Robbers Wearing Burkhas
There has been a series of robberies where a man is dressed from head-to-toe in a burkha.
I hope this isn’t going to start being a trend!
But as the Daily Mail reports.
There have been growing concerns over the use of burkhas and other Muslim clothing to conceal criminals’ identities.
Somali Mustaf Jama, one of the armed gang that shot dead PC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford, reportedly escaped from Britain after hiding his face behind a traditional Muslim woman’s niqab and using his sister’s passport.
We ban people going into banks and many other places in crash helmets. So should we stop people going into such places with their face hidden?
I suspect that I’d be stopped from entering my bank with a silly rubber mask on. And rightly so!
The Anonymous Widower 
Where does religion freedom end and common sense start?
I think that line has to be where a person can not be recognized because of dress that obscures that persons face!
Comment by pobept | August 28, 2009 |
I think that’s right.
But it’s not really religion in this case as the Koran doesn’t insist on women covering their faces. In fact, I was watching the Frankinsense program on BBC2 last night and was quite surprised how even Saudi Arabia seemed to be lightening up a bit.
The trouble is that we mustn’t be too heavy-handed as then you always get a reaction, that makes things worse.
We just need some well-applied common sense, as you say.
Comment by AnonW | August 28, 2009 |