A few days ago I was thinking to myself, what would I do if I was on a flight and there were a group of muslims on it. I would certainly feel uncomfortable but would I go as far as these people? Hard to say without being in the position.

A large number of passengers either refused to board or removed themselves from a Monarch Airlines flight because there were two bearded muslims on the plane speaking Arabic and apparently acting suspiciously. It appears that it was all a case of Chinese whispers and the men were allowed to fly later but it's caused a bit of an uproar amongst the self-appointed leaders of the muslim community who are crying racism.

In the circumstances I think the police were right to remove the two passengers. There is a real risk (or so we're told) of terrorism and - whether they like it or not - the threat is from muslims. If the self-appointed community leaders really do represent and influcence their communities then they should be stopping their fellow muslims from trying to blow us up.