Woman Veil Black

Muslims who sincerely believe in the use of the niqab or burka have long struggled to convince the non-Muslim population that there is no need for fear or suspicion: that beneath the dark concealing veil there is not an enemy, merely a modest woman. It must be causing deep dismay to know that one of the 21/7 terrorists, Yassim Omar, used a burka to escape; that in the Pakistan Mosque siege a leader tried to escape similarly disguised; and that in Sarajevo a fortnight ago male bank robbers got away with $48000 dressed in burkas. Meanwhile a Muslim woman juror has been done for contempt of court in London listening to an MP3 player beneath her hijab.