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Muslim-American body issues fatwa against airport body scanners
Times of India ^ | February 12, 2010

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

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: airport; airports; airportsecurity; bodyscanners; cair; fatwa; fiqhcouncil; islam; muslimamericans; muslims; northamerica; tsa
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To: Schnucki
BREAKING NEWS

"THIS JUST IN – In today’s White House fatwa, the Obama administration has excused
all Moslems from airport screening consistent with their sensitivities.


41 posted on 02/12/2010 7:45:40 AM PST by Diogenesis (Alea iacta est.)
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Does that mean they can’t fly anywhere? If so, GOOD! Suits me just fine.


42 posted on 02/12/2010 7:48:45 AM PST by daydreamer
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To: rocksblues

They can start their own airline, I suppose...


43 posted on 02/12/2010 7:49:29 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Lazamataz

Did you hear about the terrorist that burned his lips on the tailpipe when he tried to blow up a bus?


44 posted on 02/12/2010 7:49:58 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: 240B

They prefer airplanes because their culture never had/has any hope of achieving the level of technology necessary to make a working one.


45 posted on 02/12/2010 7:50:51 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Schnucki

Its all because they have little weiners.


46 posted on 02/12/2010 7:52:55 AM PST by goseminoles
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To: Schnucki

They can drive can’t they? Buses and trains still run in many places. It would be OK with me if Muslims just stayed home.

I am sick of Muslim whining about how America violates their religion in one way or another. Come to think of it, I am sick of Muslims.

If I hear another reminder from anybody that ALL Muslims are not bad people, I think I’ll puke. I want to see all of those GOOD Muslims out in the street condemning the terrorist, jihadist Muslims.

I want to hear a definitive statement from our government stating that concerns expressed by outfits like CAIR will not be considered in matters of national security. I know that will not happen under Obama, but it should have under George W. Bush. I guess he was too busy trying to force amnesty for millions of illegal aliens on the American People to address the issue.


47 posted on 02/12/2010 7:53:58 AM PST by SkipW
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To: cookcounty

No, get this, in Europe the muslims want female doctors only for female muslim patients. Causes all kinds of havoc in emergency rooms such as fist fights with the muslim husbands if there’s no female doctor on duty.


48 posted on 02/12/2010 7:54:02 AM PST by bergmeid (Gas up the truck and pedal to the metal!)
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To: Schnucki

I guess that, by “fatwa” that all muslims will no longer be able to fly. Too bad.


49 posted on 02/12/2010 7:54:16 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (Obama is the ultimate LIE!)
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To: Schnucki
Muslim-American body issues fatwa against airport body scanners

Solution for muzzies: Stay off planes and Stay away from airports.

50 posted on 02/12/2010 7:55:05 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Pork Eating CRUSADER - FUBO! Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Texas Mulerider

If it weren’t for Muslim fatwas...

When muslim fatwas are outlawed,
only fat muslims will have them?


51 posted on 02/12/2010 7:55:44 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Schnucki

First step would be ending all travel visas for non-resident aliens from 40+ Muslim nations.


52 posted on 02/12/2010 7:58:24 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Schnucki

Finally something I agree with them on.


53 posted on 02/12/2010 8:35:01 AM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp (Be strip-searched by scanners! Buy ObamaCare or go to jail! The Totalitarians are here!!)
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To: Schnucki

They can walk or ride a camel across the country then.
No one has a right to fly.


54 posted on 02/12/2010 8:36:50 AM PST by arealconservativeforachange (Tell JD Hayworth to run for McCain's seat! http://www.jdhayworth.com/contact.php)
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To: rocksblues
"Their is two ways this can work out. Either Muslims never fly. Or nobody gets full body scans."

When you learn to think like a liberal, a third option presents itself: Muslims are exempted; everybody else gets scanned.

55 posted on 02/12/2010 8:36:59 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Schnucki

Read my lips.

Good.

Stay off our airplanes, and stay home. We do not want you travelling to the USA.


56 posted on 02/12/2010 8:49:40 AM PST by Candor7 (((The effective weapons against Oba- Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA)))
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To: Schnucki

So, all we have to do to get Americans to give up their liberties abd be for such machines is to have Muslims be against such machines? We’re too stupid to survive as a nation.


57 posted on 02/12/2010 9:07:16 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Schnucki

We certainly can’t impose security measures that offend the jihadists! (When did America go collectively insane?)


58 posted on 02/12/2010 9:13:29 AM PST by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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To: Schnucki

Perfect, time to install the scanners in all airports, train stations, government buildings, bus terminals, public bathrooms, restaurants, smoking lounges, public spaces, and interstate highways.

This is going to work out much better than I expected.


59 posted on 02/12/2010 9:21:16 AM PST by dangerdoc
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To: Schnucki; ASA Vet; BIGLOOK

Now we know why the ACLU is against the use of these machines.

Makes one wonder how much money is donated to the ACLu by Cair and al queda.

If this is true, make it a requirement to board any airplane. That should stop all air borne terrorism.


60 posted on 02/12/2010 9:32:09 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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