Too funny...
Via ABC 10 News
NATIONAL CITY, Calif. - "It is absolutely hurtful." Those are the words from the executive director of San Diego's Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, after learning the woman who dressed in a burqa and tried to rob a National City bank last summer told 10News it was the perfect disguise.
Elysia Roiz told 10News she was desperate for money to support her 2-year-old special needs son when she decided to wear a burqa to rob the Wells Fargo on Highland Avenue.
It did not work. After she passed a demand note to the teller, the teller pushed a panic button and Roiz escaped without a dime. She was arrested two months later in Tijuana.
Roiz admitted it was not fair to dress in religious garb to commit a crime.
"I know in other countries they've outlawed it, because of people, mostly men hiding firearms inside burqas, and I don't think it was fair of me to exploit that, but what better costume, you know what I mean?" Rois asked, adding that the garment should be outlawed. "I don't want to be disrespectful, but I mean, that stuff is so oppressive, like I mean, we fought a lot in the 70s, women did, so that kind of stuff didn't happen, doesn't happen."
She added, "There's other ways to express religion."
Hanif Mohebi, the executive director of CAIR, told 10News, "It is obviously ignorance. No one has or should use any symbols or clothing of religious in order to commit any crimes."
He added that Roiz's actions could lead to discrimination against other mothers.
"So essentially, this is a double crime," Mohebi said.
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I presume that this is our daily ration of islamaphobia...and what relevance has a failed bank robbery in San Diego has to Ausralia
aren't there other topics we could discuss
Like Israeli theft of Palestinian land Jimmy Carter thinks THAT is important
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvtC_qzHVM4
Posted by: Tom Duncan | November 15, 2013 at 12:41 AM
No doubt if the Palestinians didn't have such a miserable corrupt leadership and thoroughly reprehensible terrorist network they would had their state by now. But hey, don't let the facts in in the way of your simplistic Israel bad, Palestinians innocent little lambs fantasy. As for Jimmy Carter - Carter lost all credibility years ago.
And your burkha wearing bitches - they know exactly what they are doing - many Islamic women are even more brain dead than the men when it comes to unhealthy religious fundamentalism. The vast majority of Muslim women don't approve of the way these women dress, but won't publicly say so fearing an unwanted response from their fanatics within. You know, little things like threatening phone calls and nasty letters coming through your mailbox kinda thingy. All things that I have seen over the years being involved to a degree with the Muslim community in Melbourne. Have a nice day......Mr Spindoctor. :-)
Posted by: bluebell | November 15, 2013 at 04:38 AM
Islamaphobia, Tom?
I suppose it would be Islamaphobia if anyone should have the bad grace to criticise Thman Badar, an agitator for the Australian based branch of the radical terrorist sympathizer group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Badar today warned that Australia's anti-terrorist legislation would ensure that a terrorist attack would occur in Australia and it would be the fault of our government because it offends disenfranchised radical Islamics.
Why this charmer and his terrorist sympathizer group, which is banned in many European and even Middle Eastern countries, is allowed to remain in Australia defies comprehension.
However, you probably don't find anything wrong with that, eh Tom?
Posted by: Allan | November 15, 2013 at 01:11 PM