Posted on 11/20/2010 5:58:46 AM PST by stevie_d_64
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Sikh Americans are protesting at what they say is a new policy at US airports to screen their turbans systematically, voicing fear the move would further stigmatize their faith.
US officials have not confirmed a change in policy and insisted they respected religious beliefs. But they said security measures necessitated checks on "bulky" clothing such as turbans, which Sikh men are required by faith to wear.
A group of Sikh American groups said they met several weeks ago with representatives of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) who told them that airports would now screen turbans with hand-wands at all times.
Current policy is erratic, with New York City airports rarely conducting secondary searches on Sikhs but airports in other cities such as Chicago and San Francisco doing so routinely, said Amardeep Singh, co-founder of the Sikh Coalition advocacy group.
"The TSA told us, point blank, that turbans will now be screened 100 percent of the time," Singh told AFP on Monday.
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“When they inspect a woman’s breast prosthesis,
they sure as hell should inspect turbans.”
I read somewhere that the muzzies where now giving explosive breast implant to women. They say it’s virtually undetectible in scanners.
Not at all am I suggesting making that woman remove her prosthesis is right.
The only thing I like about the new pollicy is the fact that Homeland Security (HA!) are at least stating there will be no exceptions. That means the muzzies will have to submit to the scans/searches or not fly. I think they should be singled out for full body scans/searches. They and their co-terrorists are what caused all this in the first place. Let them suffer the same indignities as the rest of us are now forced to do.
True, but they do take their politics very seriously. Being citizens of the world's most populous democracy, where assassination is often the route of presidential secession, there have been instances where Sikhs have exercised that political option.
Regards,
GtG
PS I have a Sikh doctor, he is really a cool guy and his wife is gorgeous!
“US officials have not confirmed a change in policy and insisted they respected religious beliefs.”
My Christian religious beliefs are that no one but my husband can see me totally nude, grab my crotch or my breasts. Even my doctor gives me a gown for modesty. Allowing that to be done to my 15 year old is one step from sacrificing her to Moloch. It’s a sin to incite someone to lust and my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, not something to be groped by a stranger.
At least they are being screened with a wand.
Not the same as getting my crotch heavily groped!!!
No fewer than four prompt responses informing me that Sikh is quite different than Muslim....uhm...ok...uhm....never mind then....
“nog Muzzy.
Is that a drink?”
LOL! It should be. One that “explodes” with fizz. But actually it is just a case of typing while exhausted, as I didn’t sleep last nite for no good reason, and was thus pooped. My typing degenerated accordingly. I should have drunk a “nog muzzy” to kick-start myself.
Hehehe.....
Feel my urban turban....TSA!
TFB
Good photo in post # 5! Thanks for the ping.
When was the last time a Sikh committed an act of mass murder in the United States of America? Eh?
Obama’s TSA should be ashamed of themselves.
This is RACIST NON PROFILING!!!!!!
This is true...I feel the same way you do about this...
Anyone who is not a muslim is getting their junk squeezed, lierally...And if you do not submit, you are further threatened with fines and imprisonment...
Well...There is probably only one thing left to do...
Let’s not fly anymore...Lets see how long it takes for the airline and travel industry to cry us a river because of a reduced utilization of their product and services???
Seems resonable to me...
I feel sorry for those FReepers in this industry, but hey, y’all need to step up and scream bloody murder as well...
But thats just my opinion...
Sikhs aren’t Muslims.
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