http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388279/British-tourist-faces-year-Dubai-jail-calling-prophet-Muhammad-terrorist-heated-row.html#ixzz2mqwQc455
The Foreign Office has warned Britons holidaying in Dubai this summer that eating, drinking or smoking in public during Ramadan could land them in prison.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/31/dubai-tourists-must-respect-ramadan
THE ordeal of a Norwegian businesswoman raped then jailed in Dubai for sex outside marriage raises serious questions about the safety of western women travelling to this part of the world.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/what-tourists-need-to-know-before-going-to-dubai/story-e6frfq7r-1226683120406
Female travellers and workers are particularly vulnerable to sexual assault. For a conviction to occur, the attacker must confess or it need to be witnessed by four adult males who confirm that a sexual assault took place.
Australian Alicia Gali was jailed for adultery for eight months in 2008 after she complained to police that her co-workers at a resort in nearby Fujairah drugged her and raped her.
In December last year, a British woman was kidnapped and gang-raped and later fined for admitting she had a drink hours before the attack she said was spiked.
Dubai Horror: British Tourist Staying at Luxury Burj Al Arab Hotel Arrested for Swearing, Reportedly Beaten to Death by Police in Jail (video)
http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2011/04/14/dubai-horror-british-tourist-staying-at-luxury-burj-al-arab-hotel-arrested-for-swearing-reportedly-beaten-to-death-by-police-in-jail-video/
Kissing UK couple lose Dubai jail appeal
Nine News ^ | April 5, 2010
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 8:55:55 AM by myknowledge
Dubai's appeals court has upheld a one-month prison sentence against a British couple for kissing in public in the Muslim emirate, their lawyer said.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2486880/posts
4 years jail for having poppy seads from a bread roll on pance in dubai, muslim law.
British tourist Keith Brown was sentenced to four years in prison after Dubai customs officers found a 0.003g trace of cannabis stuck to his shoe.
Keith Brown, 43, Middlesex: Four-year jail term for possession of 0.003g of cannabis Robert Dalton, 25, Kent: On trial for alleged possession of 0.03g of cannabis
20-year-old, West Yorkshire: On trial for alleged possession of 0.02g of cannabis
Tracy Wilkinson, 45, West Sussex: Held in custody for eight weeks for possession of codeine before release
Swiss national: Four-year jail term after poppy seeds found on his clothes
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?77691-4-years-jail-for-having-poppy-seads-from-a-bread-roll-on-pance-in-dubai-muslim-law
UAE: Court Sentences Teenage Gang Rape Victim to 1 Year in Prison
By R.E.A.L. Organization • on June 17, 2010
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has convicted an 18 year old girl (“LH”) to one year in prison for “consensual sex.” The UAE court convicted ,,,
UAE: Victims of Rape in Dubai Face Jail
By R.E.A.L. Organization • on March 29, 2010
Epoch Times reported on the case of an Australia woman Amanda who was raped, and then was convicted of “adultery” and jailed for 12 months. The report quoted
United Arab Emirates: Pair Jailed for Kissing
By R.E.A.L. Organization • on March 14, 2010
United Arab Emirates: (UAE) British pair face jail for kissing in Dubai – London Times: “Ayman Najafi, 24, and a female British tourist are appealing against a one month jail sentence for restaurant kiss” –
. UAE: British Woman Raped, Then Arrested and Put in Jail for “Illegal Sex”
By R.E.A.L. Organization • on January 8, 2010
Multiple press accounts report that a 23 year old British Muslim woman raped in the United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) Dubai was arrested and jailed for having “illegal sex.”
http://www.realcourage.org/category/uae/
British tourist beaten to death by cops in Dubai for swearing ...
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread688987/pg1
Saudis shred Bibles at Customs: "if you have a Bible at customs when you enter the airport, and if they find the Bible, that the Bible is taken and put in the shredder. If you have more than one Bible you will be taken into custody, and if you have a quantity of Bibles you will be given 70 lashes for sure - you could even be executed." Saudi detains dozens for "plotting to celebrate Christmas", Dec 2012. "Saudi religious police stormed a house in the Saudi Arabian province of al-Jouf, detaining more than 41 guests for “plotting to celebrate Christmas,” a statement from the police branch released Wednesday night said."
• Christian Filipino priest jailed in UAE for 1 year for opposing Islam and calling on people to convert to Christianity by distributing publications and Bibles.
http://markhumphrys.com/islamic.states.html
If your stories about the U.A.E. are as accurate as your story about the bible shredding in Saudia, then you are full of condensed beans.
I never had any problem with it and yes I did transport my family’s personal scriptures (up to 6 sets) to and from Saudia over the years. If the Saudis think that you are bringing in bibles to proselyte, they will confiscate them and possibly deport you. But lashes? Extremely unlikely to happen. And DID not happen in 2012!!! Period. Even if the bibles were confiscated, the claim that they were destroyed by shredding is not verifiable by eye witness accounts.
I repeat, Christians have no problem getting scriptures over their for their own personal use. Lashing for having a quantity of bibles is NOT the punishment given to foreigners. Deportation is.
As far as the minister proselytizing in the UA.E. Is concerned, it is against their laws and the minister was not ignorant of it. While you might not like the law, it behooves you, as a guest, to respect such laws while residing in said country. Otherwise, how can you honestly expect them to respect our laws when they are over here?
As for rape, murders, etc., there are more in Chicago each year than in Saudia and probably more than in the U.A.E. too. Mote, meet beam.
If the Al Jouf incident is the same one I’m thinking of, then it was totally misrepresented in the western press. What actually happened was that the Muttawa raided a private religious observance of the sabbath held by Sudanese Christians and had them deported before they could be hauled before the sharia court where they would have had to be acquitted according to Saudi law. The Arab News made a big stink about this at the time.
But it is not illegal to celebrate Christmas in Saudia. You can’t buy Christmas ornaments around Christmas time and the Muttawa do try to crack down on the practice. But we bought our first artificial tree over there from a street vendor in Riyadh. We bought a better one the next year from Manama, where even the Muslims openly celebrate Christmas.
We even had Christmas lights festooning the outside of our villa (a common practice amongst Westerners over there BTW) with no problems.
I’m not saying that there are not any,problems, by any means, but the amount of misinformation I here back in the states about that area is absolutely astounding.