Posted on 11/12/2010 8:07:06 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
(CNSNews.com) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued a travel warning to Muslim airline passengers on U.S. aircraft in response to the Transportation Safety Administration’s "enhanced pat down" policy that went into effect in late October.
CAIR said Muslims who object to full-body scans for religious reasons should know their rights if they are required to undergo a pat-down, including asking for the procedure to be done in a private place. In addition, CAIR offered a “special recommendation [2]” for Muslim women who wear a hijab, telling them they should tell the TSA officer that they may be searched only around the head and neck.
In the “special recommendations for Muslim women who wear hijab,” it states: “Before you are patted down, you should remind the TSA officer that they are only supposed to pat down the area in question, in this scenario, your head and neck. They SHOULD NOT subject you to a full-body or partial-body pat-down.”
It also states: “Instead of the pat-down, you can always request to pat down your own scarf, including head and neck area, and have the officers perform a chemical swipe of your hands.”
The new TSA pat-downs [3] involving “head-to-toe” screening techniques follow recent airliner bombing attempts. Passengers who reject a full-body scan or who are selected for secondary screening may be searched using the enhanced pat-down.
“Pat downs are one important tool to help TSA detect hidden and dangerous items such as explosives,” a TSA statement issued on Oct. 28 stated. “Passengers should continue to expect an unpredictable mix of security layers that include explosives trace detection, advanced imaging technology, canine teams, among others.”
Posted on its Web site under “TSA’s Head-to-Toe Screening Policies,” the agency said how people are dressed may lead to closer inspection, including baggy or loose clothing. Those policies also include individuals being searched by a “professional” of the same sex.
“It is TSA's policy that passengers should be screened by an officer of the same gender in a professional, respectful manner,” the policy reads.
In February, the Figh Council of North America [4], a group of Islamic scholars, issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, that full-body scanners violate Islamic law.
“It is a violation of clear Islamic teaching that men or women be seen naked by other men and women,” the ruling states. “Islam highly emphasizes haya (modesty) and considers it part of the faith. The Qu’ran has commanded the believers, both men and women, to cover their private parts.”
CAIR endorsed the fatwa, according to a Feb. 21 article in the Detroit Free Press.
So... everyone EXCEPT MUSLIMS will get a pat down???
Are we in Bizarro world?
An better policy would be to just prohibit Muslims from flying in, out, or within our country. Then they could leave the rest of us alone.
Pretty soon the only people exempt from these security measures will be...drum roll please...members of the religion whose adherents attacked us therefore generating these very measures.
Insanity.
IDIOTS. What else can you say? If you don’t want to be searched, don’t fly......unless you are leaving the country for good.
I am for banning Islam and Muslims in America.
Thanks to Mooselimbs we are all going through cavity searches and now they are exempt. Isn’t it great to be PC and Tolerant....KABOOM!
Pray for America
They are trying to drive us into High speed rail, which will then be the next target of choice leading to higher scrutiny at the train station.
So they are hiring hookers to do the pat downs?
Are we nuts ?
All men and women should purchase a hijab, wear it through screening...then remove after.
Gee, who coulda seen that coming . . .
EXACTLY.
BIZARRO world.
It started with Bush II and escalated under his stealth Muslim successor.
Each and every mother’s son and daughter of this killer cult should have been banned from airfilights and deported after 9-11.
NOW, when all NON-MUSLIM Americans are required to submit to this insane indignity, these bastards think THEY should be exempt?
Where is Richard the Lion Hearted when you REALLY need him?
We need a Crusader mentality when dealing with Muslims.
Great Leftist doublespeak!
LOL — what next? GOOD!!! I hope they refuse both the scan and the pat-down and get kicked off the flight. We’ll all be safer.
Guess we’re moving into Sharia law whether we like it or not.
apparently only muslim woman have the “right” to demand respect for their modesty
hijab may become the new traveling costume of choice
Nana wants that privilege too...
Nanas in Jeans and sneakers are to only allow TSA to look at their heads from a distance of 1,000 milrs...
Yes that’s the ticket...
We only have naked scans and pat downs because of Moslems, and THEY get to avoid it? HELL NO!
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