Met Police Cricket Team Allowed To Return Muslim Shoes ‘With Interest’
TO you hobnail boots, ski boots, jackboots, clogs and more as the Times reports that Muslims are allowed to throw footware, it being part of their culture. Cricket-mad coppers are not allowed to field the shoes and toss them back, although members of the Met Police XI should be if the Muslim chucker is out of his crease.
Christians are not allowed to throw shoes. Althogh the jury is out on sandals and toe-jam…
SCOTLAND YARD has bowed to Islamic sensitivities and accepted that Muslims are entitled to throw shoes in ritual protest — which could have the unintended consequence of politicians or the police being hit.
The concession has already been taken up enthusiastically by Muslim demonstrators, who pelted Downing Street with shoes in protest at the Israeli bombing of Gaza last year.
Can Blue Peter collect the shoes for a charity apepal?
Dozens of ski-boots and clogs were also hurled at the US consulate in Edinburgh in a related protest, in which three policemen sustained minor injuries.
Marjan Kalhor started a trend. Muntadhar al-Zaidi was right (and left).
Posted: 13th, April 2010 | In: Reviews Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink
