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Security profiling of Muslims at British airports generate mixed reactions | Singling out of Muslim passengers for security profiling at airports has generated mixed reactions among
the British-Muslim population. British Muslim MP Khalid Mahmood said that it is
reasonable for Muslims to be singled out for extra airport security measures following
the Detroit bomb attempt. "I think most people would rather be profiled than blown
up. It wouldn't be victimisation of an entire community. I think people will understand
that it is only through something like profiling that there will be some kind
of safety," The Telegraph quoted Mahmood, as saying. "If people want to fly safely
we have to take measures to stop things like the Christmas Day plot. Profiling
may have to be the price we have to pay. The fact is the majority of people who
have carried out or planned these terror attacks have been Muslims," he added.
However, some groups objected to any such move for fear of alienating large sections
of the community. Massoud Shadjareh, the chairman of the Islamic Human Rights
Commission, said: "It's not true that all terrorists are Muslims. Any such measure
would not only alienate people, it would also be ineffective in terms of stopping
terrorists. What's to stop them dressing up as orthodox Jews in order to evade
profiling-based searches?" Meanwhile, the Airport Operators Association and BAA,
the UK's largest airport operator, said they were in favour of passenger profiling.
While the UK Border Agency says that profiling is one of the security measures
used in the case of people coming into Britain, the Department of Transport refuses
to say whether it is used on passengers leaving the country. |
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