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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FJB who wrote (3685)	12/23/2006 6:14:08 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

but what do secularists preach about peace and life ?

To: FJB who wrote (3685)	12/29/2006 9:33:14 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Spate of thefts prompts burka ban in some Indian jewelry shops Canada.com ^ \| Thursday, December 28, 2006 \| Jeeja Purohit canada.com PUNE, India (AP) - Muslim women wearing the head-to-toe Islamic robe, or burka, could be banned from shopping at jewelry stores in this western Indian city after a series of thefts carried out by burka-clad robbers, jewellers said Thursday. The Pune Jewellers Association has applied to police for permission to bar people who cover their faces from their stores, said association president Fattechand Ranka. Ranka said the move comes after closed circuit cameras in stores showed that three recent thefts, each of jewelry valued at more than US$8,500, were carried out by customers wearing burkas. "Because of the burka the police could not identify their faces," he said. Ranka said his move was not aimed at Muslims, who are a minority in Pune in Maharashtra state, but would target anyone who refused to show their faces to the security cameras. Many Hindu women in India also wear veils. "Anyone could be masquerading under a burka, even a man," he said. Ranka said he had sent a letter to Maharashtra's police chief but that he had not yet received a response. However, Pune police commissioner D.N. Jadhav said police would not allow the ban fearing it could spark tensions with the Muslim community. Relations between Muslims and Hindus have often been tense since the subcontinent's bloody partition and the creation of Muslim-majority Pakistan at independence from Britain in 1947. "If they are really concerned about security, they can appoint saleswomen and women security guards in their shops," Jadhav said. Reaction among the Muslim community was mixed. Naseem Siqqiqui, the head of the Maharashtra Minority Commission, said a ban would fuel further discrimination against Muslim women and that women should be allowed to choose what they wear. However, Maulana Zaheer Abbas Rizvi, the secretary of the All India Ulama Council, said jewellers are entitled to protect their livelihoods. "They do not seem to be against any religion but are acting on purely business interests," he told the Times of India newspaper. Pune is some 160 kilometres south of Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment hub and the state capital.