Does my bomb look big in this?
Perfect.
Islamic scholars have issued a ‘fatwa’ – a religious ruling – that forbids Muslims from going through the new scanners at airports.
“It is a violation of clear Islamic teachings that men or women be seen naked by other men and women,” reads the fatwa issued Tuesday. “Islam highly emphasizes haya (modesty) and considers it part of faith. The Quran has commanded the believers, both men and women, to cover their private parts.”
Can we please have more scanners in place at railway stations and anywhere else they are likely to deter travelling fundamentalist muslims who are likely to take notice of this fatwa?
Its not the burkha I mind, it’s what is potentially concealed underneath the flowing garments that makes me a nervous traveller.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:00 -
How libertarian of you.
You and Holby ought to join the Daily Mail reader’s fan club. God knows why you pretend to be a libertarian.
Was it just so you could cosy up to some big blogger names, like Guido?
Is it all just a bit of a fig leaf for your precious ego?You are so lame, it’s funny.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:24 -
So fliers out of major airports will be safe then!
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February 12, 2010 at 16:27 -
Good, install in every airport and dock worldwide now.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:37 -
“it’s what is potentially concealed underneath the flowing garments that makes me a nervous traveller”
Given that the predictable next step from the terrorists will be intra body explosives a la drugs mules, perhaps a scanner that identified active areas of the brain associated with potentially terrorist activity would be more useful as a first step in profiling. First identify the areas.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:39 -
Anna Raccoon = Daily Mail Beta Site dot com.
Tossers.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:41 -
So presumably this fatwa now means that no muslim will be able to fly from any UK airport?
Or will the (Hattie Harperson Equality) law still require non-muslims to be scanned but it’ll be ok for muslims to go through unchecked?
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February 12, 2010 at 16:44 -
Uurgh. Just like an unflushable turd that keeps poking its head back round the bend.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:45 -
Whorafuk is John Demetriou?
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February 12, 2010 at 16:47 -
Anna Raccoon = Daily Mail Beta Site dot com.
Tossers.
It’s a pity your father wasn’t.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:47 -
Yes you are, ‘Gloria’.
Panda man – the biggest and best blogger the world has seen.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:48 -
Gloria
I had a white turd like that once. It was mildly radioactive and would have shown up well on one of those scanners.
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February 12, 2010 at 16:53 -
Mildly radioactive bamboo, obviously.
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February 12, 2010 at 17:12 -
Barium
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February 12, 2010 at 17:13 -
John Demetriou ah, a cloaca.
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February 12, 2010 at 17:24 -
Eh?
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February 12, 2010 at 17:36 -
Eats shoots and leaves.
Eats, shoots and leaves.
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February 12, 2010 at 19:41 -
As we’re into the realms of the scatalogical, I’d just like it to be known that I wouldn’t wipe my bahookie with the Daily Mail – as I also have no religious beliefs, I’ve no problem with going through the scanners, but I do pity the poor sod who has to look at the results.
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February 12, 2010 at 20:13 -
I remember when my younger daughter was at kindergarden there was a child there who was in constant need of attention too.
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February 12, 2010 at 20:15 -
That John Dementer will suck the life out of you. He’s already sucked Boaty dry, now he wants more -beware!
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February 12, 2010 at 20:39 -
Assuming you mean the sucking bit, rather than the reference to Harry Potter, it was intentional!
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February 12, 2010 at 20:43 -
Maybe he has a picture in his attic…
Boring Gray.
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February 14, 2010 at 00:41 -
Muslim-American Groups: Just Say No To Body Scanning
Their point is that this is a violation of religious rules concerning modesty. The solution, in the age of terrorists bringing explosives on board planes hidden inside body cavities, would be for anyone that considers body scanning to be an unacceptable intrusion, to drive, take the bus or a train to their destination.
Read the full story by Michael Haltman at the New York Homeland Security column at Examiner.com: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-25304-NY-Homeland-Security-Examiner~y2010m2d12-Fatwa-on-body-scanners?#comments
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