Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Another Burqa Story

I'm sorry, I just do like these stories. This isn't new, but has been making the rounds. This time Australia is the country facing a burqa story. This story is slightly too bizarre..

A Muslim woman wearing a burqa was stopped by highway police, and asked to show her identification. The woman started screaming at him that he was racist, and that she would get him. She went to the media and started telling them how the officer mistreated her, stopped her only because of the burqa and even tried to forcefully remove the burqa. She then lodged a formal complaint against the police officer. However what she didn't know, was that all police cars in Australia have a video camera. The video clearly showed her threatening the police officer, and him behaving quite gently.

The story doesn't end there. When the woman was charged for falsely accusing the police officer, her lawyer claimed that there was no way of identifying the woman who made the complaint..since that woman was wearing a burqa!!! oh the irony. She received 6 months of jail, and is currently appealing the sentancI'm sorry, I just do like these stories.This isn't new, but has been making the rounds. This time Australia is the country facing a Burqa story. This story is slightly too bizzare..

A Muslim woman wearing a Burqa was stopped by highway police, and asked to show her identification. The woman started screaming at him that he was racist, and that she would get him. She went to the media and started telling them how the officer mistreated her, stopped her only because of the burqa and even tried to forcefully remove the burqa. She then lodged a formal complaint against the police officer. However what she didn't know, was that all police cars in Australia have a video camera. The video clearly showed her threatning the police officer, and him behaving quite gently.

The story doesn't end there. When the woman was charged for falsely accusing the police officer, her lawyer claimed that there was no way of identifying the woman who made the complaint..since that woman was wearing a burqa!..oh the irony. She received 6 months of jail, and is currently appealing the sentence.

This might be a case where we see how a burqa is being abused by those wearing them.  

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