{"id":282149,"date":"2020-11-07T06:06:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=282149"},"modified":"2020-11-08T06:12:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T11:12:35","slug":"uae-relaxes-islamic-laws-to-allow-alcohol-consumption-sex-outside-marriage-criminalizes-honor-killings-state-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ro\/uae-relaxes-islamic-laws-to-allow-alcohol-consumption-sex-outside-marriage-criminalizes-honor-killings-state-media\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE relaxes Islamic laws to allow alcohol consumption, sex outside marriage & criminalizes \u2018honor killings\u2019 \u2013 state media"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL’S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Good to have some positive news…<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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The UAE has moved to revise its Islamic personal laws, loosening restrictions on alcohol and cohabitation of unmarried couples as well as scrapping lenient penalties for \u201chonor killings,\u201d the state media said.<\/p>\n

The changes, which were announced on Saturday by the government-run WAM news agency, are intended to\u00a0\u201cconsolidate the UAE\u2019s principles of tolerance\u201d\u00a0and improve the Gulf nation\u2019s economic and social profile. However, the agency didn\u2019t specify when the new relaxed rules will go into force.<\/p>\n

Penalties for alcohol consumption, possession and sales for those 21 and over will be eliminated in the Muslim country, which positions itself as a more Westernized tourist hotspot than other areas in the region. UAE citizens previously required a special license to drink beer and other liquors at bars or at home.<\/p>\n

The reform will also allow\u00a0\u201ccohabitation of unmarried couples.\u201d\u00a0Such behavior has been considered criminal in UAE for a long time, though the law was rarely enforced against expats living in the financial hub of Dubai and other emirates.<\/p>\n

The legal clause which allowed the judges to issue merciful sentences to men who commit a so-called\u00a0\u201chonor killing\u201d\u00a0has also been removed. Those crimes will from now be treated as a regular murder.<\/p>\n

According to human rights groups, every year thousands of females in the Middle East and South Asia become victims of\u00a0\u201chonor killings,\u201d\u00a0which are carried out by relatives against women and girls who somehow violate Islamic laws and bring\u00a0\u2018shame\u2019\u00a0on the family.<\/p>\n

The reform comes amid the US-brokered normalization of ties between longtime regional foes UAE and Israel, which is expected to bring investment and numerous Israeli tourists to the Gulf country.<\/p>\n

Dubai is also hosting the World Expo in 2021-22. It\u2019s planned that some 25 million people will visit the country for the major international event, greatly boosting economic activity in the UAE. The expo was initially scheduled to take place this year, but was moved due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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