Posted on 11/05/2005 1:50:22 PM PST by LibWhacker
Police in Britain leak PC guidelines to avoid offending Muslim suspects
Zafar Khan, chairman of Luton Council of Faiths (Photo: Luton & Dunstable on Sunday) Police officers in England's Bedfordshire county have been told to take off their shoes and not interrupt anyone praying during raids of Muslim homes, according to leaked guidelines.
The 18-point guide, under development before the recent London bombing attacks, says "the Muslim community feels victimized and suspicious of counter terrorist police operations and in the current climate a search at a British Muslim household has the potential to become a critical incident and come under intense scrutiny."
Befordshire's largest city is Luton, about 30 miles north of London, one of Britain's hotbeds of radical Islam. A nail bomb was discovered in the trunk of a car at Luton's railway station after the July 7 attacks that killed 52 people.
The Luton Race Advisory Forum said it had been in discussions with the police before the London bombing campaign about how to raid houses, reported the local newspaper Luton & Dunstable on Sunday.
The guidelines are regularly issued to all staff as a reminder of the force protocol when entering a Muslim household, a Bedfordshire Police spokesman said.
"We take very seriously the culture surrounding all faiths and feel it is important to respect those beliefs, even while carrying out police business," the spokesman explained. "We would like to reassure all communities that any current or perceived tensions, which might be heightened as a result of recent events, will not affect how police deal with Muslims or anyone else."
The guidelines for police offers, according to the paper, include:
* Rapid entry needs to be the last resort and raids into Muslim houses are discouraged for a number of religious dignity reasons.
* Police should seek to avoid looking at unclad Muslim women and allow them an opportunity to dress and cover their heads.
* For reasons of dignity officers should seek to avoid entering occupied bedrooms and bathrooms even before dawn.
* Use of police dogs will be considered serious desecration of the premises and may necessitate extensive cleaning of the house and disposal of household items.
* Advice should be sought before considering the use of cameras and camcorders due to the risk of capturing individuals, especially women, in inappropriate dress.
* Muslim prisoners should be allowed to take additional clothing to the station.
* If people are praying at home officers should stand aside and not disrupt the prayer. They should be allowed the opportunity to finish.
* Officers should not take shoes into the houses, especially in areas that might be kept pure for prayer purposes.
* In the current climate the justification for pre-dawn raids on Muslim houses needs to be clear and transparent.
* Non-Muslims are not allowed to touch holy books, Qurans or religious artifacts without permission. Where possible, Muslim officers in a state of 'Wudhu' (preparation before prayer) should be used for this purpose.
Zafar Khan, chairman of Luton Council of Faiths, welcomed the guidelines but wants police to deal with all faiths sensitively, the Luton & Dunstable newspaper said.
Abdul Malik, chairman of Luton Race Advisory Forum (Photo: Luton & Dunstable on Sunday)
"Guidelines on how to deal and interact with the community in all faiths should be welcomed," he said. "It's a question of being sensitive and informed and if that makes the policing more effective and more sensitive that has to be a good thing."
Abdul Malik, chairman of Luton Race Advisory Forum, said "police need to be sensitive when they are going into the homes of everybody – not just Muslims."
"They should keep respect. Some Hindus and Sikhs have a place or a room devoted to prayer and that should be respected too," he said.
My head is shaking in disbelief.
let me get this right-
do not insult the invaders?
This is well beyond welcoming all - with arms open
these are invaders, ask france
It sounds as if Muslims may be just a bit too diverse to share the same country with westerners. I would say if they value their beliefs that highly, they should reside where the police and their neighbors do also.
If we in the West are going to capitulate to those of the Middle East, let's get on with it.
But countries that impose stupid rules like this on themselves will deserve what happens to them. (witness France).
Our turn will come, I'm afraid. The ROP is a cancer on the world. Ann Coulter's suggestion after 9/11 was a good one.
That strange sound you hear beneath your feet is Churchill turning over in his grave.
Be vewey, vewey quiet, we're hunting terrorists.
I am really starting to believe that Western civilization has a death wish.
I would make much more sense to ..with a bullhorn...simply give occupants a 60 second time limit in which to vacate the house peacefully, then start shooting.
This is really from the Onion or Scrappleface, right?
Sheesh.
we will hamstring your efforts to combat terrorism under the guise of religious (Islam only) tolerance/respect.
It is honorable for a Muslim to deceive (read lie to) an Infidel.
You must honor our traditions/practices, regardless of impact on your culture.
You do not understand our ways (read deceit) & we will use PC & the media against you
Okey Dokey...nothing that a bunch of thumbtacks in the entryway cannot handle.
It's the embittered left. We defeated their #1 hero, the USSR, and now they're determined to see Western civilization fail. By hook and by crook, outright treason, political correctness, etc., whatever can be done, they're doing all they can to hobble the West. IMHO.
If you are a Christian, or a Jew, get over it!
This whole damned situation is based on cowardice, and the cowards are busily commiting suicide!
o Police should never make any attempted arrests during the months of December and April, during which Christians are celebrating 'sacred events'.
o Police should make never enter any room that has a Bible in it. Doing so would be considered a grave desecration of the Most Holy Book.
o Police should make enter a Christian's homes while copies of Playboy are on their persons.
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***It's the embittered left. We defeated their #1 hero, the USSR, and now they're determined to see Western civilization fail.***
You're absolutely right, LW. All those communists in the schools and the MSM will never forgive Reagan and other freedom-loving people for outsting the communists. And they would rather sink the U.S. than give up communism.
In my religion it is deeply insulting and offensive to arrest me for anything at any time or in any place. Don't do it, OK?
Hmm..let's go over these "guidelines"...
The guidelines for police offers, according to the paper, include:
* Rapid entry needs to be the last resort and raids into Muslim houses are discouraged for a number of religious dignity reasons.
Yes, and just to be sure, it is Haram to surround a Muslim's house...they MUST be provided a means of escape by Sharia law!
* Police should seek to avoid looking at unclad Muslim women and allow them an opportunity to dress and cover their heads.
Blindfolds shall be issued to each officer, and must be worn else the Djinn get's angry!
* For reasons of dignity officers should seek to avoid entering occupied bedrooms and bathrooms even before dawn.
Probably because the lack of hygiene and evidence of same might cause the Police to become violently ill...
* Use of police dogs will be considered serious desecration of the premises and may necessitate extensive cleaning of the house and disposal of household items.
That's right...no drug/bomb sniffing dogs...that's a Muho-no-no...Also as Lawyers and dogs might be considered close species wise, no DA's shall be allowed entry either.
* Advice should be sought before considering the use of cameras and camcorders due to the risk of capturing individuals, especially women, in inappropriate dress.
Yes, evidence be damned...just like the Native Americans...it might steal their "soul" (as if Ba'al hasn't already been given it!). Also no video/photographic evidence shall be made of any bombs/drugs/torture, as negative press and evidenec is Haram!
* Muslim prisoners should be allowed to take additional clothing to the station.
I see they have learned the lessons from the American show "Cops"...how many shirtless/pantsless perps have we all seen...now imagine a Jihadi this way...
...(shudder!)
* If people are praying at home officers should stand aside and not disrupt the prayer. They should be allowed the opportunity to finish.
Yes, and all prayers conclude with the ritual "destroying of the evidence" and "killing the infidels"...so be sure not to interrupt!
* Officers should not take shoes into the houses, especially in areas that might be kept pure for prayer purposes.
Now I have to protest...who will pay for the sick time these officers incur after they walk barefoot on the diseased areas?
Also, shoes are Haram when Biotoxins/NBC weapons are present!
* In the current climate the justification for pre-dawn raids on Muslim houses needs to be clear and transparent.
The best example of "clear and transparent" might be the level of evidence that Trent Lott required for immpeachment...
"You could have video of Bill Klinton raping a woman and then killing her, and we wouldn't impeach him!"
So to conclude..the LIEberal Dhimmi-tude of Old Europe continues to pick up speed...I think we need to reform our Immigration laws to shut the borders 100% now...else these Dhimmis will get an even bigger foothold here!
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