Sharia Horror in UAE - Australian woman raped then jailed for having illicit sex

A horrendous story of the horrors of Islamic Sharia Law in the United Arab Emirates where an Australian woman was drugged and raped.

What Alicia didn’t know is that under the UAE’s strict sharia laws, if the perpetrator does not confess, a rape cannot be convicted without four adult Muslim male witnesses. She was charged with having illicit sex outside marriage, and thrown in a filthy jail cell for eight months.

More info and a full video report at this Yahoo! News link


h/t Blazing Cat Fur 

Apparently the death penalty for homosexuality in the United Arab Emirates only applies if both parties consent

On the books, the penalty for homosexuality in the United Arab Emirates is death.

But after an Asian man was kidnapped and raped by 13 relatives of a woman he had a relationship with, the penalties only ranged from 1 to 2 years.