I dimly recall reading an article that it was exagerrated and the racial angle was played up by the tabloid press.
You can move to Dubai any time you want. The other Muslim countries don't have an immigrant-based growth strategy. Unlike Canada.
You mean we accommodate them more than we accommodate Latinos, Africans or Filipinos?
How so?
Dubai. Land of enchantment. In lockstep with every other Islamic paradise.
Human rights in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia
According to human rights organisations, the government of the
UAE violates a number of fundamental human rights. The UAE does not have democratically elected institutions and citizens do not have the right to change their government or to form political parties. Activists and academics who criticize the regime are detained and imprisoned, and their families are often harassed by the state security apparatus.
[1] There are reports of forced disappearances in the UAE; many foreign nationals and Emirati citizens have been abducted by the UAE government and illegally detained and tortured in undisclosed locations.[2][3] In numerous instances, the UAE government has tortured people in custody (especially expatriates and political dissidents),[4][5][6][7][8] and has denied their citizens the right to a speedy trial and access to counsel during official investigations.[2][3]
According to
Human Rights Watch, the UAE detains those who criticize authorities, including hundreds of activists and academics, and Emirati laws discriminate against women, migrants and
LGBT individuals.
[1]
Flogging and
stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to
Sharia courts. The government restricts
freedom of speech and
freedom of the press, and the local media are
censored to avoid criticising the government, government officials or royal families. As a result, the UAE routinely ranks near the bottom of many international measures for human rights and press freedom.
Despite being elected to the UN Council, the UAE has not signed most international human-rights and labour-rights treaties, including the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. In November 2020, the United Arab Emirates overhauled its legal system to loosen restrictions on alcohol consumption, permit
cohabitation, and increase penalty for
honor killings, among other changes.
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Flogging is a punishment for criminal offences such as adultery, premarital sex, and alcohol consumption.[17][18] Due to Sharia courts, flogging is legal with sentences ranging from 80 to 200 lashes.[17][19][20] Verbal abuse pertaining to a person's sexual honour is illegal and punishable by 80 lashes if it happened in public and at least one witness testify.[21] Between 2007 and 2014, many people in the UAE were sentenced to 100 lashes.[22][23][24][25][26][27] More recently in 2015, two men were sentenced to 80 lashes for hitting and insulting a woman.[28] In 2014, an expat in Abu Dhabi was sentenced to 80 lashes for alcohol consumption and raping a toddler.[29] Alcohol consumption for Muslims is illegal and punishable by 80 lashes; many Muslims have been sentenced to 80 lashes for alcohol consumption.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36] Sometimes 40 lashes are given.[37]
Illicit sex is sometimes penalised by 60 lashes.[38][39][40] 80 lashes is the standard amount for anyone sentenced to flogging in several emirates.[41] Sharia courts have penalised domestic workers with floggings.[42] In October 2013, a Filipino housemaid was sentenced to 100 lashes for theft committed after her employer discovered her illegitimate pregnancy.[43] Drunk-driving is strictly illegal and punishable by 80 lashes; many expats have been sentenced to 80 lashes for drunk-driving.[44][45][46][47][48][49] In Abu Dhabi, a man has been sentenced to 80 lashes for being drunk while with his girlfriend on the Corniche.[50] Under UAE law, premarital sex is punishable by 100 lashes.[51] The law has been changed to exclude expats.
Stoning is a legal punishment in the UAE. In May 2014, an Asian housemaid was sentenced to death by stoning in Abu Dhabi.[52][53] In 2006, an expatriate was sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery.[54] Between 2009 and 2013, several people were sentenced to death by stoning.[55][56]
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