Three articles about Muslims ran in the same paper on the same day (The Independent, July 25):
(1) Local color piece about how there are a lot more Middle Eastern tourists in London this summer, because France has banned the "Islamic" veil (or the Babylonian/Roman/Byzantine/Islamic veil, to be precise) that covers the face. So, instead of going to Paris, many high-spending female shoppers from the Persian Gulf are going to London.
Big London shops like Selfridges and Liberty are reporting a 40 to 45 percent in international visitors compared with last year. And since Middle Eastern shoppers spend about 15 times as much as your average British shopper, they are more than welcome even if many of them look a little weird to the average British eye.