Busy life: Mohammed Anwar
Posted on 04/04/2008 6:15:49 PM PDT by Stoat
Busy life: Mohammed Anwar
But yesterday one motorist offered what must be a unique reason why he should keep his licence.
Mohammed Anwar said a ban would make it difficult to commute between his two wives and fulfil his matrimonial duties.
His lawyer told a Scottish court the Muslim restaurant owner has one wife in Motherwell and another in Glasgow - he is allowed up to four under his religion - and sleeps with them on alternate nights.
He also needed his driving licence to run his restaurant in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Airdrie Sheriff Court had heard that Anwar was caught driving at 64mph in a 30mph zone in Glasgow, fast enough to qualify for instant disqualification.
Anwar admitted the offence, but Sheriff John C. Morris accepted his plea not to be banned and allowed him to keep his licence.
Instead, he was fined £200 and given six penalty points.
Lorna Jackson, from the road safety charity Brake, called the decision "astonishing".
She said: "Regardless of the number of wives or businesses this man drives to, he broke a law which is there to protect everyone.
"Travelling just a few miles over the limit in a 30mph zone can be the difference between life and death if you hit someone, let alone driving at more than twice the speed limit.
"Drivers know the law, and they know the punishment they could face when they break it.
"For the courts to allow someone to keep their licence when they have so blatantly flouted the law and put peoples' lives at risk, on the basis of an excuse such as this, is astonishing."
Anwar, wearing a suit and an open-neck shirt, had made no comment during his five-minute court appearance, apart from confirming his identity.
But last night, speaking from his restaurant Sanam, he said: "It is true I have two wives.
"Muslim men are allowed up to four. But I am not a religious leader and it is not my place to comment.
"As a matter of respect to my wives I would not comment on my home life.
"The sheriff did not ban me because I need my licence to run my business, although my wives were also part of the decision."
The court had heard that Anwar was on his way home from Falkirk to his Glasgow wife on August 21, 2007, when he was caught by city police using a hand-held speed camera.
His lawyer, Paul Nicolson, said: "He realises his licence is at risk, but this is an unusual case and is very anxious to keep his driving licence.
"He has one wife in Motherwell and another in Glasgow and sleeps with one one night and stays with the other the next on an alternate basis.
"Without his driving licence he would be unable to do this on a regular basis.
"He is also a restaurant owner and has a restaurant in Falkirk, which he has had for the past 30 years.
"He has had a clean driving licence until now, and on this particular evening was on his way home after a busy evening at his restaurant."
Anwar's successful plea joins a long list of unusual excuses heard in the courts down the years.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was cleared of illegally driving on a motorway hard shoulder because he said he was rushing to a toilet.
David Beckham also escaped a ban after arguing he had to break the speed limit to escape a photographer.
may I be the first as I come from there
no surprise at all
muslims appeasement as be happening for some time now\
“Of course I was speeding your honor, I had to get from the decapitation I presided over, all the way to a stoning at the other end of town.”
If you look at my past posts you will see that I have been saying that the Govt in England has been ignoring arranged marriages, parts of sharia law for some time
the left wonders why the BNP are getting more and more votes
the BNP are a right wing party who have been formed as of late and they are getting more and more votes
the left have tried to ban this party even though this party is legal, they have said that they are a racist bunch and some are I admit that
but to them they say if they are racist for loving theior country then so be it
In their party they have indians who are hindu, they have kews too
they believe that England needs to stop immigration and a crack down needs to happen on muslims who are trying to change the country
anyway like I said islam appeasement has been going on for some time
but ssscchh
don’t tell the left as muslims are always peaceful and just want to paray and be left alone
ARF
The Scottish, English and probably the Irish are second class citizens in their own land.
Muslims from Araby do as they please - Sharia trumps all.
The Big Man must feel like a real King bopping around from one compliant female to another. When does he start demanding tribute from the locals?
Wondering??? Do the actual Brit citizens enjoy the SAME benefits????
The use the freedom and/or political correctness of Western Civilization and when they have the numbers; it’s Sharia all around, mates.
Is it legal to have two wives simultaneously in England?
also why hasn’t the police been pressing charges for bigamy
last I knew in England my old coiuntry is thatt is is unlawful to have more than one wife
Actually if you get me the phone number or the police station who dealt with this I would like to geive them a call and ask them why are they not pressing charges
"...then I have to teach an explosives class at my Mosque, begin casing good targets, pick my sons up at the Madrassa, and go to a mass protest against those that libel and slander Islam as a violent religion!"
NO we don’t at all
again Britian has appeased muslimss
Now here we have a man who has said he thinks he should have 4 wives
er not and the police needs to tell him this by a court case that he is not allowed to have more than one wife
Maybe some of you Americans can now understand why there is record numbers leaing England and Britain, maybe you caqn understand why i brought my family here legally and become American
If America opened her borders to England I bet within one day you would have over a million people wanting to come here
Not one person I know back home so to speak wants to stay in England, manchester to be exact
But I submit, m’lud, with all submission,
To marry two at once is Burglaree!In the reign of James the Second,
It was generally reckoned
As a rather serious crime
To marry two wives at a time.
We welcome all refugees from every kind of totalitarian rule. Welcome to America!
We can’t make up better stuff!
Welcome to America... :o)
I’m so glad I got to see Europe before it fell to the muzzies...it was nice while it lasted.
it’s a peaceful religion and if you say not then you will be killed
isn’t that how it goes, ask salman rushdie who still has a death contract over his head
all because he wrote the satanic verses, also ask the dutch about a man who made a film about islam and was stabbed repeatedly in the street
religion of peace you know
whne are the left going to wake up as the media should, they defend islam yet when islam takes over they will not have the free speech they like they won’t have their gays, they won’t have freedom for women etc etc
time tom wake up media and the left as you are nailing a nail in your own coffin
and yet my heart is broken , my mind gets more angry when I visit my mother
about time those elected got some cahuna’s and said this is England and we have our own laws and it is not the koran a book wrote from a cave hundreds of years ago
arrggghhh
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