TERRORISM: TUNISIA, GRAND MUFTI CALLS BODY SCANNER SACRILEGE
(ANSAmed) - TUNIS, JANUARY 25 - Body scanners to help
prevent terrorist attacks are "a sacrilege and profanation in
the eyes of all monotheistic religions and positivists,"
according to the Mufti of Tunisia, Sheikh Usman Batikh, in a
recent interview reported by weekly magazine Tunis Hebdo.
According to Batikh, "body scanners will not stop the
violence nor will they stop terrorism, and making travellers,
both male and female, undergo these examinations, which reveal
their private parts and violate their freedom, is unethical and
immoral. It is sacrilege and a profanation in the eyes of all
monotheistic religions and positivists. It is a despicable
against humanity, which has been chosen and placed above all
living things by God, since only humans are covered and dressed
in order to be respectable and to be respected."
The Mufti also underscored that there are other methods to
fight terrorism. Tunis Hebdo wrote that "numerous Arab
countries have demonstrated their displeasure and lack of
satisfaction regarding the new regulations issued by the U.S.
against their fellow nationals residing abroad, in countries
such as Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Lebanon." (ANSAmed).
2010-01-25 14:17