Dubai deports man for insulting gesture
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January 10, 2011, Monday
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ANOTHER don't in Dubai: keep hand gestures clean or risk a one-way ticket home.
That's the message from Dubai's highest court in a ruling that upheld the deportation of a Pakistani man for a case of road rage that included one of the most familiar side effects - the insult of a raised middle finger.
The Court of Cassation - the last stop in the appeal process - confirmed that the United Arab Emirates' strict indecency codes cover hand gestures and the deportation sentence would stand, media reports said yesterday.
It's no surprise for those familiar with the UAE's legal system, which is infused with traditional codes against public insults and other acts considered violations of -customs in the native Gulf Arab society.
But in Dubai's cultural soup - dominated by foreign workers, visitors and sun-seeking vacationers - such rules can seem far removed from the skyscrapers, Western-style malls and lifestyle options that are much closer to California than Cairo.
The court ruling is the latest reminder of Dubai's split personalities as both cosmopolitan and conservative.
The Pakistani man sought to challenge his one-month jail sentence and deportation for giving "the finger" during a traffic altercation. The court, headed by Judge Mohammed Nabil Riyadh, ruled that deportation was acceptable to all acts deemed indecent under UAE law.
In 2008, two Britons accused of having sex on a beach got three months in jail. Their sentences were later suspended.
That's the message from Dubai's highest court in a ruling that upheld the deportation of a Pakistani man for a case of road rage that included one of the most familiar side effects - the insult of a raised middle finger.
The Court of Cassation - the last stop in the appeal process - confirmed that the United Arab Emirates' strict indecency codes cover hand gestures and the deportation sentence would stand, media reports said yesterday.
It's no surprise for those familiar with the UAE's legal system, which is infused with traditional codes against public insults and other acts considered violations of -customs in the native Gulf Arab society.
But in Dubai's cultural soup - dominated by foreign workers, visitors and sun-seeking vacationers - such rules can seem far removed from the skyscrapers, Western-style malls and lifestyle options that are much closer to California than Cairo.
The court ruling is the latest reminder of Dubai's split personalities as both cosmopolitan and conservative.
The Pakistani man sought to challenge his one-month jail sentence and deportation for giving "the finger" during a traffic altercation. The court, headed by Judge Mohammed Nabil Riyadh, ruled that deportation was acceptable to all acts deemed indecent under UAE law.
In 2008, two Britons accused of having sex on a beach got three months in jail. Their sentences were later suspended.
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