(Canada) YouTube veil video sparks airline safety probe

[alp227]

Source: CBC News

Federal Transport Minister John Baird is probing whether airlines are following the rules requiring staff to see the faces of all passengers, including those wearing veils.

The move comes after a recent YouTube video posted by a British man. It appears to show two women in veils passing through an Air Canada departure gate in Montreal last month who were not asked to remove their veils to check their faces against their passports.

However, there is cause for caution because the video has been heavily edited. It's not clear what happened before or after the sequence posted.

The video is shot from a side angle. A man shows up at the boarding gate with four women and hands over their passports. They go through the gate, including two of the veiled women. They're not wearing hijabs — the partial Muslim scarf — but full veils that block everything but the eyes.

Baird said such actions pose a serious threat to the security of the air travelling public.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/02/veil-video002.html

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(sigh) here we go again yet with airline security concerns helping fuel Islamophobia. Especially "because the video has been heavily edited" and uploaded on Youtube by a British man. Hmm, could be one of Andrew Breitbart's buddies?

The video is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAB1GffSSZc

[uppityperson]

1. How is making sure the person is the one on the ticket Islamophobia?

Edited to add quote from OP

Seems if they are checking everyone, everyone should be checked. "Baird said there are procedures in place to verify the identity of anyone who has his or her face covered. The approach is consistent with international standards, regardless of culture or religion."

I have no comment on the video since I'm not watching it and editing can change what it seems to chow.

[alp227]

2. This video provides the impression that Muslim women won't follow security procedure.

I don't think it's anti-Islam or anti-religious in any matters just to do basic security procedures, but this video provided the impression that Muslim women could evade security.

[uppityperson]

3. In the way of "oh those uppity Muslim women, thinking they can get by with

making us less secure" sort of thing? Bah to propaganda.