@myboyblue will be along in a moment to explain why it wasnât the terroristâs extreme right wing views that led to him to commit mass murder against Muslims, but playing youth football under Jurgen Klopp.
Thatâs the way he rolls.
A bizarre remark for the head of an airline
Surprised you donât agree with him.
Quite the turn up.
Itâs stupid as fuck.
If you read the article, basically heâs trying to get his passengers past security more quickly, heâs saying âwhy dontâ we just check the muslimsâ but the lack of commercial awareness to not predict how people would react to that is very stupid.
Then he says 30 years ago it would have been Irish people weâd be checking extra, bizarre stuff.
This might sound slightly wild but I think thereâs a strong argument for RyanAir getting rid of Michael OâLeary. He was an incredible CEO when they were a small punky airline growing rapidly, but theyâre not in that situation now. Very often large blue-chip companies do better with a different type of CEO than start-up companies need. And maybe Iâm completely wrong but I canât see comments like this either making any headway, effecting any change or winning them any business. Obviously if you look at his contract situation, I know theyâve absolutely no intention of getting rid of him.
Ryanairâs Michael OâLeary under fire for comments on Muslim men
âYou canât say stuff, because itâs racism, but it will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion. 30 years ago it was the Irish.â
38 minutes ago Updated: 3 minutes ago
Jade Wilson
The Muslim Council of Britain has criticised Ryanair chief executive Michael OâLeary for his remarks. File photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
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Ryanair chief executive Michael OâLeary is facing criticism after he was quoted as claiming terrorists âwill generally be males of a Muslim persuasionâ. He has subesquently apologised âfor any offence causedâ.
The outspoken airline bossâs comments have been branded âvery irresponsibleâ by the Islamic Centre of Ireland.
The 58-year-old told the Times newspaper that families with young children should be waved through airport security because there was âvirtuallyâ zero chance of them being bombers.
âWho are the bombers? They are going to be single males travelling on their own,â he said.
âIf you are travelling with a family of kids, on you go; the chances you are going to blow them all up is zero.â
He added: âYou canât say stuff, because itâs racism, but it will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion. Thirty years ago it was the Irish.
âIf that is where the threat is coming from, deal with the threat.â
On Saturday morning, referring to the story in the Times, Ryanair said: âThe headline in todayâs paper is simply inaccurate. No call for extra checks on any group or persons was made.
âMichael was only calling for more effective airport security checks which would do away with much of the unnecessary queues at airport security today for all passengers. He apologises sincerely for any offence caused to any group by todayâs inaccurate headline.â
Earlier, the Head Imam of the Islamic Centre of Ireland, Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, said: âIn the current climate of anti-Muslim sentiment and islamophobia on the right, to give general statements like this is disappointing because it tarnishes the whole community and justifies racism and discrimination against the community,â he said.
âTerrorism is not only confined to one community. We find extremist elements in every community - recently a white German killed nine innocent people in Germany.
volume is 80%volume is gedempt
âIâm a frequent traveller. I fly frequently with Aer Lingus and Ryanair. Already as Muslims, particularly single men, we have to go through many checks when we travel. This has been going on for a number of years. At the moment, Iâm not calling for a boycott of the airline. Hopefully, if he clarifies his comments there will be no need for that.â
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the Muslim Council of Britain said: âMichael OâLeary should be under no illusion: his comments are racist and discriminatory.
âHe openly advocates discrimination against âmales of a Muslim persuasionâ, which presumably is not based on specific intelligence but solely whether someone âlooks or acts like a Muslimâ.
âThis is the very definition of Islamophobia.â
The spokeswoman said Muslims already face challenges in airline travel and added: âIt is a shame that such racism is being expressed so openly, and that the CEO of a large airline would so want to discriminate against his customers so brazenly.â
Meanwhile, British Labour MP Khalid Mahmood said Mr OâLeary was âencouraging racismâ.
âIf he can tell me what colour Muslims are then Iâd be very happy to learn from him â you canât judge a book by its cover,â he told the Times.
He added: âIn Germany this week a white person killed eight people.
âShould we profile white people to see if theyâre being fascists? Heâs being very blinkered and is actually encouraging racism.â
Mr OâLearyâs remarks came the day after a white female Muslim convert admitted plotting a suicide bomb attack on St Paulâs Cathedral in London.
Safiyya Amira Shaikh (36) was born Michelle Ramsden but converted to Islam in 2007 and is believed to have become radicalised in 2015 after following extremists online.
The airline chief is no stranger to controversial remarks, particularly his comments on environmentalists and travel agents, using the phrase âshoot themâ in reference to both.
He has also famously proposed coin-operated toilets on flights and dressed up as the pope to launch Ryanairâs route from Dublin to Rome. - PA/Bloomberg
Doesnât MOL just fly these kites every now and then to get people talking about Ryanair? Like the one about bringing in standing-only ticket fares a few years back. I wouldnât take any of it remotely seriously.
Its not you taking seriously thats the risk
2 dead in france after a stabbing attack in a supermarket
If only the forum had a Nova Scotia expert to give us the local word. Anything to add @maroonandwhite??
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/19/portapique-shooting-nova-scotia-rcmp-canada
Fucked up shit. Not as gun happy as the southern neighbours but plenty of em around still. @anon96870661 is the nova scotia expert on here
10 dead in Nova Scotia
Is this terrorism? Was it ideology based? Time will tell
FFS just read it
only a nutcase according to the internet, not terrorism
Police treating it as a terror incident
Arrested guy was Libyan. Please control the Gadaffi references
Press Association saying it is a Libyan national in custody.
Letâs not jump to conclusions guys