It was just a matter of time.

It's to keep us from lusting after bank robbers.

Hah, even bank robbers ridicule Islam.

The burqua and the SUV were color-coordinated?

Hmmm ...

Have a line-up with every single one of them in it. That should be good for a round ot seething.

This, all thanks to the Glorious Koran!

barf.

~ENT

I wonder what kind of things could be done inside a mosque by an infidel while wearing one of these things...

*starts thinking*

Hmmmmmmmm......

Taking pictures, perhaps?

Making recordings of the 'sermons', to be played back later?

?

~ENT

Now you know why burkas are loose fitting. When they're tight, the money makes ugly bulges.

Look closely at the picture, it is obviously a female. There is more than one eyebrow.

Gosh, if only someone had predicted this sort of behavior every time the issue of Muslim masks came up.... ARRRRRGH!

The eyes look feminine. So at most, a girly-man.

re: #1 Opilio

It was just a matter of time.

It wasn't the first time, but it may have been the first time the perpetrator wore a burgundy burqua that matched his or her burgundy getaway vehicle. Nice touch... although a real Muslim would probably have to be stoned to death for wearing a burqua whose color is named after an alcoholic beverage. I'm not sure -- does anyone have a copy of the "reasons why people have to be stoned to death" fatwa handy?

This might very well be the cutting edge of a new thieving technique.

Not wishing for it, or wanting it, just expecting it.

You know,if they glued hair on those burka's they would look just like Cousin It on the Adam's Family. Plus they could use them when they go Trick R' Treating.

Yep, for all we know, OBL himself is out there hiding in a burqa. He might have to hunker down a bit so as not to look so tall, but the burqa would conceal that too.

Holy shit I was just in Hiddenite.

It's between Statesville and Hickory, not far from Charlotte.

Profiling a burka is oxymoronic.

re: #1 Opilio

It was just a matter of time.

Ditto!

It's been said here often.

This is good, if reason prevails(of course it hasn't so far) NO MORE BURKAS ALLOWED IN BANKS! Seems obvious doesn't it? A good start.

What kind of utter stupidity allows someone wearing a FULL BODY MASK, that has enough room in it to conceal an RPG, into a bank?

This is beyond PC. This is beyond brain dead. This is indescribably stupid.

A thread over at CiF went on for hundreds of posts and I was the only person who noted that allowing people to run around incognito was like a license to steal/kill/pillage... Everyone else was wrapped up in whether or not the damn disguises "empowered" women. If by that you mean conceal large weapons, absolutely yes.

re: #17 WayDownSouthInBama

Plus they could use them when they go Trick R' Treating.

"I got a candy bar."
"I got some bubble gum."
"I got Iraq."

HIDDENITE / BURKA

They couldn't have picked at better town or bank.

re: #10 meMarc

Yes, and so do the suicide vests, the AK-47s, the vials of plague germs...

a sheet over the head? Ingenious! Why didn't Dillinger think of that?

Another reason to ban the burqa in the US.
For public safety reasons.

Living in a PC society is counterproductive. I don't care if a whiny baby gets his feelings hurt. I'd rather be alive than dead.

Hidden under my Burka I robbed a bank while eating a cheeseburger.

re: #21 M. Bensson-Levi

Hey, when I used to be in Chicago during the winter and the temps went below zero, I used to wear a ski mask to keep my nose from getting frozen off. But whenever I had to go into a bank or a store, I immediately rolled up the ski mask to show my face, so that people wouldn't mistake me for a robber. Facial disguise is not acceptable in public, and that's that!

Love to see the police line-up.

They petition states to be able to wear these masks in ID cards. And we give in.

Hiddenite™ Burkas
We guarantee you can rob any bank, or else you have to give the money back!

re: #32 murqtaad

They petition states to be able to wear these masks in ID cards. And we give in.

well, you wouldn't want a case of mistaken burqua identity

re: #33 So?

My father told me about a garbage truck driver who had a sign on the side of his truck - BEST SIGN EVER, IMO:

"Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your rubbish back!

Am I mistaken, but this isn't the first time a bank has been robbed by Burka wearing bandits. I think 3 men robbed a Canadian bank wearing burkas.

Only Mohammedans and criminals want to hide their faces in public.
Connection?
You decide...

Burkas come in colors other than model T?

another use for a burqa---a funeral shroud for jihadis. video tape the funerals and distribute them all over the ME.

/hey, can't hurt

Can't believe it took so long for somebody to post this.

re: #36 So?

Happened in Philly a few times.

re: #20 meMarc

Profiling a burka is oxymoronic.

They can do a "Shroud of Turin" on it.

re: #36 So?

I understand that the burqa has also been used as a disguise for fugitives when crossing national borders.

re: #36 So?

In Canada, you can vote in a burqua!

/!

And some complain that muslims never invented anything, only stole others' inventions. Not true. Look at this versatile device. It's a fashion statement, religious talisman, guarantor of chastitity, burglary tool, and a rape shield all in one.

It is not safe to interfere with it. Some guys, after seeing their wives minus the burqa, were known to go and blow themselves up.

I tol' ya they was bandits. They dresses like bandits, they act like bandits, they run like bandits, they hide like bandits. They is BANDITS!

Looks like a woman to me.

Banks are going to have a very difficult decision facing them. Do they demand all customers have their faces visible at all times, and if so, how long will it take for cair to issue an action alert?

We'll see how they like wearing bright orange burkas soon. Could double them for street cones...

re: #29 So?

Hidden under my Burka I robbed a bank while eating a cheeseburger.

I did my taxes and raised three kids.

C'mon, Lizards~!

Let's see how creative everyone can get....!

Finish this statement: "Hidden under my Burka I..."

~ENT

This post at Daniel Pipes' blog enumerates a number of incidents involving ancillary uses for the burqa.

their religious beliefs and customs must be respected. who are we to say they can 't come in a bank in a burqa and rob us at will. we are after all the infidel.

Wife: Honey, why does our bedsheet smell like dirty money?

The Sethe-O-Matic says

This story is being used by bigots to spread the false claim that all Muslims are bank robbers! For years now Muslims have had to deal with bing labeled "terrorists" and now they will have to deal with the label of "bandit".

This is yet another injustice that Muslims suffer in American society and cannot persist. No one should be surprised if a victim of this oppression were to act out against society in a violent manner.

We should seek common dialog and understanding so that everyone is a welcomed participant in American society. Americans can start this process by reading the Qu'uran and submitting to Allah's will.

It's not a bank robbery, it's a true shari'a loan- interest free.

re: #40 meMarc

Can't believe it took so long for somebody to post this.

That's awesome! Never seen it before.

re: #55 Sharmuta

*Groan* ;)

Future Bank sign:
See Through Burkas required....your face don't show,you don't get the doe.

Just in case I think about changing professions...

re: #30 1389

re: #21 M. Bensson-Levi

Hey, when I used to be in Chicago during the winter and the temps went below zero, I used to wear a ski mask to keep my nose from getting frozen off. But whenever I had to go into a bank or a store, I immediately rolled up the ski mask to show my face, so that people wouldn't mistake me for a robber. Facial disguise is not acceptable in public, and that's that!

I couldn't agree with you more. It should be grounds for immediate arrest. Every one of these pencil necked punks that wears a bandanna, or kaffiah, at an public demonstration should be arrested as a matter of course, ID'ed, and DNA'ed (and beaten, maimed, and branded).

re: #51 Opilio

This post at Daniel Pipes' blog enumerates a number of incidents involving ancillary uses for the burqa.

Oops. Bad link. Good link here.

re: #37 UncleSam

Only Mohammedans and criminals want to hide their faces in public.
Connection?
You decide...

You repeat yourself. Thats a bad habit to get into.

re: #50 EtNorskTroll

Hidden under my burqa I cloned myself and sent everybody a copy! Bwahahahaha!

Burgundy. The new whine!

Hidden under my Burka I molested my pet chiwowa

/woof, excuse spelling error

The burqa and the vehicle were matching colors.

Clearly, the robber is a homosexual. Possibly from Gaza.

re: #55 Sharmuta

It's not a bank robbery, it's a true shari'a loan- interest free.

LOL, good one!

Bourguogne. hic

re: #64 Attaboid

Burgundy. The new whine!

Good one!

re: #65 So?

Hidden under my Burka I molested my pet chiwowa

/woof, excuse spelling error

So? I think your dog just got onto your keyboard again!

re: #50 EtNorskTroll

ENT, are you old enough to remember the ad campaign slogan, "I dreamed I ... in my Maidenform Bra ..." ?

[Link: www.vintageadsandstuff.com...]

re: #67 the Daily Kos Om Islaam

The burqa and the vehicle were matching colors.

Clearly, the robber is a homosexual. Possibly from Gaza.

So you think the perp was a muslim? If so, the first line was not necessary.

Is that an AK-47 under your Burka or are you just glad to see me?

re: #67 the Daily Kos Om Islaam

The burqa and the vehicle were matching colors.

Clearly, the robber is a homosexual. Possibly from Gaza.

That rules out Iran. No homosexuals there.

re: #40 meMarc

/Do they perform at Bar Mitzvahs and Jewish weddings?

That settles it.

Dubya should wear a burka while he imposes Fascism on America, destroys our freedoms and wipes out dissent, and nobody would be the wiser.

Coming soon: The Halliburqa

Cause the sidewalk to rise up and smite the Progressive talk radio host, wearing the burqa, no one would be the wiser (and you could fit a whole lotta vodka under one of those things).

Calling Karl Rove!

I think I'm going to call my bank and ask them what their policy is regarding the burka.

Every burka should have a bar code.

Hiddenite Burqas™
They're dynamite!

Gives new meaning to bagman.

re: #77 NY Nana

re: #40 meMarc

/Do they perform at Bar Mitzvahs and Jewish weddings?

only if the kid is really nervous and doesn't want to show up

re: #77 NY Nana

re: #40 meMarc

/Do they perform at Bar Mitzvahs and Jewish weddings?

Of course they do. They're a bunch of Jewish guys from Brooklyn, out to make a buck. Couldn't you tell?

re: #80 meMarc

Every burka should have a bar code.

LOL!

Hey, whatever it takes to demonstrate that PC efforts to weaken sensible laws against wearing disguises in public are really [expletive deleted] stupid. Thank [the real] God that no one was hurt. It's a safety issue, Muslims can go with the flow or suck eggs.

/no body bags in banks!

re: #80 meMarc

Either that or their wearers need to have implanted ID chips.

It was only a matter of time before this happened.

re: #85 So?

re: #80 meMarc

Every burka should have a bar code.

LOL!

Every Bar should have a Burka Code!

Well they'll be able to identify them by matching their drivers license photo.

The Fantastic Five
starring Burqua Boy

/now that's some superpower, not invisibility, but close

re: #59 goodbye_natalie

/Somehow I don't think this would suit you...

Burka matched the SUV. It was probably an impulse crime. Needed a new prayer rug. Saw the bank. Saw her car cover.

An androgynously dressed person held up a bank there last week.

This reporter is a flaming islamophobe! The burqa isn't for androgyny- it's for modesty. This was a modestly dressed person- pure and pious, fearful of allah. Also to consider- this crime may have been committed by an islamophobe, to give muslims a bad name and foster ill will towards muslims from the kuffar.

re: #92 NY Nana

re: #59 goodbye_natalie

/Somehow I don't think this would suit you...

Burqua Surgeons Gone Wild

re: #87 little blessing

re: #80 meMarc

Either that or their wearers need to have implanted ID chips.

They should have implanted IED chips. Pick your spot.

re: #92 NY Nana

re: #59 goodbye_natalie

/Somehow I don't think this would suit you...

Its a fake, the hands are exposed.

re: #24 So? Huh? I don't understand you and I live in Matthews.

re: #83 So?

only if the kid is really nervous and doesn't want to show up

;)

An androgynously dressed person held up a bank

A chemically altered tuna ran the marathon?

/loosing it.

re: #29 So?

No, a pulled pork sandwich.

Iris, stop blinking so much, you'll blow your cover.

re: #97 JeremyR

Actually they would wear latex gloves in the O.R. That is real, BTW. IIRC, they may be used in the UK Eurabia.

re: #73 RedPepper

re: #50 EtNorskTroll

ENT, are you old enough to remember the ad campaign slogan, "I dreamed I ... in my Maidenform Bra ..." ?

[Link: www.vintageadsandstuff.com...]

I was going to post the same thing, but thought no one would catch the reference.
Apparently, I was wrong.

People keep writing about their fears of mobs of miscreants wearing KKK sheets, even though that does not happen any more, and hasn't happened for a long time.

But now you have a larger number of people wearing similarly opaque disguises, with at least as much violent intent in many cases, and we just accept it as though it's normal.

re: #98 realwest

re: #24 So? Huh? I don't understand you and I live in Matthews.

Hiddenite : They were Hidden under a Burka

kapish, yes/no/maybe

Simple solution, allow burka wearers in public only when accompanied by an adult person who is not shrouded.
Forbid driving while wearing the burka as well. It limits necessary view.

I'd recommend a collar and leash, but then we would have all San Franfreakshow wearing burkas. (which might not be such a bad idea as evidenced by Zombie times.)

re: #105 1389

People keep writing about their fears of mobs of miscreants wearing KKK sheets, even though that does not happen any more, and hasn't happened for a long time.

But now you have a larger number of people wearing similarly opaque disguises, with at least as much violent intent in many cases, and we just accept it as though it's normal.

That's because it's "Progressive". They don't need no stinkin' history or facts.

re: #105 1389

People keep writing about their fears of mobs of miscreants wearing KKK sheets, even though that does not happen any more, and hasn't happened for a long time.

But now you have a larger number of people wearing similarly opaque disguises, with at least as much violent intent in many cases, and we just accept it as though it's normal.

Multiculturalism means always having to say you're sorry

re: #95 So?

And also scrub nurses...seriously. I could not even imagine working in the OR like that. I think they are a health hazard..sterility has to be compromised in an O.R. in a face covering like that..a mask is all that is needed. If they cannot dress appropriately, then thy do not belong in the job.

re: #103 NY Nana

In Sharia, there would be no women in medical fields. Can't associate with men etc etc. Look at how backasswards so many of them are.
I saw a chart of infant mortality in the middle east. Its horrible.

Imagine this scenario:

Two gunslingers at the OK corral.

burqua boy vs kkk-man

who wins the draw?

re: #40 meMarc

That was INSANE!

re: #110 NY Nana

re: #95 So?

And also scrub nurses...seriously. I could not even imagine working in the OR like that. I think they are a health hazard..sterility has to be compromised in an O.R. in a face covering like that..a mask is all that is needed. If they cannot dress appropriately, then thy do not belong in the job.

No wonder this new strain of staph is spreading like wildfire

re: #45 Julio Jurenito

And some complain that muslims never invented anything, only stole others' inventions. Not true. Look at this versatile device. It's a fashion statement, religious talisman, guarantor of chastitity, burglary tool, and a rape shield all in one.

It is not safe to interfere with it. Some guys, after seeing their wives minus the burqa, were known to go and blow themselves up.

Sooooooo, that's where splodeydopes come from.

all burka-ed out...will hit the sheets and roll around...who knows how I'll wake up tomorrow.

re: #116 So?

all burka-ed out...will hit the sheets and roll around...who knows how I'll wake up tomorrow.

Probably kinda burqaesque...

OT, but only slightly
(thieves in disguise)
Barry Hussein Obama was on Leno tonight. The guy is sorta smart, very personable, and a raving moonbat (cradle-to-grave socialism, no civil rights under the 2nd Amendment, etc.). Along the way, in one of several swipes at President Bush, Obama implied that the President is not sober. He also referred to Alberto Gonzales' shredding of the Constitution. I've heard that a lot this week, and still can't figure out what the hell that refers to in the real world.
Leno asked him about the President's already-mischaracterized comment about the likelihood of World War III if Iran gets nukes. Obama hit all the Kerry-esque talking points about diplomacy, world pressure on Iran, and the need for foreign consensus on U.S. actions. He also stated that we have a war in Afghanistan, a war in Iraq, and are stretched too thin for another war.
Barry, words have meaning. We are not in multiple wars. We are in one War.

Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, and other battle zones are not wars, they are campaigns in a much larger war. This distinction seems to be lost on most of the MSM, a large portion of Congress, pretty much the whole of Hollyweird, and a largish chunk of the public.

[Link: herbertsobel.blogspot.com...]
Yeah, Barry, we're stretched thin. The Army is capped at about 450,000 total soldiers at the moment, by Act of Congress. We had more than that in Viet Nam alone in the late '60s at the height of that war.

re: #60 M. Bensson-Levi

AND TAZED!

re: #111 JeremyR

They are charnal houses. In Saudi Arabia I think they bring in RN's etc., and have excellent hospitals ,but the staff live in compounds..they ain't kosher.

Those uniforms were made, I am pretty sure, for those who work in civilized countries.

re: #114 So?

It is not just in O.R.'s, and I doubt that they are allowed here. Seriously, carry around a small bottle of Purell.

I am not going to rant about the overuse of antibiotics..I knew in the late 1950's, as a student RN..we were warned. It was never expected this soon.

Please, please never ask for an antibiotic for a cold, etc., or any non-bacterial condition. Antibiotics do nothing for a virus. A school in CT has 1 kid confirmed with Staph, and another is a possible. A kid died in Virginia, I think..and the school is closed for disinfection.

Watch your kids, and teach them about hand sanitizers. We worry about an influenza pandemic..this has a potential to be worse..

My understanding is that devout Muslims supposedly can't have anything to do with the filthy infidel invention of interest. (They have convoluted ways around this but they wouldn't be available at your garden-variety bank).

Therefore, anyone in a burka (signal of religiosity) isn't coming in to attend to her account but to make an unauthorized withdrawal!

(Counterpoint: Maybe savings account interest is now so low that it can be considered non-interest for Muslim purposes LOL?)

re: #31 meMarc

Love to see the police line-up.

It's late here but..ROFLMAO

re: #11 paratus

Look closely at the picture, it is obviously a female. There is more than one eyebrow.

Huh?

re: #106 So? LOL! Yes, I kapish and agree!

re: #21 M. Bensson-Levi

Absolutely right - we ban Halloween costumes from banks, and the Wiccans aren't seething. But, I think that US patent 6,244,881 was issued to the Muslims for seething, so the lack of seething might just be a respect for the intellectual property rights of The Religion Of Peace(R).

re: #48 goodbye_natalie

We'll see how they like wearing bright orange burkas soon. Could double them for street cones...

The comments are killing me..lol..

re: #120 NY Nana

IIRC, The Saudi Infant mortality rate is nearly twice that of Israel. The Sauds treat women as bad as camels.

re: #59 goodbye_natalie

Just in case I think about changing professions...

That seller had lots of positive feedbacks such as:

Just what I expected!...

How can you tell, they all look the same.

re: #95 So?

re: #92 NY Nana

re: #59 goodbye_natalie

/Somehow I don't think this would suit you...

Burqua Surgeons Gone Wild

I would definitely not want this person as my physician...

It's not a burka, it's a 'peace gown'.

re: #128 JeremyR

re: #120 NY Nana

IIRC, The Saudi Infant mortality rate is nearly twice that of Israel. The Sauds treat women as bad as camels.

They treat their camels far better than their women..

Re Israel? I posted this yesterday...

re: #128 JeremyR

Far worse than that..and the hospitals where the foreigners work are for potentates, etc....not the every-day sodding Saud.

18.8 Saudi Arabia

4.7 Israel

G'nite, all!

re: #132 NY Nana

re: #128 JeremyR

re: #120 NY Nana

IIRC, The Saudi Infant mortality rate is nearly twice that of Israel. The Sauds treat women as bad as camels.

They treat their camels far better than their women..

Re Israel? I posted this yesterday...

Of course this is a good thing, and a required mitzvah(as you understand) cynic that I am, however, it is a good thing that we do this for our sake, because, in my experience, gratitude has been an alien concept to every arab that I've ever met. (Brigitte Gabriel, notwithstanding.)

re: #119 tommygum

re: #60 M. Bensson-Levi

AND TAZED!

Yeah, TAZED!

OT:

My pics of today's Move America Forward vs Code Pink faceoff in Berserkeley

Enjoy!

re: #126 Watergate

re: #21 M. Bensson-Levi

Absolutely right - we ban Halloween costumes from banks, and the Wiccans aren't seething. But, I think that US patent 6,244,881 was issued to the Muslims for seething, so the lack of seething might just be a respect for the intellectual property rights of The Religion Of Peace(R).

I don't know, some Wiccan just got some town to get a citizen to take down his Halloween display of a hanged witch. I don't think they seethe though, I think they seedith.

"Officers aren’t sure whether they’re looking for a man or a woman in either case."

wait till the streets are full of burgundy burkas'!

Is the burgundy burka movement a part of Hillary's campaign strategy?

Someone entering a bank in a veil should be treated exactly the same way as someone wearing a ski mask.

-jcr

America's ongoing ignorance of Islam and Muslims.

It's a niqab, not a burqa.

Hairsplitting? Yes.

But not to imformed viewers.

And totally over the head of everyday Americans and the journalists upon whom they depend for accurate information.

As I recall, in many states there are laws against wearing a mask during a protest, and this goes back to the days when the government was in the process of breaking the back of the KKK.

-jcr

I remember when my mother in-law was receiving cancer treatments and lost her hair. She wanted to travel before passing. She had to get a note from her doctor and special permission to wear a hat in her passport photo. Silly her all she had to do is say she was a Muslim.

They should look for a burgundy colour house in the area

The burqa bandit is nothing new. A pair of men, one disguised in a burqa, robbed a number of Toronto area jewelry stores last year. I don't know if the bandits were ever caught.

And this,

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Two armed men disguised as Muslim women in burqas held up a bank in Sarajevo and got away with some $40,000, Bosnian police said on Tuesday.

They said the pair entered a Union bank branch in the capital wearing head-to-toe black dresses and veils typical of women adhering to the orthodox Islamic code and trained guns on customers. They then made customers lie on the floor while the emptied the tills, police added.

"Everything happened in a moment. Two persons in black niqabs (burqas) came into the bank. I thought they were ladies," the Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje quoted bank customer Mehmedalija Komarac as saying.

Women in burqas and men with long beards have become a common sight in the Bosnian capital in recent years.

re: #109 Radar G

re: #105 1389

People keep writing about their fears of mobs of miscreants wearing KKK sheets, even though that does not happen any more, and hasn't happened for a long time.

But now you have a larger number of people wearing similarly opaque disguises, with at least as much violent intent in many cases, and we just accept it as though it's normal.

Multiculturalism means always having to say you're sorry

I suspect Robert Byrd still has his sheet neatly pressed and ready to go.

Do they have armed guards in banks anymore? Is ANYONE in a bank armed? WTF?

re: #131 Jimmah

Brilliant! Delia's will start selling 'em for 49 bucks a pop.....once they change the company name to "Umm Delia's"

re: #10 meMarc

Now you know why burkas are loose fitting. When they're tight, the money makes ugly bulges.

"Goiter!"

"Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!"

(Moe slaps Curly)

re: #5 RedPepper

The burqua and the SUV were color-coordinated?

Hmmm ...

A gay muslim? Possible...since there aren't any in Iran, they've most likely migrated to North Carolina.

Of all the nerve. Driving an SUV. Jeez.

I don't think you people are getting the full scope of this "innovative" disguise. Think of the seethe value of a picture of a bank guard with smoking pistol standing over a blood spattered "Asian Woman" sprawled out on the Kufr bank floor. 10 out of 10 in Islamabad.
Z

re: #153 Zhivago

I don't think you people are getting the full scope of this "innovative" disguise. Think of the seethe value of a picture of a bank guard with smoking pistol standing over a blood spattered "Asian Woman" sprawled out on the Kufr bank floor. 10 out of 10 in Islamabad.
Z

Horribly accurate. Yikes.

So he/she can walk into a bank with his/her face covered but I have to take off my shoes, empty my pockets, walk through a metal detector and get wanded at the airport? Thanks Islam!

I'm glad this happened. I hope it happens enough times that burqas are no longer allowed in places like banks, or for drivers license pictures/ID's, etc. etc. Hell, I can't wear my sunglasses or motorcycle helmet into a bank, why the hell should these people get special treatment? In their own countries, I don't think they'd even be allowed to go to the bank unescorted!

Clarification, I mean, in the countries where the Burqa is standard attire for women. Obviously, this person didn't necessarily come from one of those countries.

Not sure if the perp was male or female?

HELLO! - A muslim DROVE off in a VEHICLE!

Nice work Sherlock Holmes - HAD to have been a HE.

re: #9 EtNorskTroll

I wonder what kind of things could be done inside a mosque by an infidel while wearing one of these things...

*starts thinking*

Hmmmmmmmm......

Taking pictures, perhaps?

Making recordings of the 'sermons', to be played back later?

?

~ENT

A good idea in principal. However, I could be wrong, but aren't they segregated in mosques? I was under the impression that the men and women pray separately. All the undercover shots of mad mullahs that I have seen in the UK have been men only affairs.

Code Burgundy is the new Code Pink!

re: #156 Yashmak

I'm glad this happened. I hope it happens enough times that burqas are no longer allowed in places like banks, or for drivers license pictures/ID's, etc. etc. Hell, I can't wear my sunglasses or motorcycle helmet into a bank, why the hell should these people get special treatment? In their own countries, I don't think they'd even be allowed to go to the bank unescorted!

They get special treatment because of the volume of seething and whining. You take off your crash helmet because you respect your country's laws. Johnny muslim doesn't respect infidel laws so disregards them or whines until they get special dispensation.

It was only a matter of time before this happened.
Stated many times, but someones gotta say it so here goes......

"Are you kidding me Stevie Wonder saw this one coming"

ROFLMAO!

Simple solution: Banks will need to lock the doors and admit only those patrons willing to show their faces.
Those who insist wearing masks will be directed into a segregated teller booth where the teller will be behind a bullet-proof shield and the transaction will be carried out via one of those vacuum tube document carriers like the some of the drive-thrus use.

re: #17 WayDownSouthInBama

You know,if they glued hair on those burka's they would look just like Cousin It on the Adam's Family. Plus they could use them when they go Trick R' Treating.

Islam does not allow Trick or Treating.

re: #137 neocon hippie

OT:

My pics of today's Move America Forward vs Code Pink faceoff in Berserkeley

Enjoy!

Thanks, great pictures.

re: #21 M. Bensson-Levi

Don't be shy, tell us what you really think. /sarc

Totally agree, but i prefer unconscionable.

"Until his wedding night, Abdul had no idea that he'd actually married a 13 year old BOY. But he was actually quite pleased."

re: #29 So?

Hidden under my Burka I robbed a bank while eating a cheeseburger.

Was it a BACON cheeseburger?

re: #137 neocon hippie

I'm sorry, I can't figure out what the sign says that says 'El Mundo No Pueded Esperar Sacar Corriendo al Gobierno de Bush'. I mean, you got it right this far:

'The world cannot wait...' but what follows is gibberish: 'to remove running to the Bush Government'.

The world cannot wait to get rid of....running to the Bush government? Buh?

I think they meant to say 'the world cannot wait to remove Bush from running the government'.

Some of the relevant NC laws. As if that matters any longer... (sigh)

[Link: www.ncleg.net...]
§ 14%u201112.7. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public ways.
No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, be or appear upon any lane, walkway, alley, street, road, highway or other public way in this State. (1953, c. 1193, s. 6; 1983, c. 175, ss. 1, 10; c. 720, s. 4.)

[Link: www.ncleg.net...]
§ 14%u201112.14. Placing exhibit while wearing mask, hood, or other disguise.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, while wearing a mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, to place or cause to be placed at or in any place in the State any exhibit of any kind whatsoever, with the intention of intimidating any person or persons, or of preventing them from doing any act which is lawful, or of causing them to do any act which is unlawful. (1953, c. 1193, s. 13; 1967, c. 522, s. 3.)

[Link: www.ncleg.net...]
§ 14%u201112.9. Entry, etc., upon premises of another while wearing mask, hood or other disguise.
No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall, while wearing a mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, demand entrance or admission, enter or come upon or into, or be upon or in the premises, enclosure or house of any other person in any municipality or county of this State. (1953, c. 1193, s. 8; 1983, c. 175, ss. 2, 10; c. 720, s. 4.)

[Link: www.ncleg.net...]
§ 14%u201112.8. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public property.
No person or persons shall in this State, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, or appear upon or within the public property of any municipality or county of the State, or of the State of North Carolina. (1953, c. 1193, s. 7.)

re: #170 jonturner

I have looked and looked at the RCW (Washington Law). Dang if I can find anything that resembles NC's laws. There's apparently no law here about going about masked in public.

Solution:
1: Shoot first
2: Lift Burka
3: Bury remains in pig doo doo.

re: #169 chotii

re: #137 neocon hippie

I'm sorry, I can't figure out what the sign says that says 'El Mundo No Puede Esperar Sacar Corriendo al Gobierno de Bush'. I mean, you got it right this far:

'The world cannot wait...' but what follows is gibberish: 'to remove running to the Bush Government'.

The world cannot wait to get rid of....running to the Bush government? Buh?

I think they meant to say 'the world cannot wait to remove Bush from running the government'.

Actually, the literal translation of what it says would be basically what you said. Although it's worded a little oddly, it would be considered okay grammar in Spanish. As best as I can translate it, it means 'The world cannot wait to make Bush's government (or 'the Bush Government') take off running'.

re: #6 mbruce

Have a line-up with every single one of them in it. That should be good for a round ot seething.

An interesting question, how do you have a line-up with everyone in burqas? But I guess that's the point of wearing them after all.

Oh, and "modesty". We don't want men from outside the family to see us, particularly if they are security guards.

Officers aren’t sure whether they’re looking for a man or a woman in either case.

... or a member of Emperor Palpatine's crimson guard...

re: #173 mica_ar

re: #169 chotii

re: #137 neocon hippie

'El Mundo No Puede Esperar Sacar Corriendo al Gobierno de Bush'.

Actually, the literal translation of what it says would be basically what you said. Although it's worded a little oddly, it would be considered okay grammar in Spanish. As best as I can translate it, it means 'The world cannot wait to make Bush's government (or 'the Bush Government') take off running'.

Ahhh! 'sacar corriendo'. Of course. To send running. It's slang, though, I think.

Here's a serious question:

Could a bank refuse service to a customer in a Burka (I'm not talking about Bank Robbers here just customers) ?

Banks have the right to require identification; it's a pretty common practice when cashing a check for example. However, even if the identification shows a face, it's not worth much if the face is hidden behind a burka.

Could the Bank be successfully charged with religious discrimination for refusing service? If a Burka can be prohibited, then what about a seikh and his turban and beard?

re: #56 Beagle

re: #40 meMarc

Can't believe it took so long for somebody to post this.

That's awesome! Never seen it before.

They could open for the Blue Men act in Vegas.

re: #165 DanThePainter

re: #137 neocon hippie

OT:

My pics of today's Move America Forward vs Code Pink faceoff in Berserkeley

Enjoy!

Thanks, great pictures.

Great job! I especially liked Megaphone Guy - he looks like a Mormon missionary wannabee. What a goofball.

re: #133 NY Nana

Big difference in the status of women between our tradition and the RoP. The RoP considers pregnant women "more unclean than dogs"-- not only ritually impure, but *actually* dirty. Gives some meaning to those statistics...