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Islamic cleric wears a burqa. Should law enforcement expect to see the use of niqabs or burqas in crimes?
See the link to Yahoo Photos of an Islamic Cleric wearing a burqa in his getaway attempt. http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070704/photos_wl_pc_afp/94b203418aa6e4916dc7500f12a2abcd A grab of Ajj TV shows, in circle, Abdul Aziz, chief cleric of the Red Mosque, as he is surrounded by security officials after his arrest near The Red Mosque in Islamabad. Pakistani security forces arrested Aziz as he tried to flee while disguised in an all-covering women's burqa on Wednesday, officials said
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- A burqa is a female form of dress..there are NO female clerics in the Muslim faith. Definitions of Burqa on the Web: Veil (a voluminous head-to-toe covering with a mesh grid over the eyes) www.rawa.org/glossary.html a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Two different items of traditional Muslim women's clothing are known as a burqa, (sometimes misspelled as burka or burqua). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burqa Male cleric wear caftans or thobes or similar dress.
