| Submit your comments on this article |
| Arabia |
| Britons sentenced to a month in prison for kissing in Dubai restaurant |
| 2010-03-14 |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #4 It should work both ways, but it doesn't. I remember a few years ago British flight attendants were forbidden to wear symbols of their religion (crosses, etc.) when traveling to Muslim countries; it might offend their tolerant sensibilities. So...do the Muslims reciprocate when visiting the UK? Do they leave their Korans and burkas behind? Hell no. |
| Posted by: Gomez Threter7450 2010-03-14 21:47 |
| #3 Expats tend to forget that when you are in a foreign country you must abide by the laws of that country... or experience that country's punishment for breaking its laws. No sympathy, just as I had no sympathy for the idiot teenager in Singapore a number of years ago who got himself caned for keying a car or spitting on the sidewalk or something. Granted, in Saudi Arabia the odds are 50/50 that the charges were made up out of whole cloth, but that, too, is one of the known risks of being a foreigner in that country. If you want the rules to be just like home, just stay home! /mini-rant |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-03-14 21:24 |
| #2 The arrogance of certain Britons abroad has to be seen to be believed. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-03-14 20:49 |
| #1 I can't find any sympathy for them. What Westerners in their right minds even go to a moslem country, where this kind of crap is It ain't. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-03-14 18:37 |