Islamic terrorist update

CBS News report that:

"CBS News has learned that U.S. Intelligence officials are seeing a marked increase in terror-related Internet chatter with a frightening focus: Jihadists bent on finding gaps in airport security - all linked to al Qaeda in Yemen, reports CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian.

On one radical website, a writer invites fellow members to post information on how to bypass airport screening.

Another member asks about explosive detection devices, writing: "We have that system in place in Algiers...does anyone know if it's capable of detecting [the flammable gas] butane?"

On another Jihadist site, a visitor questions security involving 3D scanners at British airports asking: "Can I refuse [to pass through] for religious reasons?"


Before long comes this answer: "...advise those who wish to avoid the Heathrow scanners to take the train to Paris... and then board a plane from there."

Perhaps most disturbing -- the recent discovery of a confidential TSA document on a Yemeni Web site discussing the rules for searching passengers."

Meanwhile in the West Islamic groups are stating that airport body scanners violate teachings of Islam and in the US groups are reported to have advised that:

"a general and public use of such scanners is against the teachings of Islam, natural law and all religions and cultures that stand for decency and modesty,"...

"It is a violation of clear Islamic teachings that men or women be seen naked by other men and women," FCNA explained. The group noted that Islam emphasizes modesty, considering it part of the faith. "The Qur'an has commanded the believers, both men and women, to cover their private parts" and to be modest in their dress.

While exceptions can be made in cases of "extreme necessity," FCNA indicated that passenger body scans do not rise to that level.

FCNA is asking for changes in scanner software so the machines will produce only body outlines. In the meantime, the group says Muslim travelers should choose pat-down searches over scanner images - in cases where searches are necessary."

I see conflict coming when the first Muslim refuses to pass through a UK body scanner and is so denied access to their flight. The human rights industry will no doubt support their rights over those of the general public and before long the only people being scanned will be non-Muslims and all be well; iuntil the next bomb goes off killing hundreds.