anti extremism muslim speakers held at airport

[medeak]

U.S. Muslims Discuss Combating Extremism

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Muslim leaders who gathered Saturday to discuss their role in combating extremism within the Islamic community complained that two scheduled speakers missed the event after being detained at Los Angeles International Airport.

"People are upset," said Salam Al-Marayati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, which organized the conference. "On one hand the U.S. government is asking us to do more, but on the other they are preventing us from doing our work."

British citizens Mockbul Ali and Waqqas Khan had arrived on a flight from London at 4 p.m. but only cleared customs after 8 p.m., said Erin Robertson, a spokeswoman for the British Consulate-General in Los Angeles.

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[uppityperson]

1. Shouldn't use those 2 words together and hope for a quick customs check

"combating" "extremism"
One would think that administration would want to help these guys do all they could do, but noooo, the administration isn't actually trying to help things but to continue with their holy war. Hey, maybe that's the problem with "happy holidays", should by "happy holiwars"?

[medeak]

2. Joe Wilson was at conference

that's enough right there to set off the radar.