Islamophobia or a Reasonable Suppostion?

Question

So a murder suspect may have fled wearing a veil :

Police seeking a man over the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky are considering the theory he may have fled the UK dressed as a veiled Muslim woman.

Reasonable to suppose, I guess

However, a howl of protest has gone up from those who make it their object inlife to create difficulties, that this suggestion is unfair..

Is it?

I don't think so

Comments?

Answer 1

I don't know the facts of the case but it is always a possibility. To discount it without any evidence is obviously wrong. Is it unfair? No.

I come from a military family and I still find it unbelievable that our troops going to defend Kuwait from Hussein had problems taking bibles to a Muslim country. At the same time Muslims were demanding that the laws in the UK be amended to protect Islam under the blasphemy laws. Talk about double standards. Islamic countries demand that visitors obey their archaic laws and yet want to have their ways respected when they visit other countries. And, in these days of Islamic terrorism, to believe they should be allowed to wear something that is intended to hide the face is out of line.

Answer 2

I don't think that fairness enters into the equation. We are talking about an individual who may have escaped the country by wearing a veil. If the Police believe that, then why shouldn't they say it? I'm offended by people being offended, when they have no damn right to be. And it is completely inappropriate to presume to be offended on behalf of a whole religious group, whose own opinions you are usurping. These people, who are supposedly offended, never come out into the open, it is always done covertly, in a cowardly way. The media have to be implicated in this. If a murder suspect was described as being white with red hair, would all red haired white males be entitled to be offended. I am sure nobody would be offended on their behalf. Ironically, and this is typical of the PC brigade, who do not understand human nature, that they will not succeed in protecting any cultural/religious group: all they will do is build up the anti, because of the perceived special pleading that particular groups are seen to receive.

Answer 3

I don't think he's left the country and this islamaphobia isn't going to go away. I don't believe that a muslim woman wearing a veil can object if they are asked to take off their veil in a private room or somewhere if that is the condition of the airline or government for security reasons. Newspaper sales must really be hitting rock bottom to 'consider this theory'. Anyone of 'colour' is going to be stopped at the airport whether muslim or not.

Answer 4

If you go into a shop with your motorcyle helmet on you'll be asked to remove it. In fact, there'll be a sign up asking you to remove it at the door.
The only people who should wear veils are brides at their wedding. We're giving a lot of dodgy people the right to roam around the country with their faces covered, robbing, escaping and whatever else they can think of.
It's time this stupidity was brought to an end. Enoch Powell was right. Blood will run in the streets. At some point someone is gonna have had enough and trouble will start.

Answer 5

This is all back to whether it is seen as religious discrimination to prohibit the wearing of a viel.
Would we be hearing similar issues if the guy had grown a beard and donned a turban?
Hopefully the biometeric passports and fingerprint and iris recognition software will put an end to this crap.
As far as I can tell the viel is a choice for some within Islam, not be any means compulsory, therefore I would say, take it off for ID purposes, they must take it off in hosptial or if they are in a raod accident!
Surely then their religion would allow them to remove the viel if it was seen as a reasonable request to esure the safety of others

Answer 6

Its one of the theories being investigated. Not the only one as most people seem to believe. And it's not the fault of muslims if the British government can't sort out its airport security. I don't know a single veil wearing woman who would object to removing her veil for security checks (provided it's done politely).

Answer 7

I object to any woman wearing a veil - I doubly object to a man pretending to be a woman wearing a veil!!!!
However, there are women who insist on wearing them and in Muslim countries, these women are taken aside at airports and simply asked to remove their veils for security purposes. They are then compared to their passport photographs, reveil and go on their way. There ae usually women inspectors for this purpose in a private area.
I'm not sure what point it is you're trying to raise. Who are these people who create difficulties and what are the difficulties they are trying to create.
This is a shocking indictment on the security system. It doesn't take a genius to work it out. No one should go through the security checkouts without showing their face and their passport. It's that simple. For all our safety, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Atheists alike.

Answer 8

Sounds like a reasonable and plausible supposition to me. How can it be deemed unfair? It wouldn`t be impossible would it, to flee the contry dressed as a woman? So who`s protesting?

Answer 9

The more I learn about islam and muslims they more I realise that they are no better, in fact worse, than the nazis. It is their one goal to concur the world for allah. Moderate muslims (a contradiction in terms) will reject this but won't renounce the nutters within their neighbourhoods.

End this religion of hatred and war right now.

Answer 10

I am wetting myself with laughter with the ridiculous answers on here!
It's only a bloody theory! It could be as viable as the Diana conspiracy, and look what happened to that. Only Al Fayed and a few nutters believe in that now.