The Noor Ul Islam Women Advisory Board has instigated a petition against the compulsory use of Body scanners at the airports.
These body scanners produce an image of the naked body and detect any metal objects.
Currently, these are being used at Terminal Four, Heathrow airport and passengers selected must go through a body scan.
Our concerns largely stem from the intrusion of privacy this poses to us as individuals. We are calling for the British government to reconsider the introduction of body scanners.
Our grounds for this opposition are to do with human privacy and dignity, these scans will produce virtual 3D images leaving nothing to the imagination. We are asking for the personal privacy and dignity of the individual to be maintained. There is no guarantee that the images will not be stored and viewed by the opposite gender. We must prevent our right to privacy being taken away from us. The European Parliament has not approved the use body scanners and we must show our support for this opposition.
The introduction of body scanners has been in the name of increased security to prevent attacks, however there is no substantial evidence to suggest that these scanners are effective.
We therefore call upon the government to look at security measures other than body scanners.
The attached petition should be completed and sent to Noor Ul Islam Women Advisory Board by 28th February 2010. This petition will be sent to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
As pointed out by one of our readers, there is also an online petition (not by Noor Ul Islam) at the following address which should also be publicised:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Body-Scans/
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February 1st, 2010 at 10:30 am
Please include my support for this petition.
Regards
February 1st, 2010 at 10:34 am
As human beings, we are entitled to preserve our dignity. The use of body scanners is a henious violation of human rights, as such, I join everyone else in this petition who opposses its use.
February 1st, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Asslam-Alay-Qum
Yes brothers please add me in this, coz this against all Human rights rules and regulations …. I also wanna join to appose this…..
Allah Hafiz
February 1st, 2010 at 2:31 pm
We have to do all we can within our democratic power to put a stop this violation of human rights. For this, I call upon all fair minded British citizens to oppose this from going ahead.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:09 pm
I am totally against the idea of body scans which produce the naked images of the body. Yes I agree with the security of the human being. In this advance age and time there should other kinds of equipments to be used for this purpose which preserve the respect and dignity of all the human fellows, irrespetive to their religion and creed.
February 1st, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Another example of the big brother state we live in.
February 1st, 2010 at 9:30 pm
This is another attack on human liberty, privacy and freedom, and it must be stoped. I request all liberal minded people to come forward and oppose it’s implementation.
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Please add me in this
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:31 pm
As Salaamu alaikum
On the top of this page this is a petition document you can download. We are advising people to download this, get as many people to sign it and then return to Noor Ul Islam (713 High Road, Leyton, London E10 5AB) by the end of February.
If all readers can help, we can get many more signatures this way.
Was Salaamu alaikum
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:13 pm
include my support in this
February 6th, 2010 at 6:45 am
Assalamoualaikum,
well, this is the wrong side of “Technology” and the evil side. I believe there should be other means of securtiy check instead in order to protect ones privacy. Please i beg all of you to join this petition.
thanks
February 6th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Yes, count me in too. This has to stop,their going to far.. If we do not act now, it could get worse. May Allah Ta’ala help us. Ameen.
February 7th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Yes count me in too. May Allah help us. Ameen
February 8th, 2010 at 10:11 am
yes i would strongly feel my privacy is being invaded in such away. and i would want strong grounds to be searched if that were the case.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Assalamoualaikum,
I want to be part of this petition, Ish’allah Allah(swt) will protect us from this, for the sake of us Muslims an those who want to protect our dignity.
Ameen
February 8th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
yes i would also like to be a part of this petition, May Allah help all the Muslims in this petition! Ameen!
February 13th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
No. i would not like to be part of this PETITION.because the security is first.there is no any ISSUES to make muslim or none muslim
THANK YOU
February 16th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
i would like to be part of this petition, may allah keep us strong and united to put forth our voice in the global happenings. Ameen
March 5th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Please add me in this, we need to keep our dignity and our respect.
March 7th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Salam alaikum, I would like to suggest the admin team to start an e-petition, which can be more easily forwarded and many many more people could sign the petition before sending it to the Prime Minister. I suppose most women would support this and they do not have time to travel to all their friends all over the country. I could email it to at least 30 sisters who are in contact with many others, that`s easily a 100 names within few days…
Please consider this suggestion, in the past I participated in many e-petitions which were succesful. May Allah reward you for your effort to forbid evil and enjoin good.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Assalamu alaikum, alhamdulillah somebody has already started the online petition on the `official site of the Prime Minister’s Office`.
See below, copy, paste and send to your contacts.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Body-Scans/