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Is Dubai Safe for Americans
10/09/23 | Tnoldman

Posted on 10/09/2023 8:39:19 AM PDT by TNoldman

I have family members in Bali wanting to travel to Dubai and then home to the USA.

Is that a wise route or even possible now with the War in Israel.

I think it's a bad choice. What do my Freeper friends suggest?

Are there travel restrictions in place?


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: dubai; uae; unitedarabemirates
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1 posted on 10/09/2023 8:39:19 AM PDT by TNoldman
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Not a wise idea to go to any Muslim country right now.


2 posted on 10/09/2023 8:41:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I have heard from people who have been there that Dubai is one of those places where (at least during business hours) the Muslims pretend to not be psychopaths.


3 posted on 10/09/2023 8:42:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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I also want to know, good topic


4 posted on 10/09/2023 8:42:51 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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The following is just my opinion: No Islamic country is safe for Americans especially women right now. That said, the Dubai in the UAE is probably the safest of the lot. After all, the UAE is the only Muslim nation that condemned Hamas for the attack on Israel.


5 posted on 10/09/2023 8:44:58 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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Can they re-route via Phillipines or Japan? I have ex-pat American friends living in the Phillipines who have just completed a month long vacation in the US. They arrived home before the attack on Israel. I certainly wouldn't take an airline path via anywhere in the middle east at this time.
6 posted on 10/09/2023 8:45:07 AM PDT by Myrddin
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They’re in Bali and they want to travel to Dubai? Isn’t that like being in Chicago and wondering if it’s safe to travel to Detroit?


7 posted on 10/09/2023 8:45:55 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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“Is Dubai Safe for Americans”

Excluding the war in Israel, my answer is that Dubai is safe for Americans, as long as they don’t ‘act like Americans’.


8 posted on 10/09/2023 8:45:55 AM PDT by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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. After all, the UAE is the only Muslim nation that condemned Hamas for the attack on Israel.

Even in moderate nations, you are still dealing with hatred of Christians, which is always bubbling right below the surface.

9 posted on 10/09/2023 8:46:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Bali is in Indonesia which is also muslim. Advise them to come home and advoid any muslim country.


10 posted on 10/09/2023 8:46:55 AM PDT by Pamlico (Support President Trump and oppose traitors at every opportunity)
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Don’t go out at night, women go nowhere alone, don’t drink, dress modestly and keep a behaved attitude.

Pretty solid plan for everywhere, minus going out at night.


11 posted on 10/09/2023 8:47:38 AM PDT by EEGator
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Also, not aware of any travel restrictions but do not take my word for it. Look it up.

Re travel advisories, see https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/united-arab-emirates-travel-advisory.html (not that I trust the State Department under the Biden regime).

12 posted on 10/09/2023 8:48:34 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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Prayers for their safety.

I personally will not travel outside the USA any more unless a dire situation requires it.

I personally will not travel to many places in the USA now unless same reasons.

It’s getting so that I won’t frequent a place of business that forbids firearms.

I hope I never have to use my personal protection but I don’t intend to be victimized because I did not have it very close by.


13 posted on 10/09/2023 8:49:36 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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Agreed, hence my first statement: “The following is just my opinion: No Islamic country is safe for Americans especially women right now.”


14 posted on 10/09/2023 8:51:03 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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Same here.


15 posted on 10/09/2023 8:51:30 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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Stay home.


16 posted on 10/09/2023 8:52:17 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Ditto.

My kid is supposed to Israel a year from now. My gut tells me this battle may go on for a while.


17 posted on 10/09/2023 8:52:21 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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Dubai should be OK to travel through. I wouldn’t hang out there too long. But that area is a major travel hub.


18 posted on 10/09/2023 8:54:25 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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I’m concerned about our friends vacationing in Egypt right now. Haven’t heard if they cut the trip short. I imagine flights out got booked up pretty quickly.


19 posted on 10/09/2023 8:54:33 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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But that area is a major travel hub.

And thus, the perfect terrorist target.

20 posted on 10/09/2023 8:55:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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