Following Entry Posted 2/13/2010 04:18:00 PM

Infidelaphobia

Mixed in a novelette-long complaint to the Anti-Discrimination Commission, a Muslim man, Omar Hassan, reveals:

He expressed his disgust at being "forced to look at the backside of a woman who bends over in front of me in supermarket to pick an item off a bottom shelf". It is a health hazard, he says.

"Non-Muslim women do not use water to clean themselves when they go to the toilet." Thus, bending over in a supermarket could cause serious health risks.

Frankly, I've occasionally been an accidental observer of female bottom-shelf events and it's never resulted in thoughts of infidel hygiene and public health risks. In fact, I usually think of something entirely different.

Therefore, I'd suggest that Mr. Hassan's contention is unsupportable. Possibly, it's exclusively a religion of peace and tolerance perspective.

[Add.] The complaint filed by Mr. Hassan was against a 4BC Queensland radio broadcaster named Michael Smith who had made the remark that burkas in public places represent a danger since they could be used to disguise criminals. Hassan alleged that Smith violated the Australian Communications code by "vilifying, inciting hatred and discriminating against Muslims."

Never mind that countries such as France and Denmark are having robust debates about banning the burka for all sorts of reasons. Here in Australia, Smith cannot raise his objections - not without his employer, Fairfax Radio, having to spend time and money defending his right to express his opinions. And the purveyors of acceptable thoughts at the ADC now require Smith to attend a three-hour "mediation" session with Hassan. Call it a hunch, but I'm guessing mediation won't satisfy Hassan.

In his 15-page letter to 4BC, he described Australia as a "racist country . . . No. 1 on the world list for the violation of human rights". He said Fairfax radio is a "human zoo owned by . . . pigs and monkeys". He said of Smith - a former policeman - that "being a cop would write you off as a decent human being for life as you can never recover from that disease of being a cop, as once a cop, the dirt and filth stick to you forever and could never be removed".

And he had plenty to say about women in short skirts. He expressed his disgust at being "forced to look at the backside of a woman who bends over in front of me in supermarket to pick an item off a bottom shelf". It is a health hazard, he says. "Non-Muslim women do not use water to clean themselves when they go to the toilet." Thus, bending over in a supermarket could cause serious health risks, Hassan wrote, especially for little children who "because of their height, may have such [a] scene right in their face".

Instead of dismissing this barrage of invective from Hassan, the ADC (Anti-Discrimination Commission) has decided that Smith has a case to answer.

As to which person is inciting hatred, vilifying and discriminating, I would suggest that Hassan's words come closer. It's a mystery as to why the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission would even entertain his complaint.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.
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