"For the courts to allow someone to keep their licence when they have so blatantly flouted the law and put peoples' lives at risk, on the basis of an excuse such as this, is astonishing."
Indeed. And apparently not a peep was made by the court about his having two wives. Sharia Alert, and another addition to our You Can't Make This Stuff Up File. "Muslim is spared a speeding ban so he can drive between his two wives," from the Evening Standard:
When it comes to avoiding a ban for speeding, the courts hear every excuse in the book.
But yesterday one motorist offered what must be a unique reason why he should keep his licence.
Mohammed Anwar said a ban would make it difficult to commute between his two wives and fulfil his matrimonial duties.
His lawyer told a Scottish court the Muslim restaurant owner has one wife in Motherwell and another in Glasgow - he is allowed up to four under his religion - and sleeps with them on alternate nights.
He also needed his driving licence to run his restaurant in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Airdrie Sheriff Court had heard that Anwar was caught driving at 64mph in a 30mph zone in Glasgow, fast enough to qualify for instant disqualification.
Anwar admitted the offence, but Sheriff John C. Morris accepted his plea not to be banned and allowed him to keep his licence.
Instead, he was fined £200 and given six penalty points.
Lorna Jackson, from the road safety charity Brake, called the decision "astonishing".
She said: "Regardless of the number of wives or businesses this man drives to, he broke a law which is there to protect everyone.
"Travelling just a few miles over the limit in a 30mph zone can be the difference between life and death if you hit someone, let alone driving at more than twice the speed limit.
"Drivers know the law, and they know the punishment they could face when they break it.
"For the courts to allow someone to keep their licence when they have so blatantly flouted the law and put peoples' lives at risk, on the basis of an excuse such as this, is astonishing."
Anwar, wearing a suit and an open-neck shirt, had made no comment during his five-minute court appearance, apart from confirming his identity.
But last night, speaking from his restaurant Sanam, he said: "It is true I have two wives.
"Muslim men are allowed up to four. But I am not a religious leader and it is not my place to comment.
"As a matter of respect to my wives I would not comment on my home life.
"The sheriff did not ban me because I need my licence to run my business, although my wives were also part of the decision."
The court had heard that Anwar was on his way home from Falkirk to his Glasgow wife on August 21, 2007, when he was caught by city police using a hand-held speed camera.
His lawyer, Paul Nicolson, said: "He realises his licence is at risk, but this is an unusual case and is very anxious to keep his driving licence.
"He has one wife in Motherwell and another in Glasgow and sleeps with one one night and stays with the other the next on an alternate basis.
"Without his driving licence he would be unable to do this on a regular basis.
Awwww.
I am speechless. I am left thinking that cannot possibly be the country of my Highland ancestry.
I guess it was cheaper than assigning a permanent private chauffeur (free, of course)to cart him around.
/sarc
sarcasm on/
This is a good test case for the new Eurabia.
If Mr. Anwar had carelessly run down a pedestrian, he could then argue by extention of this precedent that sharia allows him privilege to injure infidels.
"Without his driving licence he would be unable to do this on a regular basis." --The Mohammedan's Scottish lawyer, Paul Nicolson.
So, tell us, Paul, when exactly did you become a dhimmi?
There's a road safety advert on UK TV which features a child who says "If you hit me at 40mph, there is an 80% chance I will die. If you hit me at 30mph, there is an 80% chance I will live". The message ends with "It's 30mph for a reason"
We could now have...
"If you hit me at 64 mph, never mind, I'm just an infidel child and we wouldn't want to inconvenience a bigamist"
This is stunning. Apparently Britain is out to beat India for the most dhimmi country award.
I didn't know polygamy was legal in UK. Apparently not only it is, but from the tone of the article pretty acceptable.
Two points are interesting here:
* he's got two wives ... but neither is capable of driving him? Ah - good muslim wives don't drive cars, of course. Is there something wrong with his or their legs? Can they not walk? Is walking against Sharia laws now?
* it must be obvious why so many, who can only be described as 'lowlife', are converting to Islam, in prisons and outside: they get preferential treatment in prison, and get more lenient sentences from the law courts. Who wouldn't become a lowlife muslim, with those prospects?
Lads and lassies, it's enough we hae to defend the haggis, now this?
Now if you're just a Scot dhimmi, you can only have one wife. If you are a member of the Islamic overlords, you can have up to four wives. We're all equal under the law. Oops, I forgot. Unless it's Sharia Law.
You know old Mohammed Anwar could solve his problem by moving the ladies into the same house. Cut your expenses, Mo and think of all the money you'd save on gasoline. Just trying to help.......
Unless you think your wives won't get along. You did tell that you have two wives, didn't you?
"So, tell us, Paul, when exactly did you become a dhimmi?"
...from post above
Nicolson is no a dhimmi. He is a whore. There is a difference.
The joys of multiculturalism!
Infidel33,
I was scrolling down to post the exact same thing. I imagine he sleeps well at night thinking he had a "duty" to provide the "best" defense possible.
Haggis (oatmeal and offal boiled in a sheep's stomach) is no longer the most revolting thing in Scotland.
Regardless of the excuse,there's no rational justification for allowing 64mph in a 30 zone. The wives aren't going anywhere and wouldn't realistically have much of a say in the timing of his movements anyhow. This is merely a hands off approach taken by the court and sheriff John C. Morris to avoid legal trouble with Muslim advocacy groups. About the best possibility to come out of this is negative press for his business,should potential clients decide to hit him in the wallet,assuming their not exclusively Muslim patrons naturally. That's before we even speak of the polygamy issue. So it is legal in Scotland? Ah, yes only for some,separate codes of unspoken law and all.
So why have laws?
Hey everyone drive as fast as you please.
Wheee
Insanity.
William Wallace, Scotland needs your brave heart now.
"As a matter of respect to my wives"
Oh, that's rich.
Similar excuses will be good when Muslims dominate the entire world.
I'd like to see non-muslims have two wives and then claim discrimination if they are arrested for bigamy.
I'd like to see non-muslims have two wives and then claim discrimination if they are arrested for bigamy.
I'd like to see non-muslims have two wives and then claim discrimination if they are arrested for bigamy.
His lawyer told a Scottish court the Muslim restaurant owner has one wife in Motherwell and another in Glasgow - he is allowed up to four under his religion - and sleeps with them on alternate nights.
64mph in a 30mph zone with two wives.
This means with the permissible four wives he could keep his license driving 128mph in a 30mph zone.
I mean, the more wives, the faster you can come and go.
This should also work. Your Honour, I have six girlfriends and I must see them all each night. I also have a Porsche dealership and panel beating business to look after. You understand, don't you?
Wait a minute, you all don't understand: muslims are supposed to be able to do whatever they want, and we're all supposed to step aside and let them do it.
Didn't you learn anything in school?
Call it the "Captain's Paradise" defense.
Oh for what Monty Python or 'The Goodies' would have made of this!!
Or Scotland's own beloved Robbie Burns who had a scurrilous tongue upon him when he chose.
Ridicule. Huge, steaming, heaping, bucketfuls of ridicule and rage ought to be poured upon the pompous absurdity of a Mohammedan who thinks he can bend the rules of Scotland to suit his lordly self; and upon the craven folly of a court - a SCOTTISH COURT, OH THE SHAME OF IT (I speak as one who is half-Scots by ancestry) - that let the b****d get away with it!!
Two wives at the same time is illegal in Scotland, last I heard.
If two wives at the same time is illegal for a Scot, it's illegal for a Mohammedan living in Scotland.
Out with him! Out with them!
Very nice. One crime being overlooked by the courts so he can continue committing another crime, which he admitted to the courts. Excellent.
Infidel33, good point. I think the word "dhimmi" is overused in some circles -- the real ones are kept down for generations by a real threat of violence and destitution. Many of them deserve respect just for surviving. These western collaborators are traitors and, as you put it, whores, and it is a disservice to real dhimmies to use this word for western opportunists. Kinda disservice to real whores to apply that term to the traitors as well, but never mind.
Thanks for the movie tip, Hugh, I'll watch Alec Guinness in anything.
I used to have a truck-driving cousin-in-law with a wife in Wyoming and then a parallel one in Texas. All was well until the truck driver's nice old Jewish mom got a Mother's Day card from each wife.
Just imagine polygamy as being the next liberation for progressives, along with paedophilia, homosexuality, bestiality and other sundry pairings traditionally frowned upon by Christendom.
The fact that Islamics as a matter of religion demand death penalties for homosexuals, does not change the basic fact that Christians are the enemy, and therefore following that arabic canard that has been in vogue since the first Gulf war, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
I think it was Derrida that first expressed the utility of seperate and multiple standards for different groups as a tactic for fighting the culture wars.
Whatever is happening to "GREAT" Britain?
Remember the "GREAT" Roman Empire?
Before 476 CE...
Falkirk to Glasgow about twenty minutes by train. Glasgow to Motherwell about fifteen. Given the parlous state of our roads, Mo Anwar could have been removed from them thereby possibly shortening someone's commute by a few seconds, and by using trains (much quicker) he could get another wife in Falkirk or even Stirling.
with up to four wives in different locations would they each receive housing and other benefits.
When I see reports like this I always think something is not quite Kosher
doubtingthomas
I think the answer based on a recent Labour Government instruction is "Yes” however this is only legalising a practice that has been going on for years.
Ten years ago when I worked in a 98% muslim area I noticed the number of older and sometimes quite old men who had wives 20 – 30 years younger and usually had several children by them. Based on an admittedly small sample I concluded about ¼ of the muslim men in the area brought in a second wife when they were in their 40’s and raised a second family while wife number one lived in the next street at the taxpayers expense. The da facto recognition of polygamy in Britain now makes this unnecessary.
As a matter of interest most of the men were illiterate and in 30+ years had never bothered to learn English but they had no doubt made a great contribution to our society.
It’s a great thing for the men; because UK residence is so prized they can take their pick. Some time ago I posted that one family brought in a wife for their mentally retarded paraplegic son who fathered 3 children. But to be fair the educated muslim who told me this was as disgusted as anyone. There was also a recent case on JW where English judges refused to grant access to a girl in Pakistan who had been married by shira law over the telephone. Not because they did not recognise shira law but because the partner in England was mentally retarded and could not have known what he was doing. I think this was unfair as he could not have been as mentally retarded as our politicians and they are running the country.
To them our divorce laws only rubber stamp a shira divorce. You may not be aware that one of the 7/7 bombers was having a rough time with his wife and as far as she was concerned they were divorced. This was because he sat on the side of their bed one morning and pronounced “I divorce thee” three times as per the Koran, she did not say “Screw you pal we are in England you can’t do that”.
Speed bonny car like a bird on the wing ... "onward" the Muslims cry,
Carry the lad that's exempt from the law ... laughing at us while whizzing by.
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