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Muslim bus driver locks passengers aboard as he stops to pray

A Muslim bus driver knelt in the aisle to pray for five minutes leaving bemused and anxious passengers trapped in ther seats.

By Heidi Blake
Published: 11:51AM GMT 08 Feb 2010

The driver pulled over without warning and rolled out a high-visibility jacket as a makeshift prayer mat before removing his shoes, turning to face Mecca and starting to chant in Arabic.

Passengers said they looked on in stunned silence, fearing the driver may be preparing for a terrorist attack on the bus. No one was able to get on or off the vehicle during the five-minute prayer session.

Gayle Griffiths, 33, complained to Transport for London (TfL) about the incident on the number 24 bus in Gospel Oak, north London, last week.

The mother-of-one from Camden, north west London, who had boarded the bus minutes earlier on her way home from work, said: “Everyone was looking round in a mix of shock and amazement.

“When he had finished, he just got back up and set off again – all without any explanation or apology. It was truly bizarre, ludicrous and aggravating.â€

Burqa-clad robbers hold up post office

Posted Sun Feb 7, 2010 9:22am AEDT
Updated Sun Feb 7, 2010 9:28am AEDT

Women wearing burqas walk past clothing stores in France.
Two burqa-wearing robbers have held up a French post office using a handgun concealed beneath an Islamic-style full veil, court officials said.

Officials said postal office staff let the pair through the security double doors of the banking branch near Paris, believing them to be veil-wearing Muslim women.

Once inside, the pair flipped back their head coverings and pulled out a gun.

They made off with 4,500 euros ($7,100) seized from the staff and customers of the branch in Athis Mons, just south of Paris, according to the online edition of Le Parisien newspaper.

Police have opened an investigation.

France is seeking to restrict use of the head-to-toe Islamic veil on the grounds it is incompatible with French values, after a parliament report called for a ban in schools, hospitals, government offices and public transport.

President Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing party has already presented a bill to make it illegal for anyone to cover their faces in public on security grounds.

Mr Sarkozy has declared the burqa "not welcome" in secular France and favours legislation to outlaw it, though he has warned against stigmatising Muslims.

According to the interior ministry, only around 1,900 women wear the burqa in France, which is home to Europe's biggest Muslim minority.

-AFP

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... 812378.htm

The bus driver should have been outright fired! What is wrong with the Brits these days? They allow Sharia law along with British law. They are allowing the largest mosque in the world to be built. What ever happened to the Brits with the stiff upper lip that conquered so many other nations and defended them throughout history.
I am happy the French are showing some backbone in standing up for their traditions.