Ok Sharia Law, It’s Time To Go…Seriously

Even the bears have had enough

Here in the west, being of “unpopular” ethnic blood, I consider myself a quite tolerant person (although tall Chinese people make me run for the hills). You understand things differently when you’ve experienced the shittier side of an ethnic joke and you are aware of different global customs. Well, I have just reached the point where I think strict Sharia Law needs Harry Stamper to fly to it, drill 200 feet down into the heart of it, and detonate an atomic bomb, because this is getting ridiculous.

A British woman on a break in Dubai went to police after being raped – but she was arrested for having illegal sex.

Double edged swords are great when giving a life lesson but the “Broken glass studded dipped in AIDS” is a bit much.

The devastated couple were last night understood to be on bail awaiting trial and have had their passports confiscated. They could be jailed for up to six years if found guilty of the illicit sex charge.

That is not a line from a movie script.

The ordeal of the rape victim, a pretty Muslim of Pakistani descent, began after she joyfully accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend during a three-day New Year break. She admitted drinking too much afterwards as they celebrated at Dubai Marina’s luxurious Address Hotel – and passed out in a ladies’ loo. The waiter is said to have followed her into the toilets and raped her while she was semi-conscious. Her fiancé was initially unaware of the attack and helped her to their room, where they slept until the next day.

That whole situation seems fishy. She goes to the bathroom, passes out, gets raped and then….did she walk out? Did he go in and find her asleep on the toilet with her pants around her ankles and think nothing of it? (Note to self: Don’t blackout in Dubai.)

But the horror of the rape came back to her when she woke – and the pair went to Jebel Ali police station to report it. Yet unsympathetic cops immediately quizzed them about breaking the emirate’s severe decency rules, which contain elements of Sharia law. Medics were said to have shunned rape case procedures – but made sure they obtained a blood sample from the woman to prove she had been drinking.

That’s like a cop saying, “I see you have been in a horrific car accident, but here’s a ticket for that broken tail light, because broken tailights are illegal.” But hang on a second, how were they arrested for illegal sex?!

“She was trying to report the rape but soon realised the policemen were more interested in how often she has sex with her boyfriend. “They even asked if she did just normal sex or anything else in bed.” Her attacker, who is understood to be Syrian, is believed to have denied rape. He claimed the Briton consented but has also been charged with “illegal sex”.

(Note to self: Take the box of condoms and bottle of whiskey out of packed suitcase and burn the airplane ticket you just bought to Dubai. Tell your girlfriend that getting drunk and boning each other ontop of the world’s tallest building and becoming part of the half-mile high club is not a good idea. Be thankful for the life you have.)

WTF.