[thackney]

My opinion of Dubia is that they worship dollars more than the Koran.

[driftdiver]

“My opinion of Dubia is that they worship dollars more than the Koran.”

I’d agree with that but don’t say that over there or you will be ROPd.

[RayChuang88]

More liberal Dubai and more conservative Abu Dhabi have been investing like crazy everywhere since the late 1970's when OPEC revenues suddenly made them rich. Remember the buying spree in the UK from Arabian investors during the 1980's?

And they could go on for a long, long time, because the location of the United Arab Emirates makes them well-situated for trans-Eurasian goods trade. People often forget that the prophet Muhammed himself was a trading merchant, so the Arabs have a LONG history of economic trade; in fact, the spread of Islam was as much in the economic interest of the Arabs as political conquest.