Posted on 06/27/2008 10:00:59 AM PDT by Coffee200am
LONDON: Muslim passengers may not be touched by sniffer dogs of the British Transport Police after complaints that the practice is against Islam. According to the religion, dogs are deemed to be spiritually “unclean”.
A Transport Department report has raised the prospect that animals should only touch passengers’ luggage because it is considered “more acceptable”, the Daily Express reported. The ban may restrict the efficiency of sniffer dog squads which have been trained to spot terrorists at railway stations.
On Thursday night, British Transport Police insisted that it would still use sniffer dogs with any passengers regardless of faith, but handlers would remain aware of “cultural sensitivities”.
The Transport Department report follows the trials of station security measures in the wake of the 2005 London suicide bomb attacks. In one trial, certain Muslim women said the use of a body scanner was also unacceptable because it amounted to being forced to strip.
During the trials, passengers stopped in London had the exterior of their bags checked by dogs. But in Brighton, dogs patrolled the station concourse and were walked past passengers by their handlers. Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, however, said that even dogs touching baggage would be an issue for a Muslim preparing to pray. But he stressed on the fact that it should be easy to allow dogs to check passengers without physical contact.
What better way to avoid scrutiny than to claim it violates ones religion.
How convenient.
It’s against my “faith” to endure the personal and luggage search by the TSA. Wanna bet my faith don’t count for squat but theirs does?
Oh,yeah make a special class of people who are exempt from the law. What about Brits that just don’t believe they should be sniffed(which I, as an American believe is their God given right)do they get a pass too or do they have to convert to Islam?
Oh,yeah make a special class of people who are exempt from the law. What about Brits that just don’t believe they should be sniffed(which I, as an American believe is their God given right)do they get a pass too or do they have to convert to Islam?
I understand pigs have good sniffers...
Sorry for the double post the button stuck or something.
No problem. Just strip/cavity search them instead.
Will they have to wear big yellow crescents to designate that they are Muslims?
This is good for the dogs, bad for security.
Wouldn’t the liberals consider these checks a form of “torture?”
Sorry, but this is beyond dumb. And how do they know if one is Muslim or not?!? By how they look? And Imams are saying dogs can’t sniff bags either. Grrrrr
My next dog is going to be named Mohammed.
“Sit Mo”
“Stop licking yourself Mo”
“Eat the nice pigs ear Mo”
We could use sniffer bears, large American Grizzly bears!
Gee, too bad Christians didn’t declare war on everyone who disagrees with us.....
we could get all sorts of special treatment by claiming that we are “offended”.
Okay, drop the sniffer dogs idea....let’s switch to sniffer pigs instead -—screw them...
Big deal. My dogs would find muslims unclean, period.
We all know that it’s those White Christian Females who are the real terrorists.
Clearly, Islam is a cult that renders members unsuited for entering the civilized world...
They should remain in the Islamic world....or learn “When in Rome, do as the Romans”.
This is how a society dies. Special privileges to followers of a 7th-century warlord.
I guess this means sniffer hogs are out of the question?
bump
No, they are snout of the question.........
ducking
Is this a contest to see how big a fool the Brits (and others) can make of themselves?
“C’mon somebody why don’t ya run
Old Red’s fixin’ to have a little fun,
Git my lantern, Git my gun
Red’ll have you treed when the mornin’ comes.”
Blake Shelton
(Gosh, I love bloodhounds!)
how about sniffer grenades. Stick one in the bag or pocket, as appropiate, pull the pin. If it explodes it means there are no drugs.
It really is brilliant that these people can claim anything they find inconvenient as a violation of their religion. They must secretly be laughing at the stupidity of the rest of the world.
These terrorists are quite smart. Brilliant, in fact.
They are using our irrational fear of offending someone and chipping away at security in the name of political correctness.
A little at a time... eventually people will be scared to do anything that might offend muslims. Then they have a free ride to go untouched and blow up whatever they want. A thousand people will be killed but at least few muslims weren’t offended.
PC is going to kill us all.
My suggestion then is to do strip searches, including body orifices.
Oh and my religion requires the search to be done by Paris Hilton or Britney Spears.
Special treatment for the most vile ideology masquerading as a religion, that ever defiled the planet by its presence. There is no England. And if folks don’t wake up, there will be no trace of civilization. Only a dark age ruled by these satanic fiends.
That’s much better....
Then what’s the point of bringing the dogs in since I don’t see any Angicans strapping bombs to themselves and blowing up things.
I have a good feeling about this plan I really do.(sarc off)
Insane.
The growing dhimmitude of once “great” Britain.
What politically correct cowards we have become.
Dogs are a part of our lives. If they don’t like them, let them go back to their camels and SHEEP.
We shouldn’t jeopardize our security to satisfy some idiot who follows a moon-god worshipping pedophile.
Whenever I feel The West has sunk so low I think it couldn’t sink any further, I am proven wrong.
Dogs can detect microscopic traces you can't see on a visual inspection. To get an equally effective search, they'll have to be run through a gas chromatography mass spectrometer. I think the prep involves being pureed and incinerated.
Fine, here’a robot that will stick a probe up your....
Fine, here’a robot that will stick a probe up your....
Ain't gonna read the article. If the dogs are not going to be used on the bunch of thugs for which they are needed, they might as well retire Fido.
“Muslims think dogs are unclean animals? Pot, kettle, etc.”
Any good surveys yet showing what dogs think of Muslims?
Bender...is that you?
I see no real issue.
No plane for which the passengers are not adequately screened shall enter American airspace.
Airline companies incorprated in the US must comply with American safety standards.
If the Brits want to go ka-boom, that’s their business.
pigs are smart, sniff out truffles and are willing to wear a dog harness and like to strut around. They could be trained to sniff out explosives.
These are their choices: let the dog smell you
let the pig smell you
don’t fly
No x-ray, wanding, touching, looking, glaring, patting down, verbal or written questions, removal of clothing, accessories or jewelry, etc.... That ought to cover it.
By accommodating this ridiculous demand from Moslems, anyone who complies with it is helping to perpetuate ignorance and outright false assertions by Moslems. Save a skin infection like ringworm, there is almost no disease or infection that humans can contract from dogs. It’s far more dangerous to shake hands or breath the air near other humans than it is to let Fido have a good sniff at you.;
The answer to this is purely science and a knowledge of health matters. Giving in to Moslem ignorance and false claims is one more step toward dhimmitude.
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