Posted on 02/12/2010 7:09:10 AM PST by Schnucki
WASHINGTON: Some Muslim-American groups are supporting a fatwa issued by a body of Islamic scholars forbidding Muslims from going through full body scanners at airports, a media report said.
The Fiqh Council of North America issued the religious ruling this week that says going through the airport scanners would violate Islamic rules on modesty, Free Press reported.
"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 emphasises haya (modesty) and considers it part of faith. The Quran has commanded the believers, both men and women, to cover their private parts."
After the Christmas Day bombing attempt in Detroit by a Muslim suspect from Nigeria, some US airports are now in the process of buying and using the body scanners to find explosives and other dangerous materials carried by terrorists.
But Muslim groups say the scanners, which show in graphic detail the outlines of a person's body, go against their religion. One option offered to passengers who don't want to use the scanners would be a pat down by a security guard. The Muslim groups are urging members to undergo those instead.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it endorses the fatwa. "We support the Fiqh Council's statement on full-body scanners and believe that the religious and privacy rights of passengers can be respected while maintaining safety and security," Nihad Awad, national executive director of CAIR was quoted as saying.
Currently, there are 40 full-body scanners at 19 airports in the US, including two in Detroit, said spokesman Jim Fotenos of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). There are plans for 450 more body scanners in US airports, he said.
In a statement, the TSA said it is committed to keeping passengers safe
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Sweet.
Natch.
Their is two ways this can work out.
Either Muslims never fly.
Or nobody gets full body scans.
There are!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess it's Greyhound.
And soon to appear, models that will also be blast proof, if a suspect is determined to have explosives the suspect may find themselves dropped through a floor hatch to a bomb disposal area similar to the applique’ armor on M1 tanks, counter explosives.
Myself I favor the instant neural destabilizer and neutron ray emitter that destroys the living tissue, complete with an automatic air freshener for the next visitor.
Maybe some rich arab can start his own islam airline. Halal food and all.
This is about one thing, being able to stuff explosives in a body cavity and not be detected.
Good then they won’t be flying. Couldn’t ask for more.
Oh come on...we KNOW that the only reason they want women shrouded in a shroud is their pathalogical hatred of women.
Goats are OK
This is a bunch of crap. I was really looking forward to all the youtube vids showing just exactly was under all those burka’s.
That is the truth, its all about doing the crybaby act supported by the mantra of Islam and the frustration of a defense that exposes them.
It is increasingly obvious whose side the “good muslims” are on.
They have no problem blowing up busses. Doesn’t matter to them.
I’m sick of islam.
1) Eat a couple of pieces of bacon.
2) Drink a beer.
3) Play a lotto scratch off ticket.
After they do this they go right on.
This article should be used in a college English course when the topic of “irony” comes up. So, let’s see:
Muslims attempt to blow up planes by carrying explosives aboard, which leads to the implementation of full-body scans, which Muslims decry as an invasion of privacy.
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