Passport photo of girl, 5, banned 'in case it offends Muslims'

[Veiled Princess 1]

Why is it ok to offend everyone else but muslims?

First of all WHO said it was offensive to muslims? Some overpaid US govt employee???

Secondly, why is profiling and making bigoted remarks against anyone wrong unless it's against a muslim?

You see what this kind of thing causes? Muslims didn't have anything to do with this but now we are blamed for it.

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Why is it ok to offend everyone else but muslims?

First of all WHO said it was offensive to muslims? Some overpaid US govt employee???

What makes you think this call came from an overpaid US govt employee? Sounds to me like you haven't actually read the article.

[Fandango 1,440]

Why is it ok to offend everyone else but muslims?

First of all WHO said it was offensive to muslims? Some overpaid US govt employee???

No, a Royal Mail employee

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perhaps it's high time to create a microbe that eats clothes ...

Nightmare scenario:

Imagine the microbe reaching the "Adult Living" communities of southern Florida.

Imagine the ensuing chaos as the whole country goes blind.

[Veiled Princess 1]

Why is it ok to offend everyone else but muslims?

First of all WHO said it was offensive to muslims? Some overpaid US govt employee???

What makes you think this call came from an overpaid US govt employee? Sounds to me like you haven't actually read the article.

It says the clerk told them that.

[Fuzzness 2]

Why is it ok to offend everyone else but muslims?

First of all WHO said it was offensive to muslims? Some overpaid US govt employee???

Secondly, why is profiling and making bigoted remarks against anyone wrong unless it's against a muslim?

You see what this kind of thing causes? Muslims didn't have anything to do with this but now we are blamed for it.

Go back to the Danish cartoon incident. Muslims had nothing to do with the violent protests? From what I remember, they were protesting because they were offended.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Why is it ok to offend everyone else but muslims?

First of all WHO said it was offensive to muslims? Some overpaid US govt employee???

What makes you think this call came from an overpaid US govt employee? Sounds to me like you haven't actually read the article.

It says the clerk told them that.

Go read it again. Really. There is no US govt employee mentioned anywhere in the article.

[incanada1234 0]

Veiled Princess - making great points as always.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

I would have thought that the Muslim people have more important thing to be worried about that a photo of a 5 year old child wearing a summer top......

Just goes to show how very sad things are....

Kezzie

[ceriserose 1]

Why is it ok to offend everyone else but muslims?

First of all WHO said it was offensive to muslims? Some overpaid US govt employee???

What makes you think this call came from an overpaid US govt employee? Sounds to me like you haven't actually read the article.

It says the clerk told them that.

Go read it again. Really. There is no US govt employee mentioned anywhere in the article.

You don't even need to read it. I haven't. The link tells you where the story is.

Of course reading in a text-based environment is highly overrated.

[Risto 0]

Hannah Edwards: This is the picture the local post office rejected.

The post office assistant stunned Hannah Edwards's parents by claiming the skin exposed by her daughter's halter-neck dress would not be accepted by the Passport Office as it might prove unacceptable in a Muslim country.

The picture will be unacceptable in muslim country. Why you are mad at the post office clerk?

[Jenn! 918]

The picture will be unacceptable in muslim country. Why you are mad at the post office clerk?

Because of this:

'Bare shoulders don't come into that at all. We can't see any instruction to that effect so all we can do is apologise to Mrs Edwards. It was clearly a mistake made by the clerk.

What do you care if the picture is unacceptable in a Muslim country? I don't understand what there is to be upset about in this story. A mistake was made, situation cleared up, bare-shouldered passport pictures are still acceptable in the U.S., end of story.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

...bare-shouldered passport pictures are still acceptable in the U.S., end of story.

This story does not pertain to the US at all.

[JenT 0]

I wonder if this mother realizes that her child's picture is now appearing on web sites like this....

I would be more upset about THAT.

[Jenn! 918]

...bare-shouldered passport pictures are still acceptable in the U.S., end of story.

This story does not pertain to the US at all.

ok, U.K. It still holds that it is not an issue in a non-Muslim country. So what's the problem?