New witness comes forth — Yeah, this is the “liberal” area in the Middle East.
Ayman Najafi, 24, and Charlotte Adams, 26, are awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction for public indecency in a Dubai restaurant on November 27.
The witness is understood from sources close to the case to have been present at the restaurant, but not to be one of the four friends with whom Najafi and Adams were eating.
The couple are hoping that a verdict will be given in their favour at a hearing on April 4, after they told an appeal court judge on Sunday that they had merely kissed each other on the cheek in an innocent greeting.
The charge was more than a peck on the cheek.
I have “pecked” many women in public in the UAE, since that’s the Euro greeting… I never really liked it but I did it without fear of being arrested.
My guess is that there is more to this story.
Is it me or is Islam the religion of misogynist homosexuals?
Since Islam allows multiple wives, my guess is that a good percent of men never have a chance of getting a female.
Therefore to police the problems that many Islamic men will never have a woman of their own, they need to have strict laws to keep them thinking about the sex they won’t be having.
A shining beacon of progressivism!
@ “Is it me or is Islam the religion of misogynist homosexuals?”
Um, yeah, Islam’s sure a religion that’s favorable to homosexuals:
http://atheism.about.com/b/2005/07/25/iran-gay-teens-executed-by-hanging.htm
Blame the queers for wrecking marriage, blame the queers for breeders getting arrested for french kissing in Dubai, blame the queers for everything, I guess.
>> Bushed said, on March 15th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
>> Is it me or is Islam the religion of misogynist homosexuals?
You’re a misogynist homosexual?
No wonder there are no Russians, or maybe there are but they put all of them in jail immediately because they know some serious kissing will happen.
#1 Read the link, the prosecution’s witness has a few inconsistencies in her story.
What goes on in Dubai, stays in Dubai. Unless you can get your sentence commuted.
Let me tell you something, being a young, attractive, western, single, blonde white woman in the middle east, India and most other parts of South East Asia, makes you an instant creep magnet. And I don’t mean just the common and garden variety of greasy hood, everyone from the hotel manager to the chief of police and higher is going to attach himself to you whether you like that or not. Take a chaperone, ideally a mature woman family member who can kick and shout, and don’t look any man in the eye.
>> Cap’nKangaroo said, on March 15th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
>> #1 Read the link, the prosecution’s witness has a few inconsistencies in her story.
I read the link.
Look, Dubai isn’t Saudi Arabia.
While it isn’t San Francisco either, most westerners don’t have any problem with the morals laws.
Of course, you would not have a make-out session in public, a peck on the cheek is not enough to get you arrested. That’s why I think this story probably has more to it.
Incidentally, the biggest “morals” law-breaking in Dubai is probably alcohol. While it is possible to buy it legally, its a hassle and most people just get it from the grey market.
The other big “morals” problem would be pornography… mostly from the Internet but also DVD and satellite. (I would have no way of knowing, but this may be the biggest problem.)
There is also a pretty active prostitution trade. Not far from our house was a part of town where I got solicited regularly. If the boldness of the hookers was any indication, the police where allowing it.
Lastly, homosexuality would surely rate high on “morals” problems. Lots and lots of Asian and Arab men are on the “down low.” I mean lots.
But pecks on cheeks? Not a big problem.
I bet the Fundamentalist Christians are green with envy right now.
JCD just hates the country because they banned his website as being in violations of their porn laws.
The universe gave and I.Q.test and they failed. This is exactly what they should have expected and if that isn’t the way you want to live keep you hairy bleep out of there!
I love it when people compare Dubai to Vegas. Sure there similar, but the thing that will get you jailed in Vegas will get you killed in Dubai.
#13. Good analogy.
“Lots and lots of Asian and Arab men are on the ‘down low.’ I mean lots.”
I never see Bin Laden with a woman. I would assume he prefers sausages.
An important question to these religious zealot folks in the Middle East:
Does their anger stem from the fact it is illegal for males to engage in sausage-fests in the Middle East?
These are the answers we need to know.
p.s. I’m not against sausage-fests. I’m just wondering if Islamic anger arises from unexpressed homosexuality, a common problem in that region.
So, I’m guessing a boink in the elevator would be out of the question?
Same thing happened 2 months ago there as well. Didn’t I read it on this site? Anyways, i$lam is such a tolerant religion… just like christinsanity.
#3. “Since Islam allows multiple wives, my guess is that a good percent of men never have a chance of getting a female.”
From what I’ve learned, the purpose for taking multiple wives is because women do not have nearly the rights that men do. If a women loses her husband than it is ok for a married man to take her in and provide for her