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Update: Can Australian Police Look Under Muslim Veil? New Law Says Yes

In Australia, New South Wales passed a law that would allow police officers to request a Muslim female driver remove her face veil for identification purposes.

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell said the cabinet approved the decision on Monday to allow proper identification of motorists:

“I don’t care whether a person is wearing a motor cycle helmet, a burqa, niqab, face veil or anything else, the police should be allowed to require those people to make their identification clear.”

While Australian Federal law prohibits restraint on the free exercise of religion, analysts say there is no such restraint on the passage of a state law.

A couple of weeks ago, The Blaze covered the case that has spawned all this legal wrangling here. Carnita Matthews, a Muslim woman, refused during a traffic stop to remove the face veil on her burka. She then claimed the police officer tried to rip it off of her.

A video captured that incident, which was used to convict Matthews of making a deliberately false statement. As a result, she was sentenced to six months in jail.

On appeal, however, a judge overturned that verdict because he could not determine that Matthews was definitively the person who made the claim. She had her Burka on and was not positively identified at the time.

CNN has more:

This new law will likely prevent — or at least limit — uncertainty when incidents between Muslim women and law enforcement officials occur.

Comments (69)

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  • DYNA
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 10:19pm

    The veils must interfere with peripheral vision.

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 10:10pm

    Just by exposing these oppressed and brutalized women to western culture the burqa will become a thing of the past within a few decades. At least in theory. Never underestimate the power of sex, freedom and individual rights (women’s rights). Its a potent combination for young people to rebel against the religion of their parents as I’m sure most Christians here will attest.

    I wish more people would look at Islam with the desire to help its followers evolve and become more enlightened and less religious instead of declaring them all “the enemy” that needs to be eradicated. Its just not a good tactical approach in this conflict in which we find ourselves. Ideas are most important.

    Freedom is an idea. Religion is an idea. They tend not to go together too well. Yet they both must exist wihout trammelling the other. It is a tricky formula.

    We in the West are lightyears ahead of the Arab countries. Not just in our societies and institutions but in our knowledge and understanding of basic inherent freedoms and rights (yes that includes the tea party and the progressives).

    “Bottom up, top down and inside out” is a great way to spread any idea.

    Use it to spread freedom. Use it against theocratic Islam and its veil of repression will fall!

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 10:00pm

    It is about as assinine you can get to require someone to have their picture on a driver’s license and then not be able to identify them because they are wearing an ugly black burqa!

    There is nothing in Islam that requires these women to wear burqas. It was imposed on them by the male supremacist Imams in the treacherous Muslim Brotherhood who want absolute control over all Muslim women. This is not a religious requirement. It is the requirement of male Muslim Supremacists who control all aspects of the Muslim women‘s life under the Imam’s false Sharia.

    Hopefully this sort of thing won’t happen in America if we wise up and completely outlaw Sharia, which would be treason if it was imposed anywhere in America, and try everyone in Hamas-linked sugar-coated CAIR in court for treason for litigating us to death and attempting to impose Sharia on America.

    The U.S. Constitution is the law of our land and imposing Sharia would be advocating the overthrow of our government and the U.S. Constitution which would be treasonous. It is no wonder that the Progressive Left and the Islamists want to make our U.S. Constitution null and void! They want to replace it with brutal Sharia!

    Hey, now that would send us back to the Stone Age. In fact the Stone Age was more humane than the 21st Century under Islam where they carry the cut off hands and feet around on skewers and stone women to death for what the Male Supremacists do on a regular basis!

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on July 6, 2011 at 10:37pm

      SilentReader
      I’m a leftist Progressive, and I do not want to impose Sharia on America. I’m pretty sure most of us don’t. However, we also don’t want to “try everyone in Hamas-linked sugar-coated CAIR in court for treason for litigating us to death.” Advocating changing the law is not illegal or treasonous, it is a precious right, even if people use it to advocate changes that neither you or I would like to see.

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  • Gypsy One
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:51pm

    I don’t think I would want to look under there….

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:54pm

      for the Facial recognition software so we can all
      be categorized and have every hair on our head counted

      Satan Laughs and spreads his wings….

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  • wisehiney
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:42pm

    May the fools who support this crap be the one’s to suffer the consequences.

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  • vtech61
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:38pm

    Bottom line follow up.
    THEY are coming out of the dark ages and the old mullahs will get over it.

    Go on youtube and see how the youth over there have fun.
    The mullahs are NOT winning the hearts and minds.
    THEY (the people) want to be like us.

    It’s kind of like the unions in their last throws.
    (They are losing and FREEDOM is winning)..
    They too will pass and those folks over there will overcome.

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    • notreally
      Posted on July 7, 2011 at 6:19am

      You don‘t know what you’re talking about.

      -1/29/07 Daily Telegraph UK: 40% of Muslims, ages 16 to 24, want Sharia law; 13% admire al-Qaeda; 36% believe apostates should be executed; 75% believe that women should wear veils.
      -5/22/07 Reuters: 25% of young American Muslims believe in suicide bombings to fight the West.
      -7/10/07 worldpress.org: Poll of Muslims in Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan and Indonesia indicates that 75% believe in strict application of Sharia law.
      -7/27/08 Sunday Times UK: 33% of Muslim students support killing for islam; 33% want world Islamic law.
      -12/5/10 LA Times: A new Pew Research Center poll shows that majorities in Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Nigeria would favor changing the current laws to allow stoning as a punishment for adultery, hand amputation for theft and death for those who convert from Islam to another religion. All of this, under Sharia law.
      -1/30/09 Times UK: Muslim population multiplied 10 times faster than the rest of society.
      -7/10/10 Sunday Times, UK: Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain, with Sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases.

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  • vtech61
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:33pm

    All I know is that I knew some pretty hot Arabian girls
    when I live in Saudi Arabia.
    Back in the late 70′s, they didn’t want to (and many didn’t) wear burkas or veils.

    The old school Muslims were NOT to happy about it.
    But most the indigenous people loved it. :-)

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  • Cymry
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:28pm

    The “veil” of secrecy concerning barry soetoro’s ineligibility to be potus is about to be lifted. orly taitz finally got her subpoena for his manufactured “birth certificate” by the federal district court in hawaii. the muslim/marxist soetoro will probably want to wear a burka for disguise as he sneeks out the back door of the white house before he is kicked out the front door.

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  • Dinkiecb
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:22pm

    Don’t like the law. .. go home back to where ya came from and stay the hell there..

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  • jason1974
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:21pm

    OnToppaThat
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:15pm
    wow….common sense

    now lets try that here

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  • kindling
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:21pm

    Men wear burqa to sneek bombs into crowds. I think they should be outlawed in western countries.

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  • Wishkah
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:20pm

    @tower7femacamp…. why do you feel it necessary to try and hijack every thread for your own spam?

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  • tower7femacamp
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:17pm

    Mary mother of Jesus wore a Veil as did most women
    back then.

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    • hillbillyinny
      Posted on July 7, 2011 at 12:17am

      Mary, Mother of Jesus, didn’t drive a car wearing a veil!

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    • margo7000
      Posted on July 7, 2011 at 11:29am

      Dude….If Jesus were here I’m sure we would all be humbled.,…..

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  • ofallon
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:16pm

    Good news but I hope the police wear flak jackets before they pull back the veil.

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  • OnToppaThat
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:15pm

    wow….common sense

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  • V-MAN MACE
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:15pm

    The police can violate anything they want to violate…IN A POLICE STATE ON A PRISON PLANET!

    RESIST!

    We are INNOCENT until PROVEN GUILTY!

    Only a court of law can prove guilt!

    They have no right to “investigate” further than the word of the CONSTITUTION allows!

    4th Amendment!

    RESIST THE NAZI POLICE STATE!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVVfed4cpA

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:10pm

    Some people of Walmart should consider the veil.

    http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/photos/page/15

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  • whatthecrazy
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:08pm

    she should have to remove her scarf and if she doesnt like it she should move back to where ever she is oridginally from . peace out

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  • BuckleUpAmerica
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:08pm

    when in rome

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  • 101
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:07pm

    Thats racist to look under a veil, Muslims are not subject to searches just ask TSA

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    • The Patriot
      Posted on July 7, 2011 at 1:21pm

      The problem is any one, man or woman, muslim or not can hide behind a burka. I have had to give up some of my freedom because a some muslims. now Muslims must give up some. Don’t like it go some where else. Your people started this your people need to stop this war or suffer the consequences

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  • godhatesacoward
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:06pm

    good. criminals are criminals and can not hide behind religion to protect them.

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  • CanDan
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:05pm

    Why are they driving with a Burka on anyway?

    I guess we call all drive with a Baklava on, go to the bank, visit local politicians office.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on July 6, 2011 at 10:21pm

      CanDan
      Why are they driving with a Burka on anyway?
      I guess we call all drive with a Baklava on, go to the bank, visit local politicians office.

      No you can’t, because a baklava is a gooey Turkish pastry drenched with honey. A balaclava is a ski mask, and you can drive with one because it doesn’t limit your field of vision the way some chadris do, though I don’t recommend going into the bank with it on.

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    • DeepSouthernMan
      Posted on July 7, 2011 at 3:22am

      Baklava is dessert…the word is balaclava.

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  • Wishkah
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:05pm

    about bloody time some sense ruled… I can only hope that this law starts to spread throughout the free lands that still exist

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:02pm

    Will they like what they see under the veil?

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  • tower7femacamp
    Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:01pm

    Many Americans continue to fool themselves into accepting TSA abuse by saying “I don’t mind giving up my freedoms for security.” In fact, they are giving up their liberties and not receiving security in return. Last week, for example, just days after an elderly cancer victim was forced to submit to a cruel and pointless TSA search, including removal of an adult diaper, a Nigerian immigrant somehow managed stroll through TSA security checks and board a flight from New York to LA — with a stolen, expired boarding pass and an out-of-date student ID as his sole identification! He was detained and questioned, only to be released to do it again 5 days later! We should not be surprised to find government ineptitude and indifference at the TSA.
    http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-abolish-the-tsa-stop-abuses-and-failures/

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    • Edct
      Posted on July 6, 2011 at 11:16pm

      People with rags on their heads that are trying to kill innocent people because they are smarter than the ignorant infidels, who believe in a false god alla and a satanically posessed messenger mud HAM id, should all be checked for bombs.

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    • fastfacts
      Posted on July 6, 2011 at 11:58pm

      WELL CAN FRANCE BAN VEILS ALL TOGETHER, WELL YES THEY CAN, AND YES THEY DID.

      There have been numerous female suicide bombers hiding under the veil. There are numerous males who have hidden under the veil to do horrendous things. There have been numerous times that Muslims have called bigotry when someone is asked about the hajib or veil.

      Remember the women coming into RightOnline and accusing them of discrimination. It was PJ TV that confronted them and their little supporter to find out they knew nothing of what they spoke about: here is the clip: http://tiny.cc/1ao01

      How is it that we should allow it. The TSA is nervous to search them, the police let women off because they are wearing them. They may work in the Middle East, sometimes not even there, but they do not really work in the US, not since Muslim Radicals declared war on the USA.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on July 7, 2011 at 12:36am

      strip them!

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on July 7, 2011 at 3:10am

      In France they can’t wear any face-covering veil out in public–period. All but the extremists are happy about this. The Sarkozy administration justified the new law citing security, women’s rights, and national identity. Go Sarkozy!

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on July 7, 2011 at 5:32am

      I just don’t fly. I’ll ride my motorcycle until that is taken away, too.
      As to the muslim, make her lift the damn skirt to see if she has any explosives under it. She can wear pants to save her supposed pride.

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