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Will I be allowed to bear a Burka
Reader comment on item: Niqab Security Outrages at Airports
Submitted by Ted (United States), Aug 7, 2010 at 15:13
Dear Dr. Pipes: I am a man. It is my right to dress as I wish and when I wish. Will the security agencies around the world let me go through wearing a Burka if I choose to?
Our minds have become so colored due to political correctness and religious allegiance that we have lost our ability to reason.
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| 5 | OUR LIBRARY CAVED IN [150 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Anne | Feb 10, 2014 14:00 | 193916 | |
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| 8 | Absolutely shocking [47 words] | Nick | Feb 27, 2012 14:31 | 193715 | |
| 10 | Humans verses Human like camel [2090 words] | Sardar Ravi Ranjan Singh 'Panth Bharti' | Feb 29, 2012 14:47 | 193715 | |
| 98 | we can make it stop [27 words] | Caroline LaMarre | Sep 21, 2010 17:12 | 178533 | |
| Interview in Israel my Glory Magazine--with Elwood Mc Quaid [96 words] | Jan Hebeisen | Sep 10, 2010 12:49 | 178003 | ||
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| 4 | Muslim Security Personnel [121 words] | Edward Halper | Aug 27, 2010 00:06 | 177338 | |
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| 7 | Better safe than sorry [227 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Aug 25, 2010 21:14 | 177283 | |
| Survey is required [42 words] | Ravi Ranjan | Sep 1, 2010 03:36 | 177283 | ||
| 10 | Airline hassles with muslim antagonizers. [131 words] | Dale | Aug 16, 2010 01:31 | 176734 | |
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| 5 | Winning through intimidation [166 words] | DBrown | Aug 13, 2010 16:52 | 176671 | |
| 3 | Pointless [55 words] | David | Aug 13, 2010 15:49 | 176668 | |
| 4 | Hats off Daniel [96 words] | Vijay | Aug 11, 2010 12:02 | 176609 | |
| 2 | The cocoon with feet [130 words] | Catrina Velez | Aug 11, 2010 03:17 | 176600 | |
| 45 | Simple and Effective Solution [175 words] | David | Aug 10, 2010 13:54 | 176566 | |
| 3 | It's about equality [16 words] | Mick Flynn | Aug 10, 2010 17:23 | 176566 | |
| searching four year olds at Heathrow [46 words] | Peter. Scotland | Aug 9, 2010 18:09 | 176529 | ||
| 22 | Selective treatment - thanks to political correctness and lack of backbone [242 words] | Ilya Meyer | Aug 9, 2010 08:59 | 176517 |
| 1 | Selective treatment thannks to political correctness [148 words] | Judith Davies | Jun 26, 2011 12:11 | 176517 | |
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| Wrong focus [21 words] | Oswald | Aug 12, 2010 07:53 | 176516 | ||
| 4 | Flying is not a right [133 words] | Edwin | Aug 19, 2010 15:41 | 176516 | |
| 2 | Airport Screening [87 words] | Terry | Aug 20, 2010 04:59 | 176516 | |
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| 5 |  Will I be allowed to bear a Burka [59 words] | Ted | Aug 7, 2010 15:13 | 176462 | |
| 1 | right to dress as you like [164 words] | Terry | Aug 22, 2010 06:10 | 176462 | |
| Inconsistent [164 words] | Bronson | Aug 7, 2010 08:16 | 176452 | ||
| 10 | Tradition of burqa is just ceremonial [181 words] | Ash | Aug 6, 2010 14:00 | 176423 |
| 1 | What will it be? [40 words] | Gene | Aug 9, 2010 19:33 | 176423 | |
| 1 | burqa [105 words] | zaffar | Sep 3, 2010 05:55 | 176423 | |
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| 1 | Search them all. [7 words] | Cindy | Aug 6, 2010 05:02 | 176413 | |
| 3 | Niqab and burka security at airports [374 words] | Esther Kandel | Aug 5, 2010 23:46 | 176410 | |
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| Ban All Head Coverings [133 words] | Anon Coward | Aug 26, 2010 22:15 | 176410 | ||
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