France: burqa-clad robbers hold up post office

Posted by Robert on February 7, 2010 4:17 AM

burqa.jpg You just never know who might be in there


Ain't multiculturalism grand? And doesn't this open up an intriguing sidelight on the stories about [1] France considering banning the burqa?

"Burqa-clad robbers hold up post office," from [2] AFP, February 7 (thanks to Jockaira):

Two burqa-wearing robbers have held up a French post office using a handgun concealed beneath an Islamic-style full veil, court officials said.

Officials said postal office staff let the pair through the security double doors of the banking branch near Paris, believing them to be veil-wearing Muslim women.

Once inside, the pair flipped back their head coverings and pulled out a gun.

They made off with 4,500 euros ($7,100) seized from the staff and customers of the branch in Athis Mons, just south of Paris, according to the online edition of Le Parisien newspaper....


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/02/france-burqa-clad-robbers-hold-up-post-office.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/01/france-prime-minister-asks-for-study-of-possible-laws-against-burqa.html
[2] http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/07/2812378.htm?section=justin