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NYC: Burqa-wearing man steals nearly $1 million in jewelry

Feb 28, 2020 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Those who call for a ban on face coverings for security reasons, however, are excoriated as bigots and “Islamophobes.” So this kind of thing is going to happen, again and again and again.

“Burqa-wearing man steals nearly $1 million in jewelry from Piaget in Hudson Yards,” by Larry Celona, Khristina Narizhnaya and Olivia Bensimon, New York Post, February 24, 2020:

A thief wearing a burqa and armed with a spray bottle made off with nearly $1 million worth of necklaces and watches from a Hudson Yards jeweler on Sunday, police sources said.

The bling bandit, a man dressed in a burqa covering most of his face, walked into the luxury Piaget jewelry store at around 3:55 p.m. and asked to look at a necklace, sources and police officials said.

As the clerk pulled out the necklace, priced at about $21,000, he noticed the man was holding onto one of the store’s watches, according to sources.

When the employee questioned the soon-to-be thief, he whipped out the spray bottle and squirted it in the clerk’s direction before running out of the store, with the necklace and two watches — one priced at $64,000, and the other $715,000 — in tow, police sources said.

Piaget, where some watches are so expensive the price is not even displayed online, valued the loss at around $800,600, sources added.

Sometime Sunday evening, management with Hudson Yard Shops sent out an email to tenants warning them to stay alert.

“Maybe they’ll want to hit another time,” said Peter Young, a senior sales consultant for Watches of Switzerland, of the thief.

“I heard from a sales associate it was a man dressed as a woman, dressed in a burqa,” he added, and that he may have altered his voice to sound “Vaderdesque” — a reference to “Star Wars” antagonist Darth Vader….

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  1. Jerry says

    Feb 28, 2020 at 5:58 pm

    And yesterday I witnessed a Hijab hearing female shopping in an up-maket liquor shop.

    • revereridesagain says

      Feb 28, 2020 at 10:00 pm

      If Islam doesn’t drive you to drink, nothing will.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 29, 2020 at 10:21 pm

        Both hilarious posts.

    • Lion Heart says

      Feb 28, 2020 at 10:37 pm

      Jerry : I also found a hijabi girl flirting and joking with an American soldier in Iraq as she was working as interpreter and we I asked her “ you are a Muslim with hijab and with the Americans whom you consist infidels and invaders ? She said “ money money “

  2. James Lincoln says

    Feb 28, 2020 at 6:31 pm

    Keep in mind that this burqa-wearing man may or may not have been a muslim.

    That’s a scary thought in and of itself…

    • Paul says

      Feb 28, 2020 at 10:18 pm

      That is exactly correct as anyone can buy a burka, and any criminal that does not consider this as an option is stupid.

      • Del says

        Feb 29, 2020 at 5:54 pm

        Doesn’t Nike have their own burkas now?

      • David Thompson says

        Feb 29, 2020 at 5:57 pm

        He could be a man but identifies as a Muslim woman. 😊

        • James Lincoln says

          Feb 29, 2020 at 7:07 pm

          Wow!

        • gravenimage says

          Feb 29, 2020 at 10:19 pm

          Now *that* is funny!

  3. FYI says

    Feb 28, 2020 at 6:35 pm

    Good to see all the infidels out:Humor is a sure sign of being an infidel.

    “There are no jokes in islam” said ayatollah khomeni.But that doesn’t apply to us infidels does it?

    So the suicidal jihadist suicide bomber wearing a burqa at a jihadist center is telling a joke.
    “And that’s the punchline.Boom-boom!geddit? Seriously?Do i have to explain it to yo..”{KA-KABOOM}

    • E T says

      Feb 29, 2020 at 9:00 am

      Islam is the biggest joke ever, unfortunately the joke has been on women.

  4. gravenimage says

    Feb 28, 2020 at 7:17 pm

    NYC: Burqa-wearing man steals nearly $1 million in jewelry
    ………………..

    D’oh!

  5. revereridesagain says

    Feb 28, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    Well, we tried to warn Vader that if he kept on buying expensive jewelry for his Saudi girlfriend he was going to get busted one of these days…..

  6. Paul says

    Feb 28, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    I would be disappointed if a thief did not do this, as it is so obvious and it would be great to see this happen every day. As it is the best of all disguises, as I’m looking forward to seeing multiple bank robberies using this same method. As It is a great idea, as it is obvious when someone is wearing a Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton mask to do such things. Also it is a crime to wear such masks in public with the intention of committing crimes but not a crime to do the same wearing Religious coverings.

    I’m not suggesting that people commit crimes, but it is good to see that people are using their brains and using the laws to their advantage as people have given criminals the green light to commit such crimes by making it perfectly legal to go around with your face covered. Notice that the same rules do not apply in Iran? That is because they want to know who is who to reduce crime. Also in Iran it is far more difficult for a man to impersonate a woman than in some of the neighboring countries.

    This is a good example of political correctness supporting crime, and anyone that supports freedom has really got to be enjoying reading about crimes such as this as it means that people are paying for supporting oppression literally.

  7. Steven RSA says

    Feb 29, 2020 at 12:57 am

    A thief in a burqa thought “Hey,
    I feel like some thieving today.
    Lawmen won’t ask,
    while I’m wearing this mask,
    being too fearful what CAIR would say!”

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 29, 2020 at 10:22 pm

      Great limerick, Steven.

  8. somehistory says

    Feb 29, 2020 at 12:59 am

    To profit from this, he’ll have to fence them. Won’t get nearly that much from the buyer and they’ll be hard for the fence to get rid of them right away, so the cops might locate the stolen goods.

    It’s a wonder that this has happened a lot of times before, but if it has, the crimes have not made the mews. Perhaps, if it happens enough, people will see what a danger islam’s practices are.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 29, 2020 at 10:26 pm

      Somehistory, this has been a growing problem for some time. Here is Daniel Pipes in the Washington Times, from seven years ago:

      “PIPES: When burqas become accessories to crime”

      https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/21/when-burqas-become-accessories-to-crime/

      There have been cases in the UK, as well.

      • somehistory says

        Feb 29, 2020 at 10:36 pm

        I had read of several, but not near as many as one used to read of regular bank robberies or even jewelry store or convenience store holdups.

        They just don’t get the bad press that regular criminals do.

  9. Patrick B. Ludwig says

    Feb 29, 2020 at 3:45 am

    A muzzy tranny thief…

  10. Old Fat Bald Socially Inept Ron says

    Feb 29, 2020 at 9:35 am

    Why is this spectacular high dollar heist only being reported and discussed on Jihadwatch while not even mentioned on mainstream news?

    If this same robbery had been pulled off by someone wearing a MAGA hat, even the weather channel would be doing live broadcasts from the scene of the crime for the next three days.

    If not for double standards our media would have none at all.
    Journalism is Dead
    ⚰️

    • OLD GUY says

      Feb 29, 2020 at 11:38 am

      You hit the nail on the head. Hell if you get a parking ticket wearing a MEGA hat you’ll make the 6:00 o’clock news cycle.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 29, 2020 at 10:29 pm

      The New York Post is the closest to a mainstream source I have seen cover this. It is truly bizarre how little coverage this sensationalistic story is getting.

  11. Old Fat Bald Socially Inept Ron says

    Feb 29, 2020 at 9:50 am

    The most appalling and hurtful element of this article is the blatant disrespect implied in the headline.

    “ NYC: Burqa-wearing “MAN” steals nearly $1 million in jewelry”

    Aren’t we supposed to honor and abide by the proper pronouns of transsexuals?
    👩🏿‍💻

  12. Stieve says

    Feb 29, 2020 at 1:08 pm

    If only the islamic veil o’ persecution did in fact instill “modesty” upon the wearer …

  13. Marcel says

    Mar 1, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    Since most burca wearing females also have moustaches and look male how did they know this thief was male

  14. Jerry says

    Mar 1, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    Mozzies never fail to amaze me.
    A couple of days ago I witnessed a hijab clad woman openly purchasing some spiritual upliftment at a local liquor store.

  15. Jerry says

    Mar 1, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    Why deos Allah require Muslim women to wear a niqab or a burqa?

    Maybe because he cannot stand the sight of them?

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