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Sunday, February 22, 2009

U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Fights Credit Unions' Crime Prevention Efforts

Some stereotypes are true, when people come into banks they tend to disguise their identity from the security Cameras. That's the reason behind many US Credit Unions restricting their customers from wearing hats, hoods or sunglasses (I assume the stockings over their heads would be out also).

Not everyone is comfortable with those restrictions, The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), "child" of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood, sugar daddy for the terrorist group Hamas, and un-indicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Terror trial feels that the restriction of head covers is anti-Muslim.

Then again, maybe a group that supports homicide bombing should also support Bank Robbers.  Read More below:

Credit union says ‘take off your hat' 
By Clay Barbour

In an effort to deter bank robbers, an area credit union will become among the state's first financial institutions to restrict their customers from wearing hats, hoods or sunglasses.

Officials with the Carolina Federal Credit Union said last week that beginning March 2, it will institute new regulations requiring customers remove head coverings before entering their buildings.

Those who refuse will not be turned away, but won't be able to conduct business with the regular tellers. Instead, they will be monitored and served at a location near the front of the branch.

“This program will provide a safer environment for members and employees,” said Donna Beringer, CFCU president. “The simple act of removing hats, hoods, and sunglasses in the credit union will not only help deter would-be robbers, it makes it much easier to identify and capture anyone that chooses to perpetrate fraud.”

The policy's concession is aimed at customers who wear religious headgear, such as Jewish men wearing yarmulkes or Muslim women wearing hijabs. But they too would only be helped at the front.

“So we will be separate but equal,” said Rose Hamid, head of the Muslim Women of the Carolinas. “That is absolutely unacceptable. I would find that offensive and I would do everything I could to make sure it does not go through.”

Bank robberies are common. And according to experts, they tend to go up during times of economic hardship. Though, oddly, this year bank robberies have dropped.

Hundreds of banks and credit unions across the country have instituted the “No hats, no glasses, no hoods” policy, including agencies in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma and Florida.

This month, a Muslim woman was denied service at the Community Bank of the Bay in Oakland, Calif., where officials had recently instituted the policy. The ensuing controversy forced the bank to release an official apology.

“We understand what is behind this,” said Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “But this is such a broad and vague policy that it will inevitably lead to problems.”

The council, based in Washington, D.C., is the country's largest Muslim advocacy group. Hooper said officials there have just recently started hearing about the “no hats” policy. He said it fails to address several issues, such as what to do about cancer victims wearing scarves, nuns wearing habits or blind people wearing glasses.

“Will they cordon them all off,” he said.

CFCU's Security Officer, Erin Williams, said the program is meant to assist law enforcement officers in their investigations of robberies, as well as cases of fraud and forgery.

“Anyone who walks into the office and does not abide by this policy will be watched more closely and know that they are being watched,” she said.

2 comments:

Subvet said...

"He said it fails to address several issues, such as what to do about cancer victims wearing scarves,(how many of them do you figure have the energy to stand in a credit union line? Bet they'd appreciate a special, and probably shorter, line in front.) nuns wearing habits (The type of nun wearing a habit probably observes a vow of poverty and gets her allowance from the Mother Superior of the convent, not too many of them either and they'd just offer it up for the suffering souls in Purgatory.) or blind people wearing glasses (Uh-huh, If they're blind they came in with an escort or seeing-eye dog. They'd stick out like a sore thumb and would appreciate being directed to a particular teller.)

Good old Ibby Hooper, playing to the gallery as usual and proving Islam really does make you stupid.

Anonymous said...

Uh, Islam mandates gender apartheid but you have a problem with "separate but equal [apartheid]?" So it's the equality that's the problem, clearly. Duly noted.

The MSAs are going to be mad when they find out that CAIR is trying to undo the Jim Crow laws they've dedicated themselves to re-instituting all these years.

No slave rags in banks. Period.

And what's up with the yarmulke reference? Like a bald spot is an identifying feature or something.