Dubai pardons Norwegian woman accused of adultery

[Tanja]

A young Norwegian woman has been sentenced to 16 months in jail after she reported a rape in Dubai.
The 25-year-old was in the United Arab Emirates on a business trip when she was raped and reported the assault to the local police.
Dubai police did not believe her, and instead took her passport and jailed her on suspicion of having had sex outside marriage.

The Norwegian woman reported the sexual assault in March this year, after which she had to spend days in a cell before she was allowed to use a telephone.
With the help of family members, the Norwegian consulate was able to negotiate a release and she has been living under the protection of the Norwegian Sailor’s Church until her sentencing this week.

' I received the harshest sentence for sex outside marriage, harshest sentence for drinking alcohol and on top of that I was found guilty of perjury,’ the woman told Verdens Gang.
‘It is a terrible situation she is in,’ said Gisle Meling, the priest at the Norwegian Sailor’s Church.
‘We are very surprised and had hoped it would go another way, but we live in a country which has a justice system which draws its conclusions with the help of Sharia law.’

She was sentenced to one year and four months in jail but as Norway has no extradition treaty with Dubai, her future is uncertain.
The young Norwegian woman's story is not unique.
Earlier this year Australian Alicia Gali, 27, spoke of how she was thrown in a Dubai jail for eight months after she reported a rape.
Miss Gali was working at hotel chain Starwood when her drink was spiked in the staff bar.
She awoke to find that three colleagues had raped her, but when she went to a hospital for help, they turned her over to the police and she was charged with illicit sex outside marriage.
Under UAE law, rapists can only be convicted if either the perpetrator confesses or if four adult Muslim males witness the crime.
Under the Sharia-influenced laws, sex before marriage is completely forbidden and an unmarried couple holding hands in public can be jailed.
Foreigners jailed in Dubai are deported immediately after completing their sentences.


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[Silverblaze]

Didn't this happen to an australian?

UAE is really getting the worst possible coverage.

 

[Nike]

That's Sharia for you

 

[atya]

Having four witnesses is not a must.

That's Sharia for you

Rape conviction doesn't require 4 witnesses. Convictions can happen without them.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Didn't this happen to an australian?

UAE is really getting the worst possible coverage.

Sounds like it

 

[Silverblaze]

Sounds like it and Norway can't do much about it if you aks me :/ ..

Well no one could do anything, but the Arab bashing that is happening might lead to trouble.

If some Arab is assaulted in some European country, no one could do anything too right? or will it be an attack on pious innocent muslims?

By the way, your callousness towards this incident seems appalling.

 

[Desert Fox]

This is why Western women and even men shouldn't visit these countries.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

The law of God - Sharia at work again !

Your posts are as pathetic as urself... according to sharia... the punishment of rape is death... while here u are ranting like a fool ... and mixing the corrupt judicial system of UAE with sharia law... which is not even implemented in the real sense..

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

@Silverblaze

You must have taken my sarcastic post too seriously, sorry for making you uncomfortabl. I thought you'd have groked my joke

Just so you know, yours truly happens to be half western, my maternal family came from Italy nearly 70 years ago, and resided in Texas ever since.

Chao

 

[Silverblaze]

This is why Western women and even men shouldn't visit these countries.

You are being a bit harsh, we must always state the truth.

There has been almost countless shootings in Chicago which is just half the size of Dubai, but no serious mention.

dubai has problems, but why only target them? In fact some people even say that Dubai is much safer than L.A.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I am sorry. then please enlighten us kafirs about the virtuous Sharia in its true form wherever it is implemented.

Is it Pakistan? Where an Islamic council declares that DNA tests are not admissible.

Or is it both Pakistan or UAE, where unless 4 Muslim males stand and confirm rape, the girl is tried instead - thereby implying that non Muslims and women are not human beings in the eyes of the great law Sharia.

No where.. in the right sense its not being implemented anywhere in the muslim world... accordimg to Islam its compulsory for both men n women to get education... and yes back in those times witnesses were important as there was no DNA test or other forensic means... but now times have changed... and yes ask an educated islamic scholar n he will agree with DNA tests etc... its only the turds using it as a political tool to save their behinds ... and educated but intentionally blind mudslinging "kafirs" like urself who use the invalid n stupid bs of those retards to score a few brownie points... now take a look at your religion... it still practises stuff like beastiality,brothers sharing wives n whatnot... n till a few decades burning widows was also a favourite passtime... thanks to the british who banned it..

 

[Desert Fox]

You are being a bit harsh, we must always state the truth.

There has been almost countless shootings in Chicago which is just half the size of Dubai, but no serious mention.

dubai has problems, but why only target them? In fact some people even say that Dubai is much safer than L.A.

Chicago has gang-related problems, so do certain parts of L.A. But what does that have to do with rapists getting away with rape while the victim gets imprisoned in Dubai?

Lets not go off on a tangent.

 

[Silverblaze]

Chicago has gang-related problems, so do certain parts of L.A. But what does that have to do with rapists getting away with rape while the victim gets imprisoned in Dubai?

Lets not go off on a tangent.

Crime is crime. One incident and whole world starts bashing the Arab world as if they are most uncivilized.

The thing is that we must disagree with the implementation of Sharia law in Uae, but many people in the west just pretend to be very civilized after making this incident as an excuse.

However, Dubai must do something about its laws now.

 

[BATMAN]

Criminal women reported as victim of rape!

This is called evil media.

 

[Silverblaze]

Criminal women reported as victim of rape!

This is called evil media.

You need medical assistance.