“Muslim foreigners who commit adultery are lashed and deported, while non-Muslims are jailed and deported.” Sharia Alert from the modern, moderate U.A.E.: “‘Unlawful sex’: lovers sentenced to 100 lashes,” from AFP, November 16 (thanks to Block Ness):
A Filipina maid and her Bangladeshi lover will each receive 100 lashes and be deported for having sex out of wedlock in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, a newspaper said on Monday.
The Sharjah Sharia Court ordered the woman to be lashed and deported for “unlawful sex”, the Gulf News reported.
The man would be lashed 100 times for adultery and jailed for a year for entering the house belonging to the maid’s sponsor without permission.
He will then be deported….
The report said Muslim foreigners who commit adultery are lashed and deported, while non-Muslims are jailed and deported.
Both the Filipina and the Bangladeshi are Muslims, it said….