Glasgow shop robbed by men wearing Muslim veils
A Glasgow jewellery shop has decided to bar individuals wearing face coverings after being robbed by two men in Muslim female dress. BBC News reports.
ATAA Jewellers in the west end of Glasgow was raided by two Asian men entirely covered apart from their eyes.
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The two girls working at the time were left so shaken there are plans for a sign banning anything covers the face.
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Rukhsana Sadiq was in the shop when it was robbed. She spent hours showing what she thought were the two women gold, but she never saw their faces.
Inevitably, the BBC finds a Muslim to claim the ban would violate her rights.
Madihah [Ansari] wears a Burkha and always has her head and body covered. Sometimes she chooses to wear a Niqab as well, meaning her face is covered.
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“Just because two guys did a crime and they were dressed up in that kind of outfit you can’t prejudice everyone else.
The shop is not prejudiced against “everyone else”, only people who cover their faces. It’s not about Islam as such, for Islam does not require women to wear a veil.
And why isn’t outraged against the men who deceived and terrorised the shop workers and caused problems for innocent Muslim women who choose to veil themselves in public?
Glasgow councillor Hanzala Malik has no problem with the shop’s decision to bar people wearing masks.
“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.”
Exactly right.
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