Posted on 06/27/2008 10:00:59 AM PDT by Coffee200am
LONDON: Muslim passengers may not be touched by sniffer dogs of the British Transport Police after complaints that the practice is against Islam. According to the religion, dogs are deemed to be spiritually “unclean”.
A Transport Department report has raised the prospect that animals should only touch passengers’ luggage because it is considered “more acceptable”, the Daily Express reported. The ban may restrict the efficiency of sniffer dog squads which have been trained to spot terrorists at railway stations.
On Thursday night, British Transport Police insisted that it would still use sniffer dogs with any passengers regardless of faith, but handlers would remain aware of “cultural sensitivities”.
The Transport Department report follows the trials of station security measures in the wake of the 2005 London suicide bomb attacks. In one trial, certain Muslim women said the use of a body scanner was also unacceptable because it amounted to being forced to strip.
During the trials, passengers stopped in London had the exterior of their bags checked by dogs. But in Brighton, dogs patrolled the station concourse and were walked past passengers by their handlers. Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, however, said that even dogs touching baggage would be an issue for a Muslim preparing to pray. But he stressed on the fact that it should be easy to allow dogs to check passengers without physical contact.
What better way to avoid scrutiny than to claim it violates ones religion.
How convenient.
It’s against my “faith” to endure the personal and luggage search by the TSA. Wanna bet my faith don’t count for squat but theirs does?
Oh,yeah make a special class of people who are exempt from the law. What about Brits that just don’t believe they should be sniffed(which I, as an American believe is their God given right)do they get a pass too or do they have to convert to Islam?
Oh,yeah make a special class of people who are exempt from the law. What about Brits that just don’t believe they should be sniffed(which I, as an American believe is their God given right)do they get a pass too or do they have to convert to Islam?
I understand pigs have good sniffers...
Sorry for the double post the button stuck or something.
No problem. Just strip/cavity search them instead.
Will they have to wear big yellow crescents to designate that they are Muslims?
This is good for the dogs, bad for security.
Wouldn’t the liberals consider these checks a form of “torture?”
Sorry, but this is beyond dumb. And how do they know if one is Muslim or not?!? By how they look? And Imams are saying dogs can’t sniff bags either. Grrrrr
My next dog is going to be named Mohammed.
“Sit Mo”
“Stop licking yourself Mo”
“Eat the nice pigs ear Mo”
We could use sniffer bears, large American Grizzly bears!
Gee, too bad Christians didn’t declare war on everyone who disagrees with us.....
we could get all sorts of special treatment by claiming that we are “offended”.
Okay, drop the sniffer dogs idea....let’s switch to sniffer pigs instead -—screw them...
Big deal. My dogs would find muslims unclean, period.
We all know that it’s those White Christian Females who are the real terrorists.
Clearly, Islam is a cult that renders members unsuited for entering the civilized world...
They should remain in the Islamic world....or learn “When in Rome, do as the Romans”.
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