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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 UAE outlaws Gold rush as racial, religious discrimination DUBAI: The UAE has outlawed religious or racial discrimina- prices plunge tion, the state news agency WAM said yesterday, citing a decree by President H H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The law aims in part to coun- to 5-year low ter Islamist militancy, particu- larly the practice known as takfir, whereby hardline Muslims label followers of other schools of Islam Demand for jewellery on the rise unbelievers, but it also outlaws insults against religions. BY SACHIN KUMAR back to jewellery shops,” said “The Law No. 02 of 2015 crimi- Biju Ramachandran, Regional nalises any acts that stoke reli- DOHA: Gold prices in Qatar Manager, Atlas, a gold jewellery gious hatred and/or which insult yesterday fell to five-year low, chain with three retail outlets in religion through any form of triggering huge rush by cus- Qatar and 60 in the Middle East expression, be it speech or writ- tomers for the yellow metal. and India. ten word, books, pamphlets or via Prices of one gramme of “Demand for gold is highly online media,” WAM said. 24-carat gold plunged to QR137, price-sensitive in Qatar.