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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Pamela Geller
Back in November, I reported on a burqa'ed Muslima in Australia, Carnita
Matthews, who was charged with making a false complaint that used the Muslim
victimhood card in her defense. "All cops are racist," she charged -- what
race? Covered from head to toe in a burqa, with just a slit through which
to see, the Muslima claimed that a police officer had tried to tear off her
burqa.
It didn't happen. Matthews was charged with making a false complaint to
police. And the judge, Magistrate Robert Rabbidge, saw through her claim
right away, describing her lie as "deliberate, malicious and ruthless."
Rabbidge added: "There is not a shadow of doubt in my mind, beyond a
reasonable doubt, that she knew that the complaint she was making was false."
Matthews, predictably, played the race card, saying: "You look at me and see
me wearing this and you couldn't handle it. All cops are racist."
Her lawyer claimed that Matthews had been a victim of mistaken identity.
Because who really knows who was under that burqa? Only Allah can say for
sure. But Rabbidge would have none of it. Matthews is the one who lodged
the complaint against an officer, and signed a statement to that effect.
Police prosecutor sergeant Lisa McEvoy said: "Her signature on that
affidavit coupled with the signature on her driver's licence is exactly the
same."
Matthews was found guilty, and was sentenced to six months in prison. Yet
despite the indisputable evidence against her, the burqa'ed civilizational
jihadist appealed -- and this past week, she won, all the while remaining
inside her cloth coffin. A new judge, Clive Jeffreys, bought her claim of
mistaken identity, and said that because she was wearing a burqa, there was
no certainty that Carnita Matthews was the same woman who falsely accused
the police officer. Jeffreys contradicted Rabbidge, saying: "I am not
satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that she made the complaint. Even if I was
satisfied that she made the complaint, I am not satisfied beyond reasonable
doubt that it was knowingly false."
The Muslims expressed their gratitude for this in their usual way: it was an
ugly scene. Australia's News.com.au reported: "More than a dozen Muslim
supporters linked arms and began chanting 'Allah Akbar' as they stormed out
of Downing Centre Court with Mrs Matthews concealed behind them. Tempers
rose and they began jostling with police after several members of the group
attacked cameramen." Matthews' dhimmi lawyer Stephen Hopper explained: "
They are obviously happy with the result and are expressing it in a way that
is culturally appropriate to them."
Attacking cameramen: "culturally appropriate" for Muslims.
By the way, the full face veil is not in fact a religious mandate in Islam.
The bottom line is that Muhammad said Muslim men should shroud their
chattel head to toe, but not cover their face and hands. Thus it is clear
that any woman who covers her face entirely is making a political statement,
not a religious one.
And that political statement should be illegal. The Elizabeth Smart case
should be the catalyst for such legislation; at a time when her face was
plastered on posters everywhere, Smart's captor covered her up in a burqa
and escaped detection for nine months. We have seen the weaponizing of the
veil: in 2007, Afghan authorities caught a woman who had hidden a bomb under
her burqa and was about to carry out a suicide jihad mission. We have seen
the use of the veil to commit crimes, escape detection, and even to kidnap
and rape young girls and keep them hidden. Many terrorists, criminals, and
fugitives have taken advantage of our spinelessness in facing the enemy.
Burqas are frequently worn to conceal explosive vests.
In a horrific incident in May 2008, a hero was killed in the line of duty:
Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, a Philadelphia police officer and father of three
children, was shot dead by three bank robbers. His dying words were "tell
my wife I'll miss her." He was 39 years old. The killers wore what the
local press at the time called "Muslim garb" -- that is, burqas. Their
faces were concealed. No one could even tell if they were men or women.
Put Carnita Matthews in jail. And ban the burqa.
Pamela Geller is the editor and publisher of the Atlas Shrugs website and
former associate publisher of the New York Observer. She is the author of
The Post-American Presidency. |
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