Airport Body Scanner (AP / Cynthia Boll)
Dubai Airport authorities have rejected the use of controversial full body scanners at the Emirates’ airports as they violate ethical principles relevant to Islāmic culture. In addition to raising a number of questions pertaining to ethical concerns, the device will encroach upon the passengers personal privacy, not acceptable by many. “The use of such a device violates personal privacy and it raises a very sensitive issue for passengers, in addition to the fact that it does not complement our national ethics,” Dubai airport security chief Brig Ahmed bin Thani has said.
“The acquisition of such devices is based on the decision of every member state of the ICAO and is not a mandatory measure instructed by them,” he said.
Bin Thani asserted that sufficient security measures have been taken care of at the airport to keep the travellers safe and if required they may install face detection technology in the future to further enhance safety measures.
Controversial issues have cropped up in the US addressing full body scans as security staff at the airport get to view an X-Ray image of the passenger through the scanner. The device is able to see through the clothing to the outer layer of the skin with a special software that masks certain body areas. Although the need for a pat down search is eliminated, passengers, especially women are bound to feel uncomfortable during full body scans. Currently, a pat down search has been offered as an option at US airports.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rules in favor of the technology with full-body scanners installed at many US, Canadian and European airports with 1,000 scanners due to be operational in the US by 2011.
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When it comes to culture, they will consider it first before any thing else.. thats there culture you must accept it if your here in middle east.
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Most women of all cultures (including myself) feel very uncomfortable about being “strip scanned”, so this is not only a concern of Islamic values and the Arab culture. Besides, DXB Int’l has a good reputation of being among the safest airports in the world. I know the Direcor General of Airport Security in Dubai to be a well-educated and well-travelled gentleman with a good comprehension of western cultures and values, who is very dedicated to safety and security standards and who does not believe in “burqas and nonsense stuff”. You should know, Shakira, that burqas are worn in Afghanistan. In Dubai, women woho are free to dress any way they like to dress.
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I think one has to respect the different nationalitys in the world and their cultures especially visiting it and I think that scaning is a violation of ones Freedom like camara in certain places.
The so-called device, (Body scanner) is NOT needed… Becuase, In Islam it is totally Violation of others’ rights.
like that, we have to respect each other and do our best to tell others to know the Value of Human that all mentioned in Quran
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