| #1 Achmed was returning to work one morning with two black eyes. His workmates were understandably curious: "Achmed, what happened to you?!?" "It was the darndest thing! I was at the mosque yesterday, and this fat lady stood up in front of me. You know how a burqa can get stuck in the crack of the butt of a fat lady? It looked funny. I figured she wouldn't like that, so I just reached over and pulled it out with a little tug. Next thing I know, she spins around and socks me one!" "Oy ve, you got TWO black eyes in one blow?" "Naw. After she turned back around, I figured she was angry that I pulled her burqa out of her crack, so I tried to poke it back in...." |
An Australian Muslim woman, sought consent to keep her face and head covered while appearing as a witness at an upcoming trial on Thursday and was denied the permission by the judge. Western Australia state District Court Judge Shauna Deane ruled on Thursday that it would be inappropriate for the woman to be completely veiled, as the jury should not be impeded in its ability to assess her demeanor. She is a prosecution witness in a case against the director of a company, Anwar Sayed, that ran a Muslim women's college in Perth.