Wednesday - January 09, 2008

a JP for 12 years, was handed a formal reprimand

I saw this in The Telegraph under, A Telegraph Reporter.  What’s with that nonsense? And even tho I darn near wrote in a paragraph it still wouldn’t come up.
So I did a Goog search and found the story on a blog.  ?? How’d they find it?  So I’ll h/t Sugiero blog with thanks.  Cause really folks ... this is so totally over the top that if I had any hair left to pull, I might do it.  How dumb can they get here?  How far backwards are these folks gonna bend before their collective back breaks?  And all to soooooooth the feelings of those wonderfolks who gave us 9/11 and all that followed.
Hmmm ... the more I write the more pister I get so I’ll take the good advice of Drew and Chris and stop writing.

Political correctness training demanded:
A MAGISTRATE who refused to deal with the case of a Muslim woman wearing a veil has been reprimanded and ordered to undergo training in a move branded “ludicrous” yesterday.

Ian Murray walked out of court last summer because defendant Zoobia Hussain was wearing a niqab – a veil covering her entire face apart from her eyes.

Hussain made a formal complaint and yesterday Mr Murray, a JP for 12 years, was handed a formal reprimand by Justice Minister Jack Straw and the Lord
Chief Justice.

He was also ordered to attend further training on how to keep to judicial guidance, even though this states that such situations should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
The magistrate’s comment on the issue:
Mr Murray, 62, a taxi driver from Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, left the hearing without explaining why, but said later he felt the way Hussain was dressed raised identity issues. He said at the time: “I believe I am not bound by the guidelines and I will withdraw.

“I do not feel that I have to give any reasons. That is my personal view and not that of my colleagues.”

A family friend said later: “Mr Murray strongly believes he has made the correct decision.

“He feels there is no compulsion to wear the niqab on religious grounds as it is not mentioned in the Koran.

“He doesn’t feel it is right to wear the niqab in a court because you need to see the defendant’s face to assess them properly.

“It is also unfair to allow the veil when other people have to show their face. That is not a level playing field.”

The Islamic Human Rights Commission were, of course, thrilled about the reprimand.

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