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(Sweden:) Burqa woman 'stopped by bus driver'
www.thelocal.se ^ | 04/25/2007 | TT/The Local

Posted on 04/25/2007 3:26:50 AM PDT by WesternCulture

A bus driver in Malmö has been suspended after he allegedly tried to stop a woman from boarding because she was wearing a burqa.

The incident happened on Tuesday morning when Leonora Osmani boarded the number 35 bus on her usual route between the Rosengård housing estate and the city's central station. According to Osmani, the driver stopped her from boarding, saying that her burqa made her hard to identify.

A burqa covers a woman from head to toe, with a small mesh screen to see through.

"I have never before needed to identify myself on a public bus. Wearing a burqa is my own choice and doesn't make me any more threatening than anyone else," she told Metro.

Osmani stayed on the bus anyway, but claims that the driver mocked her and looked at her angrily.

Bus operator Arriva says that the driver has a different version of events, but he has been suspended while an investigation is carried out. The driver has also been reported to police. There are no rules on Malmö public buses requiring passengers to identify themselves.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: burqa; burqas; eurabia; hatecrime; islam; malmo; muslimimmigration; muslims; scandinavia; sweden

1 posted on 04/25/2007 3:26:53 AM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: WesternCulture

Is the bus driver Ed McMahon? what did she win?


2 posted on 04/25/2007 3:37:50 AM PDT by Waco
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To: WesternCulture

Ever notice how they all live in European “housing estates”? Don’t Muslims mind living off the infidels who pay for their families’ housing and livihoods?


3 posted on 04/25/2007 3:47:18 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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Don’t Muslims mind living off the infidels who pay for their families’ housing and livihoods?

No, they have no problem with enslaving infidels at all.

4 posted on 04/25/2007 3:59:49 AM PDT by magslinger (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
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To: WesternCulture

The bus driver should have said that he thought that the burqa-clad person was a man carrying a suicide bomb belt.

And when she protests, retort something to the effect of “Sorry, it’s kinda hard to tell... what with you hiding yourself under so much clothing. At the time, you looked like a man with a bomb belt. Maybe you should wear something that can’t allow for the misidentification.”


5 posted on 04/25/2007 4:15:44 AM PDT by gogogodzilla (Republicans only win if they are conservative.)
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To: WesternCulture

The driver should have been given a medal for keeping the safety of the children in his charge as his most important responsibility.
Punishing this man for doing his job sends the wrong message.


6 posted on 04/25/2007 4:24:03 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: WesternCulture

She is obviously lying. Too bad the administration is hell-bent of exterminating Swedes in favor of those who create babies who will grow up and kill them.


7 posted on 04/25/2007 4:27:32 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: WesternCulture

Interesting how the US is blamed for everything in the media however all over the world people are starting to wise up to that cult.


8 posted on 04/25/2007 4:28:11 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: WesternCulture

Curious how the driver “has a different interpretation of events” but the paper hasnt bothered to find out or detail what they are...


9 posted on 04/25/2007 4:33:21 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: kittymyrib

No, it is actually part of their religion to do so.


10 posted on 04/25/2007 4:41:32 AM PDT by Hatter6
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To: BuffaloJack

What children?


11 posted on 04/25/2007 4:43:13 AM PDT by beezdotcom
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To: WesternCulture
"I have never before needed to identify myself on a public bus. Wearing a burqa is my own choice and doesn't make me any more threatening than anyone else," she told Metro...

LOL

They would be told to remove the burka or not ride the bus here in Malaysia.

Same thing in the banks here. No motorcycle helmets and no burkas

The Ham Sandwich From Hell

12 posted on 04/25/2007 4:46:48 AM PDT by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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"...stayed on the bus anyway, but claims that the driver mocked her and looked at her angrily."

Who believes a Swede boarding a bus wearing a ski mask would be allowed to make similar complaints and demands?

My answer to these throwbacks: Dress according to sharia, ride according to sharia...


13 posted on 04/25/2007 5:05:06 AM PDT by drpix
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To: WesternCulture

Why don’t the Swedes join the Brits in just handing their country over to the towel-heads and get it over with?


14 posted on 04/25/2007 5:48:46 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (Enoch Powell was right.)
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To: 3AngelaD

eating spagetti with a gurka?...why not!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60WLW13IpuA


15 posted on 04/26/2007 5:49:13 PM PDT by from holland
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