. The lawsuit is just as ridiculous as the notion that CAIR is a moderate Muslim group. It will most likely be found that way, but in the meantime CAIR intends on finding and suing those people who the six imams decided to play a joke upon, and it seems clear that this was all an intentional act by the imams to toy with the passengers on that day. They are the ones that should be condemned and pay, but CAIR is there to save the day for those that at least act the part of an Islamist.

bRight & Early linked with First Cup 03.16.07