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Originally Posted by WOMBAI
A Muslim man has already escaped the country wearing a burka - male terrorists could just as easily commit suicide attacks/terrorist attacks hidden under burkas masquerading as women!
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Really could you refresh my memory on that one, getting old and the grey cells sometimes let me down but wasnt it Yassin Omar who got from London to Birmingham disguised in a burka but was then arrested in the bath of the flat he was in wearing a rucksack, he went on trial for being part of the July 21st bomb attacks. His plan was to attempt to leave the country the same way. Or was it the leader in Pakistan who got caught leaving the mosque wearing one, again he didnt manage to escape either, cant remember his name though.
Or perhaps you refer to Mustaf Jama a Somalian criminal wanted in connection with the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, he wasnt a terrorist and it was in 2005, there have been changes dealing with airport security in regards to burkas since then. He was extradited back to the UK in 2006 or 2007. Anyways he was wearing a niqab. I know its splitting hairs but I am a pedantic tw
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I believe the wearing of the burka should be discouraged but not banned like Sarkozy did in France, because I feel its discriminatory against women and its not really required by the Qu'ran. Women should dress modestly is all it really requires.
As for what people could do, they could easily talk in foreign languages in public on a mobile phone plotting where to plant bombs, passing recipes for making explosives etc, so should we insist in Britain they only talk English? While we are at it we could just state if you are Muslim or look like you could be of Middle Eastern origin, you are not allowed to carry rucksacks or suitcases.
Besides why dress in a burka to commit a suicide bombing, its impractical, you dont have the ability to move quickly or see all around you. Body vests packed with explosives can be worn under normal clothes with the minimum of suspicion, whereas someone in a burka is viewed with suspicion anyway. If they wanted to explode a larger bomb a burka-wearing rucksack-carrying person is even more suspicious.