Asian gets sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Abu Dhabi

[n2doc]

Published Sunday, May 04, 2014
An Abu Dhabi criminal court sentenced an Asian housemaid to stoning to death after she was found guilty of committing adultery while married.

The maid had been rushed to hospital following abdominal pains and tests showed she was pregnant after sleeping with another man.

Newspapers said the maid confessed in court that she committed adultery and the judge handed down the sentence on the basis of her confession in line with Islamic law.

It was the first time in many years that a person was sentenced to stoning to death in such a case in the UAE. Judicial sources said the maid can appeal the sentence.

http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/asian-gets-death-for-adultery-in-abu-dhabi-2014-05-04-1.547869

[Warren Stupidity]

1. The UAE is one of the "nice" arab states that we have "good" relations with.

Unlike, for example, Syria.

[hedgehog]

2. Proper headline - Asian housemaid to be stoned after being raped by employer......

[theHandpuppet]

3. And just what, pray tell, was the sentence for the man?

I'll just bet it wasn't death by stoning.

[Coventina]

4. I have no words

[snooper2]

5. stupid fucking fundies strike again

assholes

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Before I opened the thread, I knew that the person to be stoned was a woman.

I don't recall ever hearing of a man being stoned for that "crime". Maybe it happens and just doesn't make the news.

[Auntie Bush]

10. Mem don't get stoned for adultry or rape....that I know of.

I've frequently read stories where the women is punished and the man goes scott free.

[flvegan]

7. This should please those here who support the death penalty.

If you support the death penalty, and what I wrote here upsets you, you're doing it wrong.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

12. Your logic, it is not like our earth logic.

For what it's worth, I don't support the death penalty, but the stupid here is so strong, it burns.

[Iggo]

8. Another of our brave allies in the War On Terra?

With friends like these...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. I'm sure, that in response, we can expect sanctions on the UAE.

[Douglas Carpenter]

11. I once worked in Abu Dhabi for two and a half years (89-91)- On one level it seems very modern

and relatively liberal and even permissive. You will find all night discotheques, English pubs, ultra-modern hotel resorts and even churches and temples. But things like this really do come up. I suppose when I keep in mind that it in 1972 they still had a slave market and less than twenty years before that warring tribes were having raids to steal cattle and women - one is reminded how close they are to an archaic past.

[MisterP]

15. their raids are now just offshored to the other side of the Arabian Sea

[Dawson Leery]

13. Stay out of Islamic countries.

[seveneyes]

14. "in line with Islamic law"

Why does any civilized government have any dealings with such barbaric and uncivilized countries? They really should be cut off from any access to modern amenities until they eliminate such inhuman acts.

[otohara]

16. Crimes Involving Housemaids In UAE

Domestic help in the UAE: Maid for trouble?

Asma Ali Zain and Amira Agarib / 22 April 2014

It could be ill treatment or mental illness that leads a human being to the point of a violent breakdown and force him/her to take lives of innocent children. Khaleej Times explores the maladies affecting domestic help in the UAE and finds caution, awareness and a change in attitude are needed

For children, their caregivers are the people in whom they place their utmost trust. And if that trust is broken, it could forever impact their lives psychologically and physically.

A recent case in which a maid allegedly attacked three young children of her employer with a cleaver and poured boiling hot water over them shocked the nation. She reportedly claimed that she was being ill treated by her employers.

This is not the first time that such a case has hit the headlines. Earlier this year, a maid allegedly strangled an 11-month-old infant after she was refused a leave by her employers.www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/infocus/2014/April/infocus_April3.xml§ion=infocus

These women have no names - story after story they are just referred to as "housemaids".
They must be mentally ill - never abused or overworked by their employers.