Pakistani couple beat car sex rap in Dubai

Britons aren't the only ones who have to worry about Dubai's islamic laws. Yahoo! News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A Dubai appeals court has thrown out a public indecency conviction and a month's prison sentence for a Pakistani couple accused of having sex in their car after the pair claimed they were together in a private place, their lawyer said Tuesday.

Majid Al Kabban, a lawyer working for a firm representing the husband and wife, said the ruling by the lower court was overturned last week.

"We're definitely happy and a little bit surprised," Al Kabban said. "Usually this type of thing goes in a different way."

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Drink, sex, hold hands...What not to do in Dubai

The British Foreign Ministry has published a list of 'don'ts' to help keep Britons out of Dubai jails. Some of the things that the Foreign Ministry is warning Britons from doing are:

Drinking alcohol, drugs, sex, holding hands, dancing, and others. Daily Mail

The Foreign Office warns that drinking alcohol, sharing a hotel room when unmarried and even holding hands could land visitors in trouble because of strict Muslim laws.

Britons are more likely to be arrested in the United Arab Emirates - the federation of which Dubai is a part - than anywhere else in the world.

Britons can find themselves facing charges relating to cultural differences, such as using bad language, rude gestures or public displays of affection.

British nationals should also be aware of the UAE’s strict laws banning sex outside of marriage.

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Steamy Texts Land Dubai Couple in Jail

Privacy is not Private anymore !
If you don't want to get busted for "Ilicit" Texting (Especially by your wife)
THEN DON"T DO IT !
In todays world there is a record for pretty much everything that you do , Texting ,cell phone conversations , e mail , Browsing online , EVERYTHING !
and people still do stupid shit everyday .
I don't agree with these people serving jail time , but in a country like Saudi Arabia , you should really watch what you are doing ! ( AS Painfull and wrong as it is ) They are watching you !


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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A string of steamy text messages has resulted in a jail sentence for an Indian couple, authorities announced Wednesday, in the latest case of passions clashing with the law in the cosmopolitan, yet occasionally conservative, Gulf city of Dubai.

The conviction said the sexual content of the texts suggested the unnamed pair planned to "commit sin" -- a reference to an extramarital affair, which is illegal in the United Arab Emirates.

The pair, who worked as cabin crew for Emirates airlines, each were sentenced to three months in jail, said authorities. Court documents only gave their initials and their ages: 42 for her and 47 for him.

The text messages surfaced in a divorce lawsuit by the woman's estranged husband.

A court in December sentenced the Indian couple to six months in jail followed by deportation, but an appeals court reduced the jail time and gave them the option to remain in the country.

It's not the first time that emotions have run afoul with authorities in Dubai, where the expatriate population exceeds the locals by more than 4-to-1. The city-state allows one of the most relaxed lifestyles in the Arab world, but officials can come down hard on those accused of pushing the limits of tolerance.

Earlier this week, a British couple said they will appeal a one-month jail sentence for exchanging a fiery kiss in a restaurant.

In 2008, two Britons were sentenced to three months in jail for what authorities described as sex on the beach. The sentences were later suspended.

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Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai: Hamas

"I say to you Zionists, do not rejoice. You killed him but his sons will fight you," he said. "God already took our leaders and loved ones, but resistance goes on. Palestine is a blessed land. It will not remain patient."

(And Ignorant)

Israel playing a little of the reach out and touch someone game !
Ain't it great when a Terrorist scumbag gets his (Even 20 Years later)



DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israel assassinated a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai who played a major role in a Palestinian uprising in the 1980s, an official in the Islamist group said on Friday.

Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, an Israeli target since engineering the capture of Israeli soldiers two decades ago, was killed on January 20, Izzat al-Rishq told Reuters in the Syrian capital Damascus.

Israeli and Dubai officials had no immediate comment.

Mabhouh's death lengthens Hamas's list of what it describes as "martyrs," and constitutes another setback for the group in its fight against the Jewish state.

Israel has killed dozens of leaders and military figures in Hamas, which was founded two decades ago as a religious resistance movement against Israeli occupation.

"I cannot reveal the circumstances (of the killing). We are working with the authorities in the United Arab Emirates," said Rishq, who is a member of Hamas's politburo.

Rishq said Mabhouh, 50, was an "important" member of Izz el-Deen al-Qassam brigades, Hamas's military wing named after a Syrian religious leader who fought British colonial forces in Palestine in the 1930s and was executed.

He said the brigades "will respond (against Israel) in the appropriate time and place," but Hamas will not let the killing derail efforts to arrange for a prisoners' exchange deal between Hamas and Israel that have run into difficulties.

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