Two burka-wearing bank robbers held up a post office near Paris in early February, using a handgun concealed beneath the face-covering Islamic-style full veil.
Believing them to be Muslim women, staff allowed the burka-clad pair through the security double doors of the banking branch of the postal office. Once inside, the robbers flipped back their burkas and pulled out a gun. They made off with $6,615 Cdn.
What’s most amazing about this incident is that the Taliban, or other terrorist groups, don’t more frequently disguise themselves as women in burkas, as this would be the perfect disguise for them. Dress up as women in burkas, mingle with the crowd, plant your bomb at the designated site and vanish. How simple. No one would see your face anyway.
And therein lies the problem with allowing people to cover their faces in western and free societies.
I don’t blame the French for being jittery about the burka and for proposing a law that seeks a ban on wearing the burka in all public places.
Ismailimail 