The Boston Globe, November 20th, 1999
It may yet prove to be that EgyptAir pilot Gamil El Batouty took down Flight 990 in a wild suicide plunge into the sea off Nantucket, killing himself and everybody aboard. But we are uncomfortable with the suggestion that a mention of God indicates evil intent. It appears from the flight recorder that Batouty uttered the words "Tawakilt ala Allah," which, translated from the Arabic, means: "I put my trust in God." What is worrying is the assumption that any reference to God by a Muslim smacks of a fanaticism that renders the speaker open to suspicion. "People of other religions say `Jesus Chri...
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