DETROIT, Michigan -- In a move that could complicate airport screening, a group of Muslim-American scholars issued a religious ruling this week that called upon the faithful to not go through body scanners because the scholars said the machines violate Islamic rules on nudity.Translation: 'We are being persecuted for our belief that we should be able to blow up your airplanes."
A growing number of body scanners — 450 more of them this year — are to be introduced in airports across the U.S., say Transportation Security Administration officials.
Their increased use comes after the Dec. 25 bombing attempt on an airline over Detroit, heightening fears of terrorism. The suspect in the failed bombing is a Nigerian Muslim.
The Fiqh Council of North America -- a body of Islamic scholars -- issued a fatwa this week that says going through the airport scanners would violate Islamic rules on modesty.
"It is a violation of clear Islamic teachings that men or women be seen naked by other men and women," reads the fatwa issued Tuesday. "Islam highly emphasizes haya (modesty) and considers it part of faith. The Quran has commanded the believers, both men and women, to cover their private parts."
No word yet from the Buffalo, NY Muslim community.
Too bad haji, go pound sand.
Go buy some books
شراء الكتب
I am muslim and i would go through a body scanner, if a rule doesn't make sense to me i don't do it.
ReplyDeleteplus , this article has alot of racist innuendo, whoever wrote it must be the biggest asshole in the world.
Where did you find the racism, haji?
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