Posted on 10/02/2023 8:09:44 PM PDT by algore
A New York business arts student has been jailed for a year in Dubai after she tapped an airport security officer on the arm during a strip search as they checked her medical waist binder and left her half-naked.
Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, 21, who attends Lehman College in the Big Apple was heading to New York from Istanbul with a friend when they were detained during a ten-hour layover at Dubai International Airport on July 14.
But what she thought would be a short stop in the UAE has turned into a months-long nightmare, after airport security was alerted to a brace De Los Santos was wearing with underwiring on it. She told airport officials she had recently had surgery and was mandated to wear the surgical brace around the clock.
She was carted off to a private room and instructed to remove the brace, leaving her semi-naked and feeling 'violated'. She was eventually cleared to go, but since she was unable to get the brace back on herself, she 'gently' touched one of the female customs officer's arm to get her friend to help her.
The female officers accused De Los Santos of 'assaulting and insulting' them, which Santos denied. She was forbidden to travel home, and this week was sentenced to a year behind bars despite paying a AED 10,000 ($2,722) fine.
Judges had ordered De Los Santos to pay the fine on August 24, but instead of being allowed on her way, customs officials appealed the sentence.
She has now undergone a months-long ordeal and had to fork out $50,000 to afford accommodation in the expensive nation along with lawyers costs.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Flight was probably cheaper with a stop out of the way.
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I like MBS. He’s reformer. He’s bringing Saudi Arabia out of the Stone Age.
Always remember in mohammedan society only the wishes of the dominate mohammedan male matter.
So avoid those areas.
Or don't.
It is your life.
“He’s bringing Saudi Arabia out of the Stone Age.”
I’m not so sure that’s a good thing.
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If you are flying Emirates from Istanbul (SAW) to JFK you would have a stopover in Dubai. Dubai is the hub for Emirates.
Hopefully he’ll reform Wahhabism.
“Hopefully he’ll reform Wahhabism.”
No such reform is possible.
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No religious faith is absolute. Time changes everything.
Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day, the biggest mass execution in decades March 12, 2022
If you have any "deviant beliefs" you'd better keep them close to the vest.
“No religious faith is absolute.”
You don’t understand islam. According to mohamed himself no “reform” of it is possible nor is it needed. It’s perfect just the way it is. Merely to suggest it makes you an apostate worthy of death. It says so right in their book.
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Of course they did that. MBS needs to do that. He’s not an idiot. Otherwise, they’ll go after him if he is reforming too much too quickly.
DO NOT GO TO ANY MUSLIM RUN COUNTRY. JUST DON’T GO THERE.
Maybe Egypt, but only with some fancy schmancy well established Tourist outfit.(And only because they threw out their Islamist Government almost immediately. Because those people were about to ruin Tourism.)
OTHERWISE NO, TOTALLY NO.
DO. NOT. GO.
That’s the Wahhabist movement. It wasn’t always like that. There are other prevailing views in Islam. Iran does not follow the Wahhabist movement in Saudi Arabia because they’re Shi’ite.
If you are white, black, brown, yellow, purple, green or any other color Dubai specifically and the ME in general are good places to stay the hell away from. The people there are less sane than the insane ones here. There were places around the world that I stayed away from and places when forced to layover I found a seat and sat there as quietly as possible until it was time to go and I did all I could to never exit the secure area or customs controlled area to avoid re-entering.
Yes, it was.
Well I guess we shouldn’t go to the UK. They just busted hundreds of Muslim cops for corruption.
The way those customs officials acted may have been difficult. However, some black women get away with acting awfully aggressive in the USA, and it may not go over so well everywhere.
“Iran does not follow the Wahhabist movement in Saudi Arabia because they’re Shi’ite.”
And both of them have been killing each other for the last 1,000 years because they quibble over incredibly minute points of islam. The Sunnis and the Shia have been at each other’s throats each accusing the others of being apostates for 1,100 years.
Face it. No “reform” of islam is possible. It never will be. The only option we have is to stamp it out. We are going to have to at some point.
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Too quickly is definitely risky. Islam has almost progressed into the 8th century now and that’s got a lot of muslims in a rage.
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