Philadelphia and the Burqa Bandits
Some scoff at the idea that face-covering Islamic veils endanger public safety in any Western nation, let alone the United States, but Philadelphians do not have the luxury of blissful ignorance. As recent events highlight, their city has become the American epicenter of robberies and murders carried out by criminals disguised as fundamentalist Muslim women. Several factors help explain Philadelphia’s place at the forefront of this trend. Will other U.S. cities be next?
The latest wave of burqa banditry to target Philadelphia began at a branch of More Bank in the East Oak Lane neighborhood two days before Christmas. Following similar heists on January 6, March 14, March 20, and April 4, the Philadelphia Police Department and FBI issued a wanted flier for a pair of black males in “Muslim-like clothing covering their heads and bodies.” Surveillance images indicate that the outfits include face veils (niqabs) and “burqa-like robes,” to quote one news item, leaving just the eyes visible. The same Wells Fargo branch struck on April 4 was then hit again on April 13, after which Muslim groups offered $20,000 for information leading to the perpetrators. No arrests or further bank robberies have been reported.
The criminal applications of this attire also were on display during an April 18 homicide at a barbershop in Upper Darby, a township bordering West Philadelphia. Police believe that a love triangle inspired Sharif Wynn to enter with a gun and demand money from the barber, Michael Turner. Wynn insists that he merely meant to scare the man, but officers say that he shot Turner intentionally at point-blank range. The police superintendent has revealed that the attacker was “dressed in Muslim female garb, was covered from head to toe. The only thing that was showing was his eyes.” Authorities identified Wynn through interviews and his electronic trail.
Though assembling a complete history of niqab-aided crimes is hindered by the unknown consistency of media reporting, the seven incidents outlined above appear to be the most that the Philadelphia area has suffered in any four-month period to date. However, the city earned its reputation as a burqa banditry hot spot long before this recent spike.
The worst episode occurred on May 3, 2008, when three Muslim men — two dressed in female Islamic apparel and face veils — held up a Bank of America branch inside a supermarket in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. Police Sergeant Stephen Liczbinski gave chase, only to be shot to death by robber Howard Cain, whom officers killed shortly thereafter. Cain’s accomplices were caught, convicted of murder, and sentenced to life.
The Philadelphia area endured many additional cases between then and now. On November 16, 2009, a man in a face veil attempted to rob a Bank of America location in the suburb of Drexel Hill, but he left empty-handed after an employee played dumb; DNA from a niqab discarded near the scene later led to an arrest. Other unsuccessful perpetrators have included an armed man in a “long black dress … and a hijab covering his head and face” at a Sovereign Bank branch in the city’s Mount Airy neighborhood on February 1, 2011, and a niqab-wearing man at a branch of the same bank in Woodlynne, New Jersey, just across the river from Philadelphia, on June 13, 2011.
Women have gotten into the act as well. Police arrested Lashawnda Jones in December 2010 following robberies of four TD Bank branches within a 40-mile radius of Philadelphia during the prior two months. Though Jones had sported a niqab in the earlier heists, she used only a headscarf (hijab) for the final one, in which she lured tellers to the vault, brandished firearms, and stole $103,000. Soon after showing her face, she was behind bars.
When I lived in Philly, I used to shop regularly at the Shoprite Supermarket where the bank was located. It is an ethnically mixed neighborhood, a bit grimy, but turning around.
The store is always packed.
The Muslim population in Philadelphia is overwhelmingly Black American. There are places in Philadelphia, such as Germantown, where entire streets are filled with both sexes in distinctive Muslim garb.
Public safety deems that no one should be on the street in a disguise, even it is religous in nature.
Ah Philly soon to be another 3rd world City like Chicago, Gary, Detroit etc. thanks to the 1965 Great Society forward ideas of LBJ – he began the demise of the black family & society GREAT job you liberal Dems
Grew up in Philly in the late 40s though mid 60s, left, and every time I go back for a visit its worse, more visibly deteriorating, and obviously headed for Detroitsville.
Democrats have been in continuous charge of the city for more than 50 years, and the current black, Democrat mayor of basically broke Philly has the appropriate last name of “Nutter.”
Recently I saw the news that a young white college aged guy hailing a taxi after the bars closed in the the area around the Liberty Bell was set upon and beaten to death by some black “youts,” who claimed they mistook his waving at a cab for “disrespecting” them and, then, a few weeks later came reports that another white guy, this time a tourist, was attacked when his cab was stopped at the usually busy 15th and Chestnut street intersection around 8:30 at night, and this time the black “youts”–who were hurling racial epithets–hauled the guy out of the car and beat him up, and beat up the cab driver, too, when he got out to defend his passenger.
I was commenting on a website devoted to tourism which has a “safety” section for each city covered, and when I pointed out these incidents, and said that Philadelphia was an increasingly deteriorating and dangerous city the Philly boosters came out in force, and argued by saying things like “well, yeah, this did happen but, hey, things happen in the big city, its normal, no biggie,” and that center city Philadelphia was really very safe—I guess in the same sense as Big Sis Nepolitano said recently that on her watch the Border was “safer” and in fact “as safe as it has ever been.”
P.S.–Same type of recent attack by black “youts” on a white tourist in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor–beat him up, stole his things, stripped him of his clothes, and posted the video of him surrounded by a jeering crowd of other black “youts” on Youtube.
I’m starting to see a pattern here.
My Florida carry permit is good in PA. Crooks seem to have a 6th sense about that because wherever I go with my heat, I watch as the crooks pass me by. It works.
It may be good in PA, but not in Philadelphia. They have a no carry ordinance. You’re welcome to carry in the rest of the state. We even have open carry, as well. Just don’t try it in the liberal bastion of Philly.
Whether a carry permit is ”good” here or there is not an issue with this old 64 year old vnvet….surviving and staying alive is the issue…..i will carry in LA, NYC, Philly, or anywhere else if i feel the BROS is gonna work Josie over…..Not gonna happen…..
You are a racist. And tell John Derbyshire to stop insulting my dead cat.
Not to mention they pick a heck of a culture to emulate. In Arabic there is no word for black person that does not mean “slave.” They have officially joined the slave traders in enslaving their people.
We, too, believed that area to be turning around, and because my husband grew up in the Port Richmond area adjacent to that supermarket, we bought a house to rehab in the area. That was 2 1/2 years ago and I regret to tell you that the improvement that you saw has backslid terribly. In the short time we’ve been here, we’ve witnessed firsthand 2 in-broad-daylight homicides,multiple shootings, as well as seen the areas just a few short blocks away transformed into open-air drug markets with little police intervention. At that same Shop Rite, we also see a sizable number of burqa-clad women, often accompanied by men dressed in droopy pants, the ubiquitous over-sized white t-shirts that pervade much of Philly, ornamented with much bling-bling…leading me to assume that much of the *Islam* in Philly is of the prison-acquired Nation-of-Islam variety.
Ya know, I can’t help wondering–if things keep going down hill–if we’re not going to devolve into the pattern you see in many places around the world, ancient and modern; the lower class, the feral Mob pretty much rules the streets of the City, the higher classes live in their fortified and guarded areas, and when they venture into the City, it is only when surrounded by armed guards.
I’m sorry to hear of the rapid reverse of Port Richmond. At the time I lived there, Target had just opened next to the Shop Rite. Burka-clad women were not commonly seen shopping in that area.
Philly has had areas where the Muslims have attempted to create their own enclaves with Muslim leadership hostile to authority. It is my opinion that they are being bought off by directing rehab funds to these areas. During my recent visit to Philly, I noticed the widespread rehab occurring in the Germantown section of tht city. Probably Stimulus money at work.
I wonder if all the Black Muslims know the Arab Muslims sold them into slavery in Africa and consider them to be lesser people.
Excellent observation and I would say not likely they would know that. Arabs were the world’s major slave traders, not just Africans but also Europeans when they were marauding throughout the Mediterranean for centuries.
That still puts them several rungs up the moslem ladder over being Christian, Jew or other.
Ban the Veil (and all public mask wearing).
Why?
in reply, Ceteris: Specifically because of what this and other articles about incidents like this imply: that people use full face coverings (read: masks) to aid in their criminal activity.
I think that any form of dress which covers the face should be disallowed (the facial covering portion only). That is, all Muslim dress that does not cover the face should be allowed, as with religious Jewish garb, as with Quaker garb, etc.
A constitutional law (it seems to me) could be passed as long as it stays agnostic about the type of mask. That is, as long as the law bans only “face coverings” or “masks” in public (with, perhaps the exception of people under 10 years old), then it doesn’t or won’t prejudice any religious group in particular.
I happen to think protection of religious practice is of high, even paramount importance in this country. So I am sensitive to arguments that such a law discriminates against Muslims. Again though, I think it can be crafted in a way that doesn’t discriminate. Perhaps I’m being naive.
Halloween costume restrictions too? How sad. I guess there is little that cannot be banned in the name of public safety.
Freedom and safety are the bitterest of enemies.
Exceptions will be made for Holloween, Purim, and Mardi Gras…..
I think public mask wearing was outlawed in a number of states in the early 20th century as reaction to KKK marches, etc. Time to bring it back.
Halloween garb is usually reserved for kids (identifiable even though masked) and adults who go to parties (even the street variety) a couple of weekends a year, and That One Night. Don’t be stupid.
Niqab, whatever the apologists say about religious freedom, is a way for insecure Muslim men to erase women’s presence from their insecure lives. It is also an invitation for criminals to take advantage. If Muslim women want to wear it on the street, okay, it’s not really an informed choice, but whatever. But I think businesses concerned about being robbed have every right to ban it on their premises. If wearing niqab inside businesses is a priority, the wearers (and their handlers) should go back to those countries that accept it as reasonable. America and the rest of the West have the right not to be so accommodating.
Thanks to those who didn’t take the bait regarding Halloween. In fact, I specifically was thinking of Halloween when I said, “That is, as long as the law bans only “face coverings” or “masks” in public (with, perhaps the exception of people under 10 years old)… I chose 10 years old as I was thinking about the age of “Trick-or-treat-ers.”
Ceteris, you only seem capable of taking pot-shots. I welcome you sticking your neck out in any post in which you stake out a position. I’m not holding my breath.
Frumious: Ahh, we will know someone is ten years old when they wear a mask as opposed to, say, 11 years old? Perhaps you should be on the Supreme Court.
Anyone remember the B grade ’90s crime flick “Point Break”? The bank robbers wore Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Johnson masks. We’d better ban those too. And while we’re at it, ban nylon stockings over the head, if for no other reason than fashion grounds.
I suspect many readers do not know why France and Belgium “banned the burka”. It had nothing to do with law and order, rather the hijab was seen as a sign of oppression of women, not acceptable in those very liberal societies. It seems to me we are going down a pretty dangerous path if we start telling Americans what they can and cannot wear (I’d ban pleated pants, but that’s just me), the ultimate in governmental over reach.
it is illegal to wear a mask in banks in the usa, it is illegal to wear a hat and sunglasses in a bank, the only people allowed to cover their face in a bank are muslims. This is sharia
As far as the burqa is concerned, every woman who is free to choose that chooses to wear one spits in the face of the women who are forced to wear one. And yes there are women in the united states who are forced to wear them but since they are being subjugated in the name of allah then it is holy righteous and pure. Of course if a Christian man forces his wife to do something in the name of god then he is thrown him in jail. This is sharia
“it is illegal to wear a mask in banks in the usa”
It is illegal in some local jurisidictions (ex. NYS Penal Code § 240.35), but please cite the section of the US Crimianl Code to which you refer.
Are you serious? If I’m a bank robber and I approach or walk into a bank with a mask on, whether it’s a former president or a Disney character, I’m going to attract (unwanted) attention. If I approach or walk into a bank in a burqua, under our P.C. rules, I’m good to go. Questioning my activities is Islamophobic. That’s why THESE robbers were wearing them. It’s advantageous to these criminals. Get a clue.
So, ban the face covering and the cultural overreach here for the same reason and get the desired result. Make it a women’s issue. Fini.
Just sell it in the right package. (Who says you can’t learn from the Left?)
“The ultimate solution would entail proscribing face-covering apparel everywhere in public, as France and Belgium have done.”
I expect there are still establishments with a sign by the entrance reading, “No shoes, no shirt, no service”. Adding “no face” would seem to be appropriate and entirely legal.
And yes, I agree with the “burqa ban” established (but not fully enforced) in France and Belgium. A few years ago I was walking to Washington’s Union Station (just blocks from the US Capitol) and encountered two Muslim women at the intersection – one in a hijab, the other in a face-covering niqab. This phenomenon needs to be nipped in the bud.
“A few years ago I was walking to Washington’s Union Station (just blocks from the US Capitol) and encountered two Muslim women at the intersection – one in a hijab, the other in a face-covering niqab. This phenomenon needs to be nipped in the bud”.
Shocking!!! … Women dressed in exotic foreign garb in the middle of a world center for business, media and politics!!!
Local and federal laws prohibiting masks in banks are reasonable and seem w/in the Constitution’s limits, but are you suggesting a specific ban burquas in the street? If not, how do you propose to render this “nipped in the bud”?
One solution to “nip it in the bud” is to remind muslims that they moved to our country to live a better life, and that wearing a traditional dress that the vast majority of this new culture finds demeaning and upsetting isn’t going to allow them to be successful. Similarly, I wouldn’t expect an american woman to emigrate to Saudi Arabia and fit in if she decided to wear shorts and a tank top walking down the street.
“remind muslims that they moved to our country to live a better life, and that wearing a traditional dress that the vast majority of this new culture finds demeaning and upsetting isn’t going to allow them to be successful”.
If you mean lawful private communications, I see no legal problem with that, although IMHO, it does seem a bit obnoxious to lecture an adult about their religious choices.
Would you propose that State power be used to “remind” Muslims not to wear religious garb that other don’t like? If so, how? Also, as this article indicates, many or most women in the US who wear the burkha are US natives, often African-Americans. Would you have the State also “remind” them that the majority don’t like their religious garb?
Other groups also have unique dress for women which, per our 21st fashions, could also be construed to demean women (for example, the community standard in many Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods is for married women to cover all their hair, wear long sleeves, skirts to the ankle and heavy stockings). Is it ok if the majoirity are offended by their dress and want to “remind” them?
At issue is the covering of the face which obviates identification.
Taking a cue from Alinsky, and with my tongue firmly in my cheek, I think I will start a Ghost Religion, with practitioners required to cover themselves in a White Sheet in public.
What would happen if Contrarians and Baiters, such as me, walked around in this getup?
Oh, I’d be accused of offending the sensibilities of the Locals, as I would appear to be a member of the KKK.
I can’t think of a single religion other than Islam that requires religious garb for women and not men. Burquas are moving prisons in which women are encased under the threat of death. In Saudi Arabia in 2002 15 young girls were forced to burn to death in a building because they would not have been able to don their burquas and full facial covering before running to safety. The relgious police (all men of course) barred the doors and ignored their screams. What a beautiful *ahem* religion. Almost seems like a death cult.
No, I don’t propose the state do the reminding. I’m hoping moderate muslims (if there is such a thing) step up and pull this religion into the 21st century. Particularly muslim women here in the US, where they have more freedoms. And I wouldn’t say one muslim lecturing another on dress would be “obnoxious”.
I’d say yes. This sort of garb has no place in a modern Western society. It goes against everything we are about.
This first time I encountered one of those people was AFTER 911. It went away in the last 5 years. It seems to me that seeing these things is a deliberate slap in the face of westerners and if you see one I would suggest that you take it as a personal F-U!
Burkas are an abhorrent way of oppressing women. That the left embraces these things is no surprise to me. What should be a surprise is free citizens tolerating them.
“Islamophobes love to see this sort of thing, because it gives them fuel to express their hatred,” he claimed. “Now they can say, ‘See, this is why Muslim women shouldn’t dress the way they do.’”
What’s your point? You expect people to welcome you with open arms when you use these outfits to rob banks? I have a better idea. Why doesn’t CAIR have to replace all of the money stolen by these people? I’m sure they would be singing a different tune if they had to pay for the damage.
I think all Americans should be outraged by any “religion” that forces women to be treated like property and forces them to hide themselves like a table or some other piece of furniture. This is disgraceful and should NOT be allowed in public. By the way, where are all the protests from the National Organization of Women (NOW) over how this religion treats women? This is America, NOT Somalia. You come here you need to live by our rules. Nobody is preventing you from exercising your right to worship any way you want to (even if it is more of a cult than anything else, but I digress). But when it comes to public safety and possible terrorism, the greater good trumps a religious belief. What happens if a terrorist decides to walk into a bank and has a suicide vest under an outfit like that? What will we say to all the dead Americans? Will we say, “Hey, sorry you got blown up, but at least we defended that lady’s right to wear clothing that hid a weapon that killed a lot of people.” Banks should ban such attire from their private property. It’s about time we ban it in public as well. Not only because what it symbolizes is repulsive, but because it’s a public menace as well.
Libertyship46, you are an evil, racist, bigoted, demonic republican Christian (because there is no other kind of republican or Christian) . I am sure you watch the evil, lying fox news and voted against obama because he is black.
Leciat, nothing liberty said was wrong, so you resort to stereotyping and name calling in order to silence him. Sorry, but all cultures are not equal, and the truth is muslim culture is backwards and stuck in the 12th century. And wearing identity concealing clothing to a bank? Even if legitimate, how is the bank supposed to verify a large withdrawl without being able to see the person’s face?
I believe Lecait was engaging in sarcasm.
I hope so, but if it is they definately need to make that clearer. It’s indistinguishable from the venom being posted daily on blogs around the web.
common sense (love the irony of the name here lol),
The sarcasm was clear to me too. Maybe you’re clueless?
@Jeanette- I’m new to the board. I’ve seen comments almost identical to his around the web where the author was dead serious. After looking at his prior posting I now see that it does appear to be sarcasm, but your comment was mean spirited. Cousin Dave’s response was appropriate. Your’s was not. But I guess some people like to take shots at people. Thanks for the warm reception.
If your description of a Christian Republican is true, I might have to become one. Right on Libertyship!
I voted against Obama because he is half white and a Marxist!
A major part of the problem is that Americans just don’t know or, apparently, want to put the effort in to find out what Islam is all about or, perhaps, they’d really rather not know, and want to just keep on sailin’ down that broad river of denial.
So, in place of actually reading the three fundamental texts of Islam—the Qur’an, and the two texts that help explain the Qur’an, the Hadiths (the words and deeds of the Prophet and his Companions) and the Sira (Ibn Ishaq’s earliest biography of Muhammad)* they, instead, take the easier route of just accepting as “Gospel” what Muslim “spokesmen” and propagandists, CAIR, academics like Georgetown’s Dr. John Esposito, and popular writers like Karen Armstrong say Islam is i.e. “The Religion of Peace”; a characterization belied by every page of these three fundamental texts, and a little reading of history, not to mention today’s paper.
• You can find inexpensive, very readable, faithful to the original paperback translations of these texts at the Center for the Study of Political Islam’s website at http://www.cspipublishing.com/Primary_Doctrine_Books.htm .
You enter a bank with your face concealed, you should be assumed to be intending to commit a crime.
Not just banks. Imagine they walk into a liquor store. I’d immediately have to assume robbery. Especially if they are so devout that they must wear this clothing, and the devout muslims abstain from alcohol.
Liquor stores, pawn shops, convenience stores, my street…
Are you familiar with the law enforcement term “Terry Stop”?
See Terry v. Ohio, http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=terry%20v%20ohio&url=/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0392_0001_ZO.html
“Philadelphia Police Department and FBI issued a wanted flier for a pair of black males in “Muslim-like clothing covering their heads and bodies.””
Wow. Eric Holder needs to investigate the racist (black) sexist (male) religiously bigoted (Muslim-like) personnel in Philadelphia and the FBI. Now if it were a white quarterback praying in a stadium then I’d understand the flier… but “black male Muslim-like” is just too close to describing Barack Obama for any reasonable people to tolerate. This could cost Obama the election, I blame George W. Bush.
Ok, now who didn’t see this coming?
It has occurred to me in the past that if I were to be forced to wear a burqa or niqab, it would make it easier to kill bad guys.
Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) chimed in as well. “Islamophobes love to see this sort of thing, because it gives them fuel to express their hatred,” he claimed. “Now they can say, ‘See, this is why Muslim women shouldn’t dress the way they do.’”
Ah, no, Mr.(“I love Hamas”) Hooper.
Ignoring your own favorite knee jerk generalization “Islamophobe”, fuel to make an observation:
“Geez, finally a use for that stupid burka.”
As a rabid convert yourself, Ibrahim (formerly named “Doug”), perhaps you don’t know that Mo’s women didn’t wear no stupid burka.
“If Philadelphia’s niqab-clad outlaws were asked why they disguise themselves as Muslim women, they might offer an equally straightforward answer: because it works.”
Some chickensh!t Taliban/AQ guys do the same thing in Afghanistan/Pakistan.
There and in Gaza, brave warriors apparently have no qualms about drawing fire to bldgs. where they have sequestered themselves among women and children.
They get the PR value of retaliatory attacks killing non-combatants.
“Some chickensh!t Taliban/AQ guys do the same thing in Afghanistan/Pakistan.”
I was thinking the same thing when I read the article. I’m sure many a wanted terrorist has worn a niqab to move freely about town and avoid capture.
Animals, animals, animals, animals, animals everywhere (old song from a long forgotten kids TV show). Also I have a question. I thought women who wore this kind of clothing were not allowed outside the house without a male relative? I thought they didn’t have bank accounts, weren’t allowed money of their own and weren’t allowed to interact with anyone not of their “clan”? I thought they didn’t have access to health care and education? I thought Allah wanted women to remain chattel, ignorant, sick and enslaved?
I also thought we in this country had broken away from the ignorant, uncivilized use of tribalism but no I guess we’re not as far out of the “tent” or “jungle” or “desert” as we thought. Too bad.
Maybe banks need the same “screening” airports take.
Couldn’t have happened to a better group of Christophobes than Philly. Reaper meet what you have sown.
Maybe this achieve what the politicians don’t have the guts, ball or tits to do, ban the burqa.
It is certainly to the advantage of the Muslim community to stop this. I would start out asking for their help–perhaps an equivalent of a neighborhood watch by them outside of banks. They may well be able to recognize imposters that non-Muslims are not able to recognize. If this good-faith effort fails, then the Muslim community may accept some ownership of the failure and, therefore, be more accepting of other tactics.
It would be great if that happened Jim, but unfortunately the only Muslim group we ever seem to hear from is the CAIR, and they would rather blame us “bigoted islamaphobic” Americans for their problems instead of trying to help solve the problem.
Anyone who wants to ban anonymity is not a conservative.
If I am not mistaken, many states passed laws forbidding the wearing of masks in all public places during the 1920s. These laws were aimed at the Ku Klux Klan and they passed constitutional scrutiny. Since the Klan claimed to be based on Protestant Christianity, our legislatures and courts were saying that public safety trumped dubious claims of religious liberty. There is nothing in traditional Islam that requires the wearing of the niqab, and those that do should be treated the way America has treated the Klan.
Having read that Pipes wrote on this subject (a link appears in the original article above), I immediately went and read it. Daniel Pipes is a conscientious writer and knowledgeable expert on Islam. His stances are very well thought out and he chooses his language very carefully. Because of this, his work is solid, never off-the-cuff.
He can almost come off sometimes as being “pro-Islamic” to many on “our side of the fence.” That’s why, once I read the following first paragraph by Pipes, I feel safe in wholeheartedly supporting a ban on face coverings:
I wrote a week ago, in a blog for National Review Online, that the niqab and burqa should both be banned on security grounds, “as one cannot have faceless persons walking the streets, driving cars, or otherwise entering public spaces.” Although a problem with historic roots (Mufti Amin al-Husseini escaped Palestine in a niqab in 1937, Iraqi irregulars disguised themselves in the Palestinian town of Deir Yassin in 1948)… (written November 4, 2006)
Lastly, to Ceterus who has taken pot-shots at those wanting such a ban, I say: go argue with Pipes. I doubt you’ll win that one.
Why didn’t you feel “safe (I assume you mean, “on solid ground”) before reading Pipes?
Pipes seems to argue based on security, with an example from the 1930s and an example from the 1940s. Regarding security, there are many unsafe things we don’t forbid, in the interest of protecting other freedoms.
BTW, I doubt there is a legal problem with a federal law which would ban full face coverings in banks, although I see interesting civil disobedience possibilities.
Regarding Pipes’ seemingly “pro-Islamic” PoV, I think he gets it exactly right. He is a highly informed analyst who avoids both naiveté and bigotry.
I think of how long this will take to come to fruitation, …This is sorta comic, Hilerous, in fact…..Darned if you do and darned if you dont…..These muzzies will have to become Americanized, and show their Euggness or beauty….I think they want to trash that attire anyway…I am just sorry that a cop was slain….but it may take some drastic action to level the playing field….Under these rags you can hide a dozen machine guns…and a thousand rounds…..In Nam we used to force some people to open coffins, because CHARLEY would use that avenue to transport weapons…..U gotta wise up before its too late….
it is already too late. half the comments prove the truth of that. there is very little or no understanding that these people hate america and our american culture. they view us as a convenient toilet bowl for them, just as they have done to europe.
Back in the 1920s during the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, a number of states passed laws against wearing full face masks in public. I wonder if any of those laws are still on the books? Were there any federal laws passed against full face masks at that time?
As Americans we give up loads of rights “for the public good.” We get to endure the indignities of the TSA thanks to a bunch of Muslims. They can wear their costumes in public if the choose but they cannot expect to be exempted from rules the rest of us have to obey.
I’ll add that they can were their burqa’s etc when I can enter Saudi Arabia wearing a Cross and carrying the Bible.
This so called religion of ”peace” is being affected in a very negative way, so maybe there is a blessing in there somewhere…..
“City Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. doubled down on the persecution theme: “In many ways I’m reminded of the shooting of Trayvon Martin, stereotyped because of a garment called a hoodie.””
Here is where the story lost my interest. Like it or not, the FACTS show Martin was NOT stereotyped because he wore a hoodie. He was “stereotyped” because he was an unknown individual hiding his appearance, in a high crime area, acting stoned/drunk, looking as if he was “up to no good”, checking out the houses.
The Black community made it about race and/or what he wore.
Same as with Martin, PC or not, if someone walks in my store in which I can’t identify their appearance, I will treat them as if they were “up to no good”.
If this makes me a racist or bigot, so be it. At least I will LIVE to be called one.
I also don’t care to argue if Zimmerman is “guilty”.
Here is a summary from SPLC (fair warning, a liberal-left group)on ant-mask in public laws. http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/1999/summer/unmasking-the-klan
Some scoff at the idea that face-covering Islamic veils endanger public safety in any Western nation, let alone the United States…
I’ve long scoffed at the notion that somebody could give Islam a bad name, but darn it it looks like Lashawnda and gang have pulled it off.
Muslim women who wear full face-veils clearly follow a very strict form of Islam and should not be going inside banks nor any other place of business. Since education for women is forbidden, they probably wouldn’t be able to conduct a transaction anyway. This is the province of the husband or other male relative. Perhaps they want their cake and eat it; follow some rules but not others, depending on personal convenience.
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I detect something fishy about all this: What in the world was a devout Muslim Woman doing in a bank, by herself? Aren’t most banks Haaram? Shouldn’t the woman be accompanied by a husband or male relative? If that doesn’t set off alarm bells, I’m not sure what should!
No doubt that might be a good tip-off. However, I will venture to say that your average bank branch employee wouldn’t know that, nor would they want to risk an erroneous confrontation.
Muslem women wear traditional garb and face coverings to protect their anominity but i can’t help staring at them more because of their clothing. If they want to go unnoticed I’d think they would wear the same clothes as everyone else. The other way makes them more noticeable as women
Ib “Hoppity” Hooper wails: “Islamophobes love to see this sort of thing, because it gives them fuel to express their hatred,”
No, Islamolarmists like him love “this sort of thing, because it gives them fuel to” howl about stuff that hasn’t happened.
My dream legislation: to outlaw burkas, niqabs and any other face coverings except medical bandages in certain places – like banks, school testing sites, post offices etc…
I went to a bank and they made me take off my sunglasses!!! I asked why – they said it was for safety reasons. I asked why sunglasses aren’t safe. Again, the same answer… I asked if it was because it covers my identification and they said yes… so then… of course, I asked if I came in wearing a burka or a niqab, would I be required to remove that too. They said no because that was for religious reasons. I said what if I just had surgery on my eyes and couldn’t take off my sunglasses… they said I would have to. Then I asked why sunglasses which supposedly hide my identity are worse than a full burka or niqab that do the same thing. They said that it was ok for religious reasons but not sunglasses, hats, helmets etc. I asked why they had a double standard if it was for safety then it should apply to all… I asked if they had heard of the Burka Bandits in other parts of the country and they said they hadn’t. I told them they policy was a double standard and discriminating against non-Muslims. They didn’t say anything after that.
I think I will go back and get this on video…
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