Muslims urged to avoid body scans, stating "Scanners against teachings of Islam"

[2MuchMark]

More money wasted..

From http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/c...entid=23472721

By CBC News, cbc.ca, Updated: February 17, 2010 8:16 AM
Muslims urged to avoid body scans

North American Islamic groups are urging Muslim travellers to choose to be patted down by airport security rather than go through airport body scanners, which they say violate religious and privacy rights.

The Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) said the scanners, which produce a three-dimensional outline of a person's naked body, are "against the teachings of Islam, natural law and all religions and cultures that stand for decency and modesty."

"It is a violation of clear Islamic teachings that men or women be seen naked by other men and women," the group said in a statement last week.

"The Qur'an has commanded the believers, both men and women, to cover their private parts. Human beings are urged to be modest in their dress," the group said.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations also issued a statement of support to the FCNA's recommendation.

The United States began using the scanners capable of detecting items hidden underneath clothing at airports as part of new security protocols put in place in the wake of the failed bombing attempt on a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day.

Canada installing scanners

Halifax imam Dr. Jamal Badawi, one of 10 Muslim scholars on the council who made the religious ruling, said the only exception to the rules of modesty are medical necessity or another emergency.

"It has to be a clear and compelling case and only to the extent that it is absolutely needed," said Badawi. "And that doesn't seem to apply to these scanning machines."

Canada is also in the process of installing 44 scanners to be used on U.S.-bound passengers selected for secondary screening at Canadian airports.

The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority has said the scanners would protect the privacy of the passenger, and that the officer viewing the image would do so in a separate room and never see the actual traveller.

Only people singled out for extra screening would be scanned, and they would have the option of getting a physical search instead, according to authorities on both sides of the border.

The Fiqh council, which in 2005 issued an Islamic legal ruling, or fatwa, against terrorism and religious extremism, said it appreciated the pat-down search option and recommended Muslims choose this option.

U.S. puts countries on watch list

Canada has not adopted the U.S. approach of requiring additional screening for anyone flying into the U.S. who is a citizen of or is travelling from any of the 14 countries deemed to be state supporters of terrorism or "of interest" to the U.S.

Most of the countries listed are predominantly Muslim, and civil liberties groups say the policy of targeting travellers from specific countries opens the door to discriminatory racial profiling.

Transport Minister John Baird has said that "100 per cent" of Canadian travellers bound for the United States could be subjected to secondary screening.

The focus on security measures stems from the failed attempt by a Nigerian man to set off a bomb on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, is accused of trying to ignite the bomb on the Northwest Airlines flight. Officials said he has told U.S. investigators he received training and instructions from al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen

[fatfoo]

Not only are these scanners against teaching of Islam, but they have small amounts of radiation that I think can cause cancer as a long term effect.

I read about these radiation effects in another article.

[Tom_PM]

"against the teachings of Islam, natural law and all religions and cultures that stand for decency and modesty."


So is blowing yourself up along with a plane load of people. Or crashing into buildings. Or blowing up vehicles packed with explosives. Or inciting riots over a cartoon. Or any number of things. Plenty of things are against the teachings of plenty of other things. Adapt or dont.

So the solution is clear. If you dont want to get a full naked body search, take a bus or a boat. Voila!

Problem: SOLVED

[Nikki_Licks]

It seems to be a pretty simple answer. If you want to get on the plane, then you're gonna comply like everyone else has to to board a plane, if not....WALK!

Fuck these idiots...everything is about their religion.......

[RadicalSights]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

So the solution is clear. If you dont want to get a full naked body search, take a bus or a boat. Voila!

Or don't be a Muslim trying to board a plane.

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

If you dont want to get a full naked body search, take a bus or a boat.

Or, better yet, stay the fuck home!


.

[Tom_PM]

All I'm suggesting is that muslims should chill out. This group isn't doing you any favors by picking a fight that can't be won and has multiple simple solutions. If all religions retained ALL of their original teachings 100%, we'd all be spilling animal blood on our altars wouldnt we. Come on.

[Cyber Fucker]

I'm not a muslim, though, I don't want to be scanned as well.

[MoreMagic]

This doesn't count only for Muslims. Jews and also other religions can have the same problem. Fuck I am a Jewish atheist and have that problem.

[Scott McD]

Simple solution: Don't Let Any Fucking Muslims On Planes

[Andy CHOOPA]

Yeah I would say a history of blowing up planes in the name of religion is a slight justification of enhanced search. I should be the one complaining I'm not blowing up planes.

I think I just like being seen naked though.

[pornguy]

so a book that is 2k years old advises them not to go through a scanner that had not been invented yet???

[moeloubani]

pretty sure this applies to all religions, no surprise that the media singles out islam to report about, in what religion is it ok to be seen naked by strangers? right

yes pornguy the same way that another 2k year old book says you cant have an abortion even though that wasnt an issue back then

[Black_Widow]

perfect. Less towel heads on the plane.