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Title: Couple Found Guilty of Kissing in Public
Post by: Julie Marie on April 04, 2010, 09:42:26 AM
Post by: Julie Marie on April 04, 2010, 09:42:26 AM
A British couple jailed in Dubai for kissing in public have lost their appeal against their conviction.
Ayman Najafi, 24, and Charlotte Adams, 25, were sentenced to a month in prison with subsequent deportation and fined about £200 for drinking alcohol.
The couple were arrested in November after a local woman accused them of breaking the country's decency laws by kissing on the mouth in a restaurant.
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The couple's defence lawyers said the woman - who did not appear in court - had not seen the kiss herself, but had been told by her two-year-old child that the girl had seen the couple kissing.
So, in Dubai, a two year old can report an offense to her parent and the parent reports it to the police and the perps are convicted - ultimately because a two year reported the crime.
Anyone planning a vacation in Dubai? No PDAs... and no LGBTs!
Full Article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8602449.stm)
Ayman Najafi, 24, and Charlotte Adams, 25, were sentenced to a month in prison with subsequent deportation and fined about £200 for drinking alcohol.
The couple were arrested in November after a local woman accused them of breaking the country's decency laws by kissing on the mouth in a restaurant.
...
The couple's defence lawyers said the woman - who did not appear in court - had not seen the kiss herself, but had been told by her two-year-old child that the girl had seen the couple kissing.
So, in Dubai, a two year old can report an offense to her parent and the parent reports it to the police and the perps are convicted - ultimately because a two year reported the crime.
Anyone planning a vacation in Dubai? No PDAs... and no LGBTs!
Full Article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8602449.stm)
Title: Re: Couple Found Guilty of Kissing in Public
Post by: gennee on April 04, 2010, 06:10:49 PM
Post by: gennee on April 04, 2010, 06:10:49 PM
Unreal. I don't plan on going to Dubai any tme soon.
Gennee
Gennee
Title: Re: Couple Found Guilty of Kissing in Public
Post by: tekla on April 04, 2010, 08:25:50 PM
Post by: tekla on April 04, 2010, 08:25:50 PM
Exactly what are people not understanding about Islamic Culture?
Title: Re: Couple Found Guilty of Kissing in Public
Post by: mickie88 on April 05, 2010, 09:49:56 PM
Post by: mickie88 on April 05, 2010, 09:49:56 PM
i'm good with geography but i have no clue where Dubai is..nor care too if you can go to jail because a two year old said so.
Title: Re: Couple Found Guilty of Kissing in Public
Post by: casorce on April 05, 2010, 10:15:14 PM
Post by: casorce on April 05, 2010, 10:15:14 PM
Quote from: tekla on April 04, 2010, 08:25:50 PM
Exactly what are people not understanding about Islamic Culture?
All of it.
Title: Re: Couple Found Guilty of Kissing in Public
Post by: Michelle. on April 06, 2010, 12:08:42 AM
Post by: Michelle. on April 06, 2010, 12:08:42 AM
Quote from: casorce on April 05, 2010, 10:15:14 PM
All of it.
Maybe that should read "aware" of Islamic culture?