She insists that she did not intend to insult Islam. In any case, whether she did or not, she outraged Islamic sensibilities by pointing to the mosque with the wrong hand. This is the ultimate outcome of “Islamophobia” initiatives: if one determines never to insult Islam, there is virtually no end to the possible insults. Ultimately one is being careful not to “blaspheme” by pointing to a mosque with the wrong hand.
“Singer on trial in UAE for insulting Islam on Instagram,” by Ismail Sebugwaawo, Khaleej Times, June 28, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
An amateur singer went on trial in Abu Dhabi accused of posting a blasphemous video on Instagram.
Public prosecutors in Abu Dhabi referred the Filipina woman to the Criminal Court of First Instance after cybercrime officials spotted the video that was deemed insulting to Islam.
The video, which was posted on Instagram by the singer, showed her singing and pointing her left hand to a mosque that is visible in the backgrounds according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors charged the Filipina with blasphemy. She, however, denied the charge when she appeared in court.
Her lawyer Nashwa Al Qubaisi argued that the charges pressed against her client were unreasonable and that there was no criminality in her actions.
She argued that there was not enough evidence presented by prosecutors to prove that her client had intentions of insulting Islam through her video….

John W says
I like how the lawyer is arguing that there is not enough evidence. It should not be a flipping crime in the first place. This is yet another thing that leftist and Islam lovers don’t understand about the Religion of Non Peace. Check that. Many do understand but choose to ignore it.
Guy Forester says
I will explain it in a post below, but please be aware that our Western customs do not mesh well in the ME. Although from the Philippines, she is most likely very westernized.
gravenimage says
True, John.
J D S says
Pointing with left hand……Can there be more stupidity in islam,? Probably!
Steven RSA says
What a moronic “religion”.
Jack K Warner says
Consider Islam to be a mental problem, look into all rules in Islam and tell me-if nothing is totally wrong.
Why normal people ”means non Muslims” in the first place visit this stupid non educated people-countries…
Islam can only survive because of the Islam will murder a Muslim if he/she mean to live the Islam for something else- or juts like to be free from that pressure to always be aware, there are a dead sentence
for everyone that like to quit this evil believe….It have nothing to do with religion, it’s a political movement
with hunger for worlds power….
Joan White says
I see it as a CULT. Joan in Houston
gravenimage says
There have been evil religions before–Islam is one of them.
WPM says
Blow up a church or Jewish or Hindi Temple not a crime in Islam {blowing one up gives Islamics joy} , point at a mosque with the left hand instead of the right hand a crime in Islam ,Islam the official religion for the criminally insane.
Linda says
“the official religion for the criminally insane”…best description of Islam I’ve heard.
rooare says
WPM,
“Islam the official religion of the criminally insane”, perfect fit indeed!
Indiana Tom says
the singer, showed her singing and pointing her left hand to a mosque that is visible in the background
Cut off her left hand with a scimitar immediately! Allahu Akbar!
Now all of you Western Tourists come to the UAE as we are so tolerant, kind, and loving because of Islam.
Billy Chickens says
How absolutely pathetic. How to get a muslim more mad than they already are and as a result go to prison? Just point at one with the left hand?
I’m using my LEFT HAND to write this: MUSLIM MOSQUE MUHAMMAD MAD
gravenimage says
🙂
Deb Macleod says
Well said Billy Chickens, they all need a good feed of ham, jolt them out of their madness, p….ss be upon their fake prophet Moo Ham Mad.
Jaladhi says
Is there anything that is not insulting to Islam and Muslims??? What a fragile bunch of crybabies! Morons!
Terry Gain says
Islam is both hyper aggressive and whiny.
gravenimage says
Yes–an ugly combination.
Jaladhi says
UN’s phony human rights are only reserved for Muslims of any ilk!1 Hypocrisy reins supreme in Muslim and liberal fascist minds.
Linda says
Really, if you aren’t a Muslim, how are you supposed to know, how could you even venture a guess, that pointing at a mosque with your left hand, as opposed to your right hand, is a crime? It certainly doesn’t take much to set a Muslim off.
Terry Gain says
Well there’s another crime. She’s not a Muslim.
Shmoovie says
Agreed– punishing her for being the filthy unaware kuffar that she is.
Islam’s way of educating infidels who ‘insult’ the best people, prophet, religion, way of life.. charge ’em and lock ’em up to await a one-way trial.
gravenimage says
True, Linda and Terry.
Noelene Kuzman says
Pointing at a mosque with your left hand is a crime. But blowing up churches is not!
Don McKellar says
I had to think about this one. Why in the freaking world would it matter if you pointed with you left hand? Using insane moslem logic I guessed it must be because the anti-Christ mohammad must have instructed moslems to do unpleasant things with their left hand. After all, it is a complete mind-control cult system. I looked it up and sure as hell, Islam even tells you how to shit. And that you must use your left hand for wiping your ass. And this is why pointing with your left hand is an “insult”. Absolute savage insanity.
gravenimage says
Muslims are supposed wipe their butts with their left hands and eat with their right.
Can you imagine what hell it must be to be born left-handed in Dar-al-Islam?
Jenny H says
My thoughts, exactly, gravenimage. Another reason among many, I’m grateful I wasn’t born in a muslim-majority Country.
6woods says
GI, I was just wondering the same thing. What happens to left-handed people under islam? Is there anything in any of the canonical texts addressing this?
I really need to know! I’m left-handed, living in Justin Turdo’s Canada.
gravenimage says
6woods, my guess is that they perform as many actions as possible with their right hands–at least in public–for self preservation.
By the way, one of my brothers is left-handed. And while I am right-handed myself, about ten years ago I needed surgery on my right hand, and realized that I am not even slightly ambidextrous. If I was forced to use my non-dominant hand, I would not be an artist, and would barely be able to write legibly. I might improve somewhat with practice, but would always be severely handicapped by it.
Islam is sick and cruel.
pennant8 says
The authorities were probably using her pointing as an excuse to get her for the singing. BTW, notice the gaudy looking buildings in the photo. They were built by imported labor, some might call it slave labor,from the Philippines and other countries in that region.
Rarely says
The architecture in Abu Dhabi and Dubai is absolutely astonishing and breathtaking. Between those two UAE cities they have 22 of the world’s 100 tallest buildings notwithstanding the country’s tiny population (=/- 10,000,000). It showcases the country’s incredible wealth and industrial development
The 10,000,000 figure does not include the refugees fleeing from war in other Arab muslim countries in the area. These are their brethren and we have seen how charitable the UAE, Saudi Arabia, etc. have been to their plight. After all they need a huge manual labour force for all this construction and where better to get it then from amongst their needy brothers.
Muslim brotherhood and charity knows no bounds.
revereridesagain says
You pompous, posturing savage. Your damn “Krayon” tells you to be merciful to one another and vicious to the rest of us. But you don’t even follow that if women are involved. The prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai is one Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makraun, who had his own daughter, Latifa, imprisoned and shut away for wanting her freedom and being too “Western”, kidnapped her when she tried to escape, and has probably had her killed by now. You can put up all the damn shiny buildings you want, but underneath it all Muslims are still camel-riding sand bandits wiping their butts with their bare left hands and living in the 7th century. We should send ALL the Muslim so-called “refugees” invading our Western nations to your skyscraper hellhole where you persecute another young woman for using the “wrong” hand.
Rarely says
LOL. My tongue still hurts from being pressed so hard against my cheek. Sarcasm, my boy, sarcasm.
Donovan Nuera says
They also require WESTERN architects to design their buildings for them…..and Italian car builders to build their cars…and Californians to design their computers….
Why liberal elite Hollywood types even visit that place is beyond me especially when European women have been drugged and then raped by Achmed the Lounge Lizard…and then the women are charged with adultery and are jailed for years. Are the western men there for underage escorts???
gravenimage says
Good to hear Rarely was being sarcastic. Yes–nearly all of these buildings were designed by Westerners, and built by construction firms out of places like South Korea, with labor from places like India and the Philippines.
Rarely says
When a person has to learn the enormous number of irrational laws that he/she must know to obey islam it is no wonder that they have so little room left in their brains for constructive thought — not that constructive is permitted in the first place.
Islam is uniquely designed to keep its adherents in line and ignorant. It has been remarkably successful in doing so.
FYI says
allah will be furious..he detests female singers !..
“On the day of resurrection,
allah will pour molten lead,
into the ears of whoever sits,
listening to the song of a songstress”
reliance of the traveller Umdat AL Salik section r40.1
allah also detests musical instruments:but it is difficult to play music WITHOUT musical instruments.
God,on the other hand is OK with music and unlike allah, understands the need to use musical instruments to play music.
GOD Hi allah…well,I’m off.. for an evening of music:A Mozart recital,then Rachmaninov,Rimsky-Korsakov’s delightful easter overture,Gregorian chant,a Baptist women’s choir ,the Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra..and finally an evening spent listening to the Song of Songstress:A Jewish songstress too:Barbara Streisand.
You know I could sit listening ALL DAY to the song of a songstress..what about you allah?
allah grr Jews…song of a songstress….I shall be listening to …Yusuf islam (formerly cat stevens)
GOD wow{sarc} lucky you..but how will you be able to listen WITHOUT musical instruments?
allah………?
Lebel says
“The video, which was posted on Instagram by the singer, showed her singing and pointing her left hand to a mosque that is visible in the backgrounds according to prosecutors.”
If this story is true it’s absolutely grotesque and this woman should be freed and compensated.
gravenimage says
Why is Lebel pretending that he thinks that the Khaleej Times–which published this story on the “Crime” page and is partially owned by the UAE and like all newspapers there is subject to censorship–would lie to make this story more sympathetic to the “filthy Infidel” so charged?
Does he think we don’t know that victims suffer such charges of “blasphemy” in Dar-al-Islam on a regular basis, including in the UAE?
G179 says
Here is a real insult to a holy site:
https://ivarfjeld.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/islam1.jpg
Keys says
Good one. You can’t use your left hand, but you can lift your ass in to the air !
Loose the dogs !
penelope says
i believe the left hand is the one they wipe their ass with so makes perfect sense to use it to point to a mosque or anything islam related; could they get any more stupider???
Savvy Kafir says
It really is the Religion of Perpetual Outrage.
Guy Forester says
I get the outrage of many of the posters above, but you need to know why this is playing out as it is. This is a classic example of why westerners should be very careful about going on holiday to any Islamic country. The following is based upon my experiences in the ME and having survived a few faux pas.
1. Your left hand is your potty hand, so lefties are not common there, and you need to watch very carefully what you do with that hand.
2. Despite outward appearances, these OPEC countries all operate very similarly. The ruling despots get to do whatever they want, but the masses do not. This especially applies to expat workers and western visitors. Step out of line, even accidentally, and you are made an example.
3. When you are arrested and sent to jail there, it is because you are guilty, otherwise you would not be arrested. You go to the judge for an appropriate punishment, not to determine guilt or innocence.
4. Westerners are always guilty as charged, simply for being there. If two taxis collide, and one has a western PASSENGER, the western PASSENGER will be convicted of a crime or held civilly liable. You see, if the westerner had not hired the cab, the cab would not have been there, so it is YOUR FAULT. This is especially true if you are not muslim.
5. Despite claims of inclusiveness, all Islamic countries have racial pecking orders. In the ME, Arabs are the top rung. Other Caucasians are next, followed by Asians. East Asians are further down than Pakis or Indians. The bottom rung is held by blacks.
6. Women are always lower than men. The testimony of 1 man is equal to that of 4 women. Women’s testimony really cannot be used to convict a male except under rare circumstances.
6. Now add it up: A Southeast Asian, westernized, probably catholic woman, points towards a mosque with her left hand, while most likely signing a Western pop song, even if it is in Tagalog. She is toast.
Duterte should now get on the phone and put pressure on the king or whatever they have there. Yeah, right. Send over your navy, air force, and marines to show them you mean business.
This is not to excuse the arrest and detention and probable inhumane treatment this woman will receive in prison (you can guess what will happen). I do not recommend anyone to work there, live there, or holiday in any Islamic country unless you plan ahead, plan to be careful, and understand the risks. You can’t pay me enough to go back there.
jewdog says
I worked as a contractor for a while for a UAE based semiconductor company, and was assured by certain experts that the UAE was very moderate. Yet, based on this, and some other incidents, I now have strong doubts, despite the fact that the UAE considers CAIR to be a terrorist organization (probably because the Muslim Brotherhood poses a threat their regime). I’m starting to see the wisdom in trying to keep certain strategic industries protected, such as steel, aluminum and semiconductors.
Guy Forester says
+!
gravenimage says
Your being Jewish would have been especially hazardous.
Crusades Were Right says
We’re told that having pork products anywhere near a mosque is an “insult” – and even criminal. But since the reasoning behind this is that pork is allegedly “unclean”, then doesn’t that mean that those who consume it must also be “unclean”?
So, in reality, who is insulting whom?
gravenimage says
Yes–Infidels are regarded as “Najis”–unclean, just like feces.
SB says
When I’m done with my post, I will be painting a nude picture of Mohammad with junk so tiny, you will need a microscope to see.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
John w, but your mithraist Christianity is a religion of genocide, neoconisation to exploit other nations ,international brigandage by destruction of other nations to cause miseries, lies, immoralities and nudity, all inspired by the Satan you call Holy Spirit. Check history, mithraist christians have been committing the worst atrocities throughout human history. where is peace in mithraist christianity? Remember, according to mithraist Bible Jesus left behind Holy Spirit to guide Christians. Is Holy Spirit truely guiding mithraist to do right.The reverse is always the case. As such that entity called Holy Spirit is exactly the Satan leading mithraist christians to do evils. wicked scums of evils!!
gravenimage says
Notice that Ibrahim itace muhammed is fine with this poor woman being persecuted.
But why wouldn’t he be? He has said that anyone who “blasphemes” Islam should be murdered.
Richard C de L says
Ibrahim
Mohamad was:
an illiterate thug.
a rapist of women, little boys and little girls.
a cold blooded killer and torturer.
a liar without honour.
a cowardly wife beater.
a thief.
an ugly little man who enjoyed sex with goats.
a brute of no culture, refinement or sensitivity according to his seven old bride Aisha.
etc
Can anyone else add to my list.
You should change your name to Baal the pagan moon God from which allah originated. Abraham has no connection with mo ham mad.
Deb Macleod says
Well said & correct Richard, the Kaaba is the site where over 360 statues of satanic deities once stood but were removed about Moo Ham Mad’s time to disguise the obvious. Their main pilgrimage to Mecca is to kiss a black stone and walk around it six or seven times, doesn’t that say it all….I mean talk about mindlessly stupid…..but can besummed up in one word, EVIL.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
The original article at
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/crime/singer-on-trial-in-uae-for-insulting-islam-on-instagram
makes a good example of bad journalism. This eight-sentence report does not follow the “5W” checklist of information to be included in any report: (1) WHO: No names are reported except that of the defendant’s lawyer. (2) WHAT: arrest for pointing at a mosque with the left hand. (3) WHEN: No dates are given. (4) WHY: The justification for the arrest is not given. No law is cited, not even a sharia law. (5) WHERE: somewhere in Abu Dhabi.
Pointing with one’s left hand is blasphemy? Sez who? Please cite the aya or hadith.
Lydia Church says
We must insult islam!
We must call it a false religion.
Because we must speak the truth.
And expose what is wrong with it, and all of that can be done in a factual way.
Don’t comply with them in any way that contradicts the Christian faith.
Obviously.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Lydia church, we must insult your Satan god you call Holy Spirit because he is factor of all evils like genocide killings and international brigandage mithraist christians have been committing. Tell him to approach me, I will kick him on his head to get him running away from you to save humanity from your evils . wicked scums of evils!!
gravenimage says
What grotesque projection from Ibrahim itace muhammed. He has said that Muslim have the right to rob and enslave Infidels, as well as to slaughter anyone who does not submit to Islam. He has also said that he looks forward to personally taking part in the genocide of the Jews.
Johm says
This is not islamofobia ! If you can’t behave yourself then you are a criminal !
Richard C de L says
The civilised Filipina lady would use toilet paper unlike shitty Moslems using their hand. So why is what she did blasphemy?
I once asked ibrahim/Baal if he used western products such as soap and toilet paper but he didn’t respond.
Giacomo Latta says
Cmedian Bob Newhart warned us all back in the 70’s about the shithand, but did we listen, no.
Angela says
Right. Sooo What was the outcome?