Islamic shithole is an Islamic shithole.
Brits spending the festive season in Dubai should be aware that “following the law won’t protect you” from police who appear content to lock up foreigners regardless of whether they’re guilty or not.
In recent months, a number of stories have emerged from hellhole lock ups across the United Arab Emirates where Brits are facing the depressing prospect of spending this festive season behind bars, many of them for crimes they did not commit.
If you travel to a country that is inherently corrupt, then expect corruption.
Radha Stirling, the CEO of Detained in Dubai – a leading international law firm taking cases involving tourists in the UAE – told The Mirror how the arbitrary detentions make it such a high-risk destination that Brits should consider crossing it off their travel list altogether.
It was never on mine. The fancy hotels never appealed to me and I have always been aware that under the glittery façade, it is still the home of seventh century camel herders and their vile medieval belief system.
Radha says that though the country has been trying to reform itself into a Middle Eastern hub of modernity and progress, the persecution of tourists won’t change any time soon because Emirati visitors aren’t concerned about the plight visitors face. Most of the time, it actually benefits them should they come across a Brit they’re not too fond of, she adds.
“On the one hand, you know, the Dubai sort of wants to become that more modern place,” she tells The Mirror. “But, yeah, the legal system certainly hasn’t caught up. You’ve still got laws that criminalize private communications on WhatsApp. Even conversations between married and couples and friends.” She said that one Brit was even arrested after calling her flatmate “vindictive” during a WhatsApp conversation.
There is nothing modern about this shithole. Traveling there is a fool’s errand. Indeed, I will never travel to any Islamic country.
“following the law won’t protect you from police who appear content to lock up foreigners regardless of whether they’re guilty or not.”
Well, if you don’t have the right political beliefs, the UK police aren’t far behind them, just ask Tommy Robinson a man who can be arrested for the crime of existing.
I have relatives who spent several years teaching music in a posh school in the UAE, very lucrative and I don’t believe that they had any problems.
Allowing the police to harass tourists is pretty stupid if they are trying to build up the tourist industry for when the oil runs out. Given the Islamic penchant for sadistic punishments, maybe they could target the BDSM community. As well as showing off your suntan you get to show of your stripey bottom.
Anyway, I’m with you, apart from maybe Turkey, Islamic countries are places to avoid.
“I will never travel to any Islamic country.”
Don’t fret. If the border farce and their controllers don’t wake up their ideas you’ll soon be living in one.
“You’ve still got laws that criminalize private communications on WhatsApp. Even conversations between married and couples and friends.”
“Still”? Surely she means “already”?