Afraid!

Submitted by Jim (Canada), Nov 6, 2015 at 21:04

Similarly, in 2010, I had an airline connection in Calgary, Alberta, Canada during a solo trip home to Toronto. Ahead of me clearing through the very last Security checkpoint before boarding were 2 people in Niqabs where all you culd see of them were their eys. I don't know for certain what the Airport Security staff said to them, regardless these 2 people simply and silently handed their documentation over, and with nothing more said, Security simply handed their doumentation back and nodded them forward.

I like to think I'm a brave man but I have to admit I really was shaken, and quite literally shaking given the fact 2 people wearing disguises and who were NOT frisked even though the metal detector was shrieking were getting on my airplane. If my wife and kids were with me would I have behaved differently? If you see something, you're supposed to say something, right? Right?

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".