Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Another reason to ban Muslim dress

A man who was being hunted for the murder of a policewoman is understood to have escaped from Britain by disguising himself as a veiled Muslim woman.

Mustaf Jama, a prime suspect in the fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, assumed his sister’s identity — wearing the niqab and using her passport — to evade supposedly stringent checks at Heathrow, according to police sources.

The use of the niqab, which leaves only a narrow slit for the eyes, highlights flaws in British airport security. At the time, Jama was Britain’s most wanted man, while Heathrow was on a heightened state of alert after the 7/7 terrorist atrocities in London five months previously.

The Times has learnt that British immigration officers rarely carry out a visual check to match a passport photograph with a departing female passenger’s veiled face.

Why isn’t anyone wearing one of those tents ever checked? Anyone could be entering or leaving the country and we don’t know if they are who they say they are on their passport photo. Even taking them aside and getting a woman to check would be an adequate security measure.

Will the sister be arrested for aiding and abetting a criminal? I hope so. I don’t think it will happen though.

3 comments:

youdontknowme said...

It's going to be worse than you think. I posted about Romania a few days ago and the way they may actually have to act civilised.

I think it was yesterday that I read that Turks at a airport sacrificed a camel. I also read that the Bulgarians aren't having much success in battling their mafia problems. I was at college at the time though so I never saved the link.

Anonymous said...

Ban muslim dress?
You call that democracy?
There is no evidence that the suspect fled the country using a veil. It is mere conjecture from police and the media. Why let facts get in the way, naziboy?

youdontknowme said...

"Ban muslim dress?
You call that democracy?"

Yes. How does banning certain things mean that the society is undemocratic? Are we banning political parties? Do you have a definition of democracy that I am not aware of?