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super ick
01-09-11, 11:27
Mass brawl at theme park after Muslim women are banned from going on rides unless they remove their head scarves
15 people arrested at New York's Rye Playland

Two parks rangers hospitalised after violence
Muslim visitors say police treated them 'like animals'




By Mark Duell and Laurie Whitwell


Last updated at 6:46 PM on 31st August 2011




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A theme park was forced to shut its gates to visitors when a mass brawl broke out after Muslim women were banned from rides unless they removed their headscarves.

Two park rangers were injured and 15 people, including three women, were arrested in the scuffle at Rye Playland in New York yesterday. They have since been charged with disorderly conduct and assault.

Muslim visitors involved in the fight accused police of brutality and claimed they were treated 'like animals'. One said: 'It's clear, this all happened because we're Muslim.'


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Huge response: New York state troopers, Westchester County police and city cruisers line up near the entrance to Playland Park




Rye Playland: A ban on wearing head coverings on rides at a theme park sparked a mass brawl that saw two park rangers hospitalised and 15 people arrested

'[The guards] were beating down the girls, then they started beating down the guys as they came to their aid,' Lola Ali, 16, of Queens, told the Journal News.

The incident started at around 2pm when the theme park was crowded with around 6,000 visitors. Roughly 3,000 were in a Muslim tour group celebrating a holiday at the end of Ramadan.

Trouble reportedly flared when women wearing Muslim hijab scarves tried to get on rides banning any head coverings.






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The women were refused entry and offered refunds - but then male and female visitors started to argue among themselves, Westchester County officials said.

That apparently led to park guards stepping in, sparking the huge brawl. The park entrance was closed for two hours as the fighting escalated.

Ola Salem, 17, of Brooklyn, New York, was wearing a headscarf and said she was denied entry onto a ride with her eight-year-old sister.

'They said no because my of my "headgear",' she told the New York Times. 'I said: "It’s not my headgear, it’s my religion".'




Unhappy: The brawl reportedly started when women wearing Muslim hijab scarves tried to get on rides banning any head coverings for safety reasons




Prayer: As a news conference takes place behind them, Muslim visitors to Playland Park pray together after the brawl within the park

Dena Meawad, 18, told the New York Daily News her friend Entisai Ali, was pushed to the ground and arrested when she began arguing with cops over the head scarf policy.


Her cousin, Kareem Meawad, 17, went to try to protect the woman and was beaten by cops and also arrested, she added.


Her brother, Issam Meawad, 20, was pushed to the ground and taken into custody when he tried to help his cousin, she told the New York Daily News.


'She just wanted to get on a ride. That was it,' Dena Meawad said of the initial confrontation. 'It's clear, this all happened because we're Muslim.'

Ayman Alrabah, 24, of Brooklyn said her husband, brother and father were all tackled by cops and put into handcuffs when they tried to intervene.


She told the New York Daily News she was unaware of the head-scarf rule until after she and her sister tried to get on the park's Dragon Coasters.


'We requested a refund and all of a sudden an argument became a riot,' Alrabah said. 'Cops came. They were hitting my brother, my dad. My husband was on the floor and they were handcuffing him.'





Brawl: The Rye Playland Boardwalk in which a massive fight broke out after Muslim women were told to take off their headscarves

She told the New York Daily News her four-year-old son was left 'traumatised' by seeing his father arrested.


'They treated us like animals, like we were nothing,' Alrabah said. 'They came with their dogs and sticks. We came to have fun.'

Amr Khater, of Brooklyn, told The Journal News: 'Everybody got mad, everybody got upset. It’s our holiday. Why would you do this to us?'

Park officials insisted the ban was for safety reasons and said they respect their customers' religious beliefs.

John Hodges, chief inspector of Westchester County Public Safety, insisted that police did not use excessive force.


Two intervening park rangers were injured and hospitalised. A huge police response then saw 60 patrol cars and 100 police arrive from nine departments.

The Muslim American Society of New York had been 'painstakingly' advised of the rule many times before its tour took place, parks official Peter Tartaglia said.




Official line: Police said the women were offered refunds - but then visitors started to argue among themselves and that's when the fight started

He defended the policy against head coverings on rides for safety reasons and faulted the group for not ensuring visitors understood the policy.

Mr Tartaglia said the policy is for safety, as scarves can become entangled in mechanical parts, choke riders or fly off and land in a ride's tracks.

'We respect the religious purpose of wearing it, but we have several rides that you cannot go on with any sort of headgear,' he said.

'The misunderstanding was very unfortunate,' Mr Tartaglia told Fox News.

The park entrance was closed for two hours as police responded to the scene, where more than 6,000 people were inside at the time - half of whom were with the Muslim group.

Mr Tartaglia said all the people arrested were later released.

'In this heightened state of Islamaphobia, a woman wearing a hajib is an easy target these days,' Zead Ramadan, president of the Council on American-Islamic Relations - New York, told the New York Daily News. 'Unfortunately, this turned ugly due to a lot of miscommunication.'


He added, according to The Journal News: 'The people feel like victims, and the police feel like they were just doing their jobs. Personally I think things got a little out of control on both sides.'


The celebration at the theme park, located just north of New York City, was for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Islam's holy month of fasting, Ramadan.

Rye Playland, owned and run by Westchester County, is America's only government-owned amusement park, reported Fox News.

A spokesman for the Muslim American Society of New York said it plans to investigate what happened.

Ramadan brawl at Rye Playland theme park after Muslim women banned from rides | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032031/Ramadan-brawl-Rye-Playland-theme-park-Muslim-women-banned-rides.html)

Read more: Ramadan brawl at Rye Playland theme park after Muslim women banned from rides | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032031/Ramadan-brawl-Rye-Playland-theme-park-Muslim-women-banned-rides.html#ixzz1WgvGjU3k)

Max Stirner
01-09-11, 11:50
Mass brawl at theme park after Muslim women are banned from going on rides unless they remove their head scarves
15 people arrested at New York's Rye Playland

Two parks rangers hospitalised after violence
Muslim visitors say police treated them 'like animals'




By Mark Duell and Laurie Whitwell


Last updated at 6:46 PM on 31st August 2011




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A theme park was forced to shut its gates to visitors when a mass brawl broke out after Muslim women were banned from rides unless they removed their headscarves.

Two park rangers were injured and 15 people, including three women, were arrested in the scuffle at Rye Playland in New York yesterday. They have since been charged with disorderly conduct and assault.

Muslim visitors involved in the fight accused police of brutality and claimed they were treated 'like animals'. One said: 'It's clear, this all happened because we're Muslim.'


Scroll down for video




Huge response: New York state troopers, Westchester County police and city cruisers line up near the entrance to Playland Park




Rye Playland: A ban on wearing head coverings on rides at a theme park sparked a mass brawl that saw two park rangers hospitalised and 15 people arrested

'[The guards] were beating down the girls, then they started beating down the guys as they came to their aid,' Lola Ali, 16, of Queens, told the Journal News.

The incident started at around 2pm when the theme park was crowded with around 6,000 visitors. Roughly 3,000 were in a Muslim tour group celebrating a holiday at the end of Ramadan.

Trouble reportedly flared when women wearing Muslim hijab scarves tried to get on rides banning any head coverings.






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The women were refused entry and offered refunds - but then male and female visitors started to argue among themselves, Westchester County officials said.

That apparently led to park guards stepping in, sparking the huge brawl. The park entrance was closed for two hours as the fighting escalated.

Ola Salem, 17, of Brooklyn, New York, was wearing a headscarf and said she was denied entry onto a ride with her eight-year-old sister.

'They said no because my of my "headgear",' she told the New York Times. 'I said: "It’s not my headgear, it’s my religion".'




Unhappy: The brawl reportedly started when women wearing Muslim hijab scarves tried to get on rides banning any head coverings for safety reasons




Prayer: As a news conference takes place behind them, Muslim visitors to Playland Park pray together after the brawl within the park

Dena Meawad, 18, told the New York Daily News her friend Entisai Ali, was pushed to the ground and arrested when she began arguing with cops over the head scarf policy.


Her cousin, Kareem Meawad, 17, went to try to protect the woman and was beaten by cops and also arrested, she added.


Her brother, Issam Meawad, 20, was pushed to the ground and taken into custody when he tried to help his cousin, she told the New York Daily News.


'She just wanted to get on a ride. That was it,' Dena Meawad said of the initial confrontation. 'It's clear, this all happened because we're Muslim.'

Ayman Alrabah, 24, of Brooklyn said her husband, brother and father were all tackled by cops and put into handcuffs when they tried to intervene.


She told the New York Daily News she was unaware of the head-scarf rule until after she and her sister tried to get on the park's Dragon Coasters.


'We requested a refund and all of a sudden an argument became a riot,' Alrabah said. 'Cops came. They were hitting my brother, my dad. My husband was on the floor and they were handcuffing him.'





Brawl: The Rye Playland Boardwalk in which a massive fight broke out after Muslim women were told to take off their headscarves

She told the New York Daily News her four-year-old son was left 'traumatised' by seeing his father arrested.


'They treated us like animals, like we were nothing,' Alrabah said. 'They came with their dogs and sticks. We came to have fun.'

Amr Khater, of Brooklyn, told The Journal News: 'Everybody got mad, everybody got upset. It’s our holiday. Why would you do this to us?'

Park officials insisted the ban was for safety reasons and said they respect their customers' religious beliefs.

John Hodges, chief inspector of Westchester County Public Safety, insisted that police did not use excessive force.


Two intervening park rangers were injured and hospitalised. A huge police response then saw 60 patrol cars and 100 police arrive from nine departments.

The Muslim American Society of New York had been 'painstakingly' advised of the rule many times before its tour took place, parks official Peter Tartaglia said.




Official line: Police said the women were offered refunds - but then visitors started to argue among themselves and that's when the fight started

He defended the policy against head coverings on rides for safety reasons and faulted the group for not ensuring visitors understood the policy.

Mr Tartaglia said the policy is for safety, as scarves can become entangled in mechanical parts, choke riders or fly off and land in a ride's tracks.

'We respect the religious purpose of wearing it, but we have several rides that you cannot go on with any sort of headgear,' he said.

'The misunderstanding was very unfortunate,' Mr Tartaglia told Fox News.

The park entrance was closed for two hours as police responded to the scene, where more than 6,000 people were inside at the time - half of whom were with the Muslim group.

Mr Tartaglia said all the people arrested were later released.

'In this heightened state of Islamaphobia, a woman wearing a hajib is an easy target these days,' Zead Ramadan, president of the Council on American-Islamic Relations - New York, told the New York Daily News. 'Unfortunately, this turned ugly due to a lot of miscommunication.'


He added, according to The Journal News: 'The people feel like victims, and the police feel like they were just doing their jobs. Personally I think things got a little out of control on both sides.'


The celebration at the theme park, located just north of New York City, was for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Islam's holy month of fasting, Ramadan.

Rye Playland, owned and run by Westchester County, is America's only government-owned amusement park, reported Fox News.

A spokesman for the Muslim American Society of New York said it plans to investigate what happened.

Ramadan brawl at Rye Playland theme park after Muslim women banned from rides | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032031/Ramadan-brawl-Rye-Playland-theme-park-Muslim-women-banned-rides.html)

Read more: Ramadan brawl at Rye Playland theme park after Muslim women banned from rides | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032031/Ramadan-brawl-Rye-Playland-theme-park-Muslim-women-banned-rides.html#ixzz1WgvGjU3k)




Altijd weer vermakelijk om te zien hoe vrouwen graag vechten voor hun 'recht' om onderdrukt te mogen worden

foxcave
01-09-11, 12:34
Hier ook een paar foto's onder andere van het op straat bidden om even wat kracht bij te zetten.

Ramadan brawl at Rye Playland theme park after Muslim women banned from rides | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032031/Ramadan-brawl-Rye-Playland-theme-park-Muslim-women-banned-rides.html)

Het enige wat mij verbaasd is dat dat verbod er nu pas komt, lange slierten, los zittende kleding, lang haar etc etc etc etc allemaal levensgevaarlijk in die toestellen.

Ook in Nederland zie ik soms erg gevaarlijke toestanden, en als er dan iets gebeurt is de standhouder verantwoordelijk.

Slinger
01-09-11, 12:36
Mass brawl at theme park

En dat nog wel gedurende ramadan, dan mogen ze niet eens vechten.

mark61
01-09-11, 12:38
En dat nog wel gedurende ramadan, dan mogen ze niet eens vechten.

Suikerfeestviering. Wel lezen als je commentaar hebt.

Afgezien daarvan is het sowieso een hatelijke opmerking. Ze, die aliens.

Slinger
01-09-11, 12:52
Suikerfeestviering. Wel lezen als je commentaar hebt.

Afgezien daarvan is het sowieso een hatelijke opmerking. Ze, die aliens.

Oei, dat is waar ook, bij het suikerfeest mag het wel. En ik houd geen ramadan, ook geen suikerfeest overigens.

super ick
01-09-11, 17:32
Suikerfeestviering. Wel lezen als je commentaar hebt.

Spijkers op laag water zoeken.


Afgezien daarvan is het sowieso een hatelijke opmerking. Ze, die aliens.

Dat is jou beleving. Kennelijk ben je overgevoelig.

Met zijn allen op straat gaan zitten bidden? Tamelijk overtrokken provocerend gedrag. Men (mag dit wel van jou?) voelt zich nogal supersnel achtergesteld / gediscrimineerd.
Het kan nooit kwaad eens goed in de spiegel te kijken hoe de praktijk omgedraaid is.
Lekker laten bidden tot ze een ons wegen en doordraaien met de kermis.

Mark
01-09-11, 19:20
hebben ze geen bioscopen daar?

Eric de Blois
01-09-11, 21:25
Altijd weer vermakelijk om te zien hoe vrouwen graag vechten voor hun 'recht' om onderdrukt te mogen worden

:hihi:

'Vrije wil', na een geslaagde patriarchale opvoeding.

Stopnaald
01-09-11, 21:32
Uitgerekend in Amerika, waar het via aansprakelijkheidsclaims failliet laten gaan van bedrijven zo'n beetje tot volkssport nr.1 is gestegen, en dan gaat het niet om de gevaren van die hoofddoek, maar om hun religie? Ik zweer het je, bij zoveel stupiditeit ga je je toch écht afvragen of door het vasten hun schedelinhoud is geslonken....wat een ongelovelijke stomme domme dozen (en dan zeg ik het nog mild).

ronald
02-09-11, 02:47
Het is wereldwijd toch al een aantal keren voorgekomen dat vrouwen door hoofddoeken, sjaals oid gewurgd zijn. Raar dat je dan nog in zo'n ding wilt terwijl je een potentieel zelfmoordwapen draagt. Deze situatie heeft niets met Gdsdienstvrijheid te maken dus die protesten zijn ook maar een beetje een aanmoediging om je leven in de waag te mogen zetten, of althans dat recht te mogen eisen.

super ick
02-09-11, 10:58
Uitgerekend in Amerika, waar het via aansprakelijkheidsclaims failliet laten gaan van bedrijven zo'n beetje tot volkssport nr.1 is gestegen, en dan gaat het niet om de gevaren van die hoofddoek, maar om hun religie? Ik zweer het je, bij zoveel stupiditeit ga je je toch écht afvragen of door het vasten hun schedelinhoud is geslonken....wat een ongelovelijke stomme domme dozen (en dan zeg ik het nog mild).

Dit fenomeen zie je meer. Alles wat enigzins wringt met de islam wordt als discriminatie of islampesterij ervaren. Zie de reacties op Halal slachten, zie de reacties op het verbod van de burka, zie de reacties op het verbod op hoofddoekjes op sommige scholen en zie dit artikel. Ik noem ze de piepmoslims omdat ze bij het minste geringste beginnen te piepen.

Op de 1 of andere manier wordt er altijd maar verwacht dat anderen zich aanpassen aan de voorschriften en gebruiken die voortvloeien uit hun geloof.
Continu staan er een soort voelsprieten uit om af te tasten of er ergens onrecht aangedaan wordt.

Sommigen, ik noem ze altijd de knuffelaars, schikken zich aan alle kanten en gaan zelfs denken voor deze groep. Dan krijg je een soort overtreffende trap. Leuk voorbeeld hiervan is het weghalen van die kerstboom op een hoge school onder het motto 'dat zullen de moslims wel niet leuk vinden'.
Veel van deze knuffelaars hebben zoch zo in de islam verdiept dat ze bijna als imam kunnen gaan werken.

De piepers en de knuffelaars zijn een klein groepje aliens dat elkaar versterkt tot in het belachelijke. Soms zo belachelijk dat het vermakelijk is. Beiden zijn niet representatief voor 'de achterban' maar hebben het zelf niet door.

super ick
03-09-11, 11:45
:hihi:

'Vrije wil', na een geslaagde patriarchale opvoeding.

Wordt u onderdrukt? Ehhhh, dat moet ik aan mijn man vragen......!
:hihi:

Pizzaman
03-09-11, 13:20
De piepers en de knuffelaars zijn een klein groepje aliens dat elkaar versterkt tot in het belachelijke. Soms zo belachelijk dat het vermakelijk is. Beiden zijn niet representatief voor 'de achterban' maar hebben het zelf niet door.

Misschien ligt het er aan dat ze er ook bakken geld mee verdienen. :maf3:
Als iemand mij een vet loon zou betalen om als 'coach' te werken,
hetgeen neerkomt op theezuipen, achter een bureau zitten, af en toe peptalk houden en vlinderreisjes maken.... :engel:

super ick
03-09-11, 14:42
Misschien ligt het er aan dat ze er ook bakken geld mee verdienen. :maf3:
Als iemand mij een vet loon zou betalen om als 'coach' te werken,
hetgeen neerkomt op theezuipen, achter een bureau zitten, af en toe peptalk houden en vlinderreisjes maken.... :engel:

Achteraf was het gemakkelijker geweest om de naturalisatie trager te laten verlopen en jezelf zo de kans te verschaffen de inactieven en criminelen tijdig terug te kunnen sturen.
Geen 'startkwlificatie-exit.
Zo doen meerdere landen dat.