The amount of insecurity is amazing. But then again expected from those who lack a basic understanding of the religion. But lets forget that. Why don't we take a humanistic and more importantly democratic basis for our discussion.
The freedom to choose. A very basic fundamental democratic right in the US and the UK. Why must we be forced to go through the screenings when we can choose to go for a physical pat down? Both are adequate in fighting existing forms of terrorism. But the problem with all security situations is that they are reactive not proactive.
Also a personal question, why do you all have such a fit when it comes to a Muslim scholar saying something regarding the applicability of modern devices with religious ethos.
Its pretty obvious you don't care. Nor do you listen. Nor do you actually wish to learn about the faith. So why the fit?
Other than insecurity I can't think of a reason. An answer would be appreciated.
There are benefits and costs to be weighed here. Sure, your "izzat", whatever some of you have left, is at stake when it comes to these scanners. However, is it worth saving all that "izzat" for the sake of allowing a couple of terrorists to actually accomplish their plans and thereby annhilate a couple of planes' worth of lives?
No thanks. I'd rather ALL Y'ALL get scanned completely and if it means doing security-side colonoscopies to check for hidden bombs in your colon, I'll support that too, over the risk of ME or anyone else innocent dying in some raving lunatic's mission to get 72 virgins and an infinity in what he thinks is going to be paradise.
This is the problem with our maulvis. They don't think cost-benefit analysis anymore. They don't apply logic. Why don't they be CONSTRUCTIVE and aide this process of protecting innocent civlians by suggesting that people be allowed to ask that screening be done by gender-similar security officers?
In other words, if you really are that insecure about your man-package, you can ask a security gentlemen, who hopefully is not bigger than you, to screen you as you walk through...as oppose to the morbidly obese 45 year old woman munching on her 3rd bag of cheetos for the day, who honestly has seen 100 men that look just like you previously and isn't at all bothered by it.
That's like outlawing doctors to examine you in the United States, because doctors are not gender-specific in their practice...you always have the choice to ask for a gender-similar doc...
Similarly, these fatwas are no different than calling the entire health care system in the US haraam because male docs are examinging female patients and female docs are examining male patients. Because of your narrow-minded approach, you're going to eliminate a system that is useful (well, healthcare sys is a bad example in that respect) at the expense of adhering to your mind-numbing gender segregated ways?
