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Muslims dislike bill banning headwear in license photos (MN)
StarTRibune ^ | 3/2/09 | AP

Posted on 03/02/2009 9:26:40 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

A St. Cloud lawmaker says a bill that would ban any kind of headwear in a driver's license photo is a matter of public safety. But some Muslims say they have a religious right to cover their heads.

State Rep. Steve Gottwalt says banning headwear would make it easier for law enforcement to identify people and it would make it fair for everyone.

But Suban Khalif says Muslim women wear a head scarf nearly 24 hours a day as part of their religion, and taking it off — even for a few minutes — is a big deal. Khalif and other Muslim women say their facial features should be enough for law enforcement to identify them.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: driverslicense; headwear; islam; muslims; photoid
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To: hsalaw

Why the hell can’t we have this kind of common sense???


21 posted on 03/02/2009 9:39:39 AM PST by Made In The USA (Liberalism is a sign of stupidity.)
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To: Made In The USA

“Why the hell can’t we have this kind of common sense???”

Dems and RINOS???


22 posted on 03/02/2009 9:40:31 AM PST by jessduntno (Barack - Kenyan for "high winds, dark clouds, big thunder, no rain.")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

who cares what the muzzies “like”...
if they don’t like it here, they can go back to whatever hellhole they came from...

shezzzzzzzzzzzzzz...doesn’t anyone “get it”...
the muzzies won’t be happy ‘til we’re all wearing a towel on our head.


23 posted on 03/02/2009 9:40:58 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

If you don’t like it ...then GO HOME!!!!
Don’t come back we don’t need you here to corrupt on an American’s soil. You have done enough to our people.

(NoCoGop’s wife message)


24 posted on 03/02/2009 9:41:59 AM PST by NorCoGOP
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To: Boiling Pots
They hate the West.
Why are they here ?
25 posted on 03/02/2009 9:42:22 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
They do not belong here disrupting our lives!
26 posted on 03/02/2009 9:43:28 AM PST by Cheetahcat (Osamabama the Wright kind of Racist!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

To win more land for Allah and Mohammed.


27 posted on 03/02/2009 9:44:06 AM PST by Boiling Pots (The Gov't trying to fix the economy is like the Three Stooges trying to fix your plumbing)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

But Suban Khalif says Muslim women wear a head scarf nearly 24 hours a day as part of their religion, and taking it off — even for a few minutes — is a big deal. Khalif and other Muslim women say their facial features should be enough for law enforcement to identify them.

I would imagine that they are free to go back to their countries where they can wear it photographed and all.


28 posted on 03/02/2009 9:46:28 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
They hate the West.
Why are they here ?

The west pays better for sitting on your a*** and waiting for the next government check.

29 posted on 03/02/2009 9:46:45 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

if they took their religion series, the womenfolk would have to ride in the back of the car and not drive at all(like in Saudi Arabia)


30 posted on 03/02/2009 9:48:45 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Muslims dislike bill banning headwear in license photos (MN)

Dislike? I didn't know that there was any emotion other than Complete Outrage in Islam.

I hate the United States for making our women take off their head sacks for drivers licenses. I also hate the United States for letting women drive.

31 posted on 03/02/2009 9:50:56 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Obama: removing the speed limit on the Road to Serfdom)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Muslims dislike bill banning headwear in license photos (MN)..

boohoo....If you don't like the LAW...Get the HELL out of the Christian nation of the USA!!! Islam guys why are you letting your daughters and wife DRIVE It is against your beliefs!! You should behead your daughter if they are asking for the family camel!! /s

32 posted on 03/02/2009 9:52:53 AM PST by NoMarxist2010 (Rush: I hope he fails meant Rush wants Obama's SOCIALISTIC PROGRAMS to fail.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

When they stop beheading Christians and Jews, and flying planes into buildings, and blowing up buses carrying Jewish children to school, I say let them cover their faces on license photos.


33 posted on 03/02/2009 9:54:22 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (liberalism is truly evil. and liberals have no sense of humor either.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“But some Muslims say they have a religious right to cover their heads.”.....

While you’re at it......cover your mouth also!


34 posted on 03/02/2009 9:54:43 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Kalif is full of cr*p. The headscarf tradition is CULTURAL IN ORIGIN and has nothing whatsoever to do with any religion.

If Moslems wish to drive cars (and in Saudi that's not allowed) they have to conform to the rules of the land, not the mystical twinklings of their little minds.

35 posted on 03/02/2009 9:59:13 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I imagine the Sikhs might have a problem with this as well, even more so.


36 posted on 03/02/2009 10:00:39 AM PST by Plutarch
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
But some Muslims say they have a religious right to cover their heads.

Wow, sucks to be them, huh... Luckily for them they don't have a religious right to drive. No conflict, no problem, case closed...

37 posted on 03/02/2009 10:11:24 AM PST by The Electrician ("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Well then they don’t need to drive. Driving is not a right it is a priviledge and if you won’t obey the rules for the photograph perhpas you just shouldn’t drive?


38 posted on 03/02/2009 10:14:42 AM PST by chris_bdba
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“But some Muslims say they have a religious right to cover their heads.”

Does that mean if I claim I am Amish that they can’t photograph me at all? Just wondering?


39 posted on 03/02/2009 10:17:15 AM PST by chris_bdba
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To: chris_bdba

“Does that mean if I claim I am Amish that they can’t photograph me at all? Just wondering?”

Go for it.....

;-)


40 posted on 03/02/2009 10:20:03 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (This Ain't No Party....This Ain't No Disco..)
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