That dog offends me, get it away!
Posted on 07/04/2008 11:35:46 AM PDT by Eurotwit
POLICE sniffer dogs trained to spot terrorists at railway stations may no longer come into contact with Muslim passengers – after complaints that it is against the suspects’ religion.
A report for the Transport Department has raised the prospect that the animals should only touch passengers’ luggage because it is considered “more acceptable”.
In the Muslim faith, dogs are deemed to be spiritually “unclean”. But banning them from touching passengers would severely restrict their ability to do their job.
The report follows trials of station security measures in the wake of the 2005 London suicide bomb attacks. In one trial, some female Muslims said the use of a body scanner was also unacceptable because it was tantamount to being forced to strip.
British Transport Police last night insisted it would still use sniffer dogs – which are trained to detect explosives – with any passengers regardless of faith, but handlers would remain aware of “cultural sensitivities”.
Critics said the complaints were just the latest example of minority religions trying to force their rules and morals on British society.
Tory MP Philip Davies said: “As far as I am concerned, everyone should be treated equally in the face of the law and we cannot have people of different religious groups laying the law down. I hope the police will go about their business as they would do normally.”
News of the security setback came as the Government yesterday admitted that installing 100 per cent airport-style screening at rail and Tube stations was “not feasible”.
Instead extra sniffer dogs and X-ray machines will be used to search passengers.
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.
The report concluded: “The use of sniffer dogs was generally problematic for Muslim respondents on religious grounds if there was the potential for the dog to make direct contact with them.”
When Muslims have washed for certain forms of worship, they would have to repeat the ritual if they came into contact with a dog.
One young Asian man told researchers: “We are not supposed to have dogs. It is against our religion.”
Another Asian man said: “I don’t mind dogs in the park or walking near me, but sniffer dogs? I don’t think that’s right, on the station, the way they use them.”
Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, said even dogs touching baggage would be an issue for a Muslim preparing to pray. But he stressed that it should be easy to allow dogs to check passengers without physical contact.
“There is a way of dealing with this and we just need to be sensitive,” he said.
In another trial on the Heathrow Express platform at Paddington station in London, there were instances when the body scan – which creates an image on a monitor – was considered unacceptable by female Muslims, the report said.
One Muslim woman complained: “Sometimes I wear clothing which is not so tight. It will be shown on (the monitor) and somebody is looking at it. It defeats the whole purpose of me covering up.”
The report, on five rail security trials in 2006, also showed that some Asians and black people felt they could be selected for tests because of their ethnicity.
A Transport Department spokesman said the use of sniffer dogs was a matter for the police. But he stressed that the report was only a conclusion of passengers’ views.
A British Transport Police spokesman said sniffer dogs would continue to be used with any passenger but officers would be considerate where appropriate.
He added: “We are obviously aware of, and sensitive to, cultural sensitivities. BTP officers do have the power to stop and search anyone under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act.
“This also covers the use of dog handlers and dogs, which are used to ‘indicate’ any substance they have been trained to detect.
“As a force we obviously look at any or all feedback about how people from all faiths and backgrounds view the use of dogs, and how we can incorporate that into how the dogs and their handlers interact with people.”
Announcing new security measures to screen Tube and mainline rail passengers, the Government said yesterday that surveys had shown the public would be unlikely to accept major delays to journeys.
People also wanted to ensure their personal privacy was protected.
British Transport Police said it was enhancing its existing stop and search capabilities with the use of X-ray equipment for screening bags, along with the deployment of more sniffer dogs. It said a proportion of passengers and their bags would be searched with minimal delay and inconvenience to the public.
Transport Minister Tom Harris said: “We will continue to work with British Transport Police and rail operators to assess the effectiveness and impact of these new measures.
“We will use this evidence, and that from elsewhere in the UK and abroad, to develop further ways of keeping the travelling public secure using proportionate measures.”
Mooselimbs offend my dog.
Deport them.
All of them.
Now!!
Yeah, it really torques them when the dogs find explosives.
So can’t allow a dog to sniff you, but have no problemo with cutting a person’s head off with a knife. Hmmhmm.
The following is adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat:
Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components.
Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called ‘religious rights.’
When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to ‘the reasonable’ Muslim demands for their ‘religious rights,’ they also get the other components under the table. Here’s how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).
As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:
United States — Muslim 1.0%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1%-2%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%
At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:
Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.
They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. ( United States ).
France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad &Tobago — Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions ( Paris –car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats ( Amsterdam - Mohammed cartoons).
Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 10-15%
After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:
Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%
At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:
Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%
From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:
Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%
After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:
Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:
Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 99.9%
Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.
‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel. – Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’
It is good to remember that in many, many countries, such as France, the Muslim populations are centered around ghettos based on their ethnicity. Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. Therefore, they exercise more power than their national average would indicate.
Pigs have a great sense of smell. Use trained pigs and give them a choice.
Maybe they would rather have some of those truffle hunting pigs sniff them instead. ;-)
That dog offends me, get it away!
1 vote for honoring their wishes and using ‘sniffer Bengal tigers’ on Mooselims instead of dogs.
I’ve never seen a dog strap on a few kilos of C-4 and walk into a crowded cafe.
Spiritually unclean my ass.
Seems the US should screen everyone from England with special care. If the traveler doesn’t like dogs a cavity search would be necessary.
You know, allowing the world to be anything other than Muslim “goes against their religion.” Your freedom of religion... is against their religion.
The jokes write themselves.
And Muslims offend sniffer (and other) dogs.
Death trumps annoyance so up yours Mohammed and Abdul.
WOOF WOOF
Amazing, and Farrakhan had the nerve to call Judaism a “gutter religion”.
I would love to see those statistics discussed in the liberal media, by the time they try and report it Katie Couric will be wearing a burkha.
The irony of the scum sucking islamics looking down on dogs is so over the top..
Stage 1:
Start immigrating - move into a country quietly
Stage 2:
Begin starting churches: “learning centers”
community helps: food etc.
Stage 3:
Political activism: demanding rights, denounce
derogatory comments/press etc.
Stage 4:
Get elected, pass laws favoring rights etc. move toward
political majority
Stage 5:
Political control, Sharia Law
Why does the black community never notice that Palestinian terrorists dress like the KKK?
Excellent point!!
Good one
Then they should leave England.
Dogs truly are man’s best friend.
You mean like this one? 
Like my dawg(s) care......
Considering how Brits love their dogs, this one will really cause some hard feelings. If a Muslim strikes a dog for being too friendly, expect more reaction from Brits than when a human gets beaten.
News flash killing innocent people is offensive to the rest of the world and myself.
My dogs are not spiritually unclean they are angel dogs, all 4 of them.
How can you post when you are banned?
Why does the black community never notice that Muslims were the biggest slave-traders in history, and still practice slavery?
You got mw with that profile page
Pretty clever
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components.
Dogs unclean? Then why do they EAT them in the Atlas mountains?
“{In the Muslim faith, dogs are deemed to be spiritually “unclean”.
What on earth does “spiritually unclean” mean in relation to a dog? No one but Moslems could even come up with such a bizarre, nonsensical idea.
If the Brits give in to this...
Good. Rub the dogs with lard. They might as well be REALLY offensive.
It’s my super magic power, LOL
This story reminds me of the student teacher in Florida who had a service dog (a lab, IIRC) with him at all times because of severe epilepsy. Muslim students threatened to kill him, kill the dog, you name it. The high school of course did absolutely nothing about it and the teacher had to leave.
It has become more than obvious that our government and other figures of authority will NOT stand up to such. At some point we the people must.
MM
So don’t allow muslims on public transportation. Simple problem, simple solution.
Let each and every muslim go back and live in Turdistan where they belong.
lAUGHING HYSTERICALLY WITH HAIR STRAIGHT UP AND EYES WILD!
“In the Muslim faith, dogs are deemed to be spiritually “unclean”. “
Well, in my homemade personal faith, Muslims are considered filthy misfits of the human race and in need of removal......at least from my country.
I do have to admit though, I have learned much from the Muslims. I now know how to hate. In some terms, I am disgusted with myself for having that emotion, but it will now be lifelong.
I want them out of my country. I don’t care how they feel about that, and I don’t care where they are sent, I just want them gone. The trouble is, I feel very similar about the lib’s. So many misfits, so little time.
screw’m
“Why does the black community never notice that Muslims were the biggest slave-traders in history, and still practice slavery?”:
And, more African slaves went to the Arab world than to North or South America, but there are few descendants in those population. A possible reason is that the Muslims preferred that their male slaves be eunuchs. An interesting account of The Role of Islam in Slavery:
“Black Africans were transported to the Islamic empire across the Sahara to Morocco and Tunisia from West Africa, from Chad to Libya, along the Nile from East Africa, and up the coast of East Africa to the Persian Gulf. This trade had been well entrenched for over 600 years before Europeans arrived, and had driven the rapid expansion of Islam across North Africa.”
http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa040201a.htm
So, your RELIGION doesn’t allow bomb-sniffing dogs?
How conveeeeeeeeeeeenient!
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Amazing how this stubby tail waggs the dog.
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