All very amusing Srdjan but I believe "when in Rome ..." I have travelled in Eqypt, by 2nd classs train, from Cairo to Luxor, the train full of arabs and I enjoyed their company, conversation, the atmosphere, the catering - everything. Similarly if I were in Pakistan and wanted to fly then I'd expect to be the odd man out, and abide by their rules (I wouldn't be so white either!). I tend to "go native" when I travel and spend a great deal of effort getting to know the locals.

Now this is a different case: these imans were apparently going out of their was to be provocative. If I were on a predominantly muslim flight and started genuflecting, crossing myself repeatedly, reciting "Hail Mary's" (not that I'm Catholic or religious) I'd expect to get myself noticed for the wrong reasons

>>Tell you what - call it selfishness, if you like, or whatever - but if I'm on my way on holiday, with my family, and a group of weirdos are creeping me out about the flight, and I'm concerned for our safety, it's not gonna be me who volunteers to take another flight; I'm gonna do my darndest to get *them* off!
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>If u embark on some PakistanAirWays inner country flight
>only one who will be weirdo looking will be you.
>Hw wld you like if they parashuted you out next to Afganistan border ?!?
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>... No No Sorry, Mr McDonnel we cannot let you fly any second longer,
>because excursion of about 100 Imams at the back of a plain is gonna hv collective heart attack, due to your funny pale-white look. They believe you swalowed plastic explosive and you gonna burst any minute...
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>You know, safety and all that...
>I think that you as civilised EU Citisen wld understand their
>fear perfectly, and ask for parashute yorself.
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>Just kidding of course, but I think you took it already to the *next level*.
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>Similar storry (without parashuting) happened here in Cyprus as well when group of Brits refused to fly along with few Pakistani students. So students were taken off the plane, molested little bit at the airport security quarters and then flown on a first next available flight. Do you really find it nice & dandy ?