Appeasement Through Passport Photos

See this picture?
Cute kid, huh (no, she's not related). She's just a five year old getting ready to go on holiday, and she's the victim of the latest version of political correctness. Passport officials in Britain refused to accept the photo above because it might offend some Muslim countries (h/t Little Green Footballs):

A five-year-old girl’s passport application was rejected because her photograph showed her bare shoulders.

Hannah Edwards’s mother, Jane, was told that the exposed skin might be considered offensive in a Muslim country.

The photograph was taken at a photo-booth at a local post office for a family trip to the south of France. Because of the way the camera was set up, the picture came out showing Hannah’s shoulders.

The family had it signed and presented it at a post office with the completed form but were told that it would not be accepted by the Passport Office. A woman behind the counter informed them that she was aware of at least two other cases where applications had been rejected because a person’s shoulders were not covered.

Mrs Edwards, a Sheffield GP, said: “I was incensed. I went back home and checked the form. Nowhere did it say anything about covering up shoulders. If it had, I would have done so, but it all seems so unnecessary.

“This is quite ridiculous, I followed the instructions on the passport form to the letter and it was still rejected. It is just officialdom pandering to political correctness.”

What's next? As I understand the Muslim faith, all women are supposed to wear head coverings when out in public. Should the passport officials ban any photos of females that show them without head scarves? You may think I'm overreacting, but just take a look at what Islamic front group CAIR did to a photo of one of their press conferences when a woman on stage dared to appear without a CAIR approved head scarf. Their lame attempt to alter reality is documented on this post at Little Green Footballs. It's hilarious.

Meanwhile, thanks to the changes in airport security brought on by the latest threats, the skies are safe from that favorite tool of Islamic terrorists: Boudreaux’s Buttpaste.