Showing posts with label jewelery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewelery. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Muslim-owned shop bans customers wearing veils

"I know in Scotland that banks will not allow their customers coming in with motorbike helmets, I don't see why it should be different for people wearing the Niqab. It is an issue about identifying people,"

A muslim owned jewelry shop has banned customers from wearing any veils after the store was robbed by muslim Asian thieves disguised in islamic veils. If a non-muslim store owner had implemented such a rule I'm sure some muslim group would cry islamophobia. Telegraph

A Muslim-owned jewellery shop has decided to ban customers wearing veils after being targeted by robbers disguised as Islamic women. [...]

The store owners decided to act after two Asian men wearing traditional Muslim women's clothes – including niqab veils – made away with thousands of pounds worth of jewellery earlier this month.[...]

"It is our safety that matters as well at the end of the day," Rukhsana Sadiq told the BBC Asian Network. "God forbid anything like this happening to anyone else."

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Thief in headscarf cons jewellers

Obviously the identity of the thief is not known but investigators are pointing to a French crime ring that steals jewelery. BBC

A jewel thief dressed as a wealthy Muslim woman has stolen rings worth hundreds of thousands of euros from dealers across Europe, police say.

The woman, wearing a headscarf, coat and gold-framed glasses, is suspected of swapping gems for replicas.

In one incident in Paris, the woman allegedly stole a 5.5 carat diamond ring worth 635,000 euros (£574,000).

Detectives say the thief has targeted dealers in Germany, Switzerland and France over a 10-year period.

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