Who Said Islamic Law Wasn't Fun: Instant justice for using foul language

[JCMach1]

Applying the principle of instant justice, Sharjah Police made a woman passenger beat a taxi driver in the streets in public for using vulgar language when she told the driver to drive safely.

The woman, Beena Soni, a Sharjah-based Jalabiah designer, was travelling with a woman relative in the taxi a few days ago. The driver applied the brakes suddenly, resulting in the women banging against the front seat.

Beena told the driver to drive carefully and not to apply brakes suddenly because it hurt them. "The driver, in turn, used vulgar words," she told Khaleej Times. She asked the driver to stop the taxi, and called the police. When the police arrived, the driver denied using vulgar words but the police did not accept it.

"You can lodge a formal complaint. We can lock him up. He could even be jailed," the police told Beena.

"I do not want to cause long-term problems to the driver, but he should actually be beaten up so that he does not use bad language again," she replied.

"Then beat him," the police said...http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/November/theuae_November19.xml§ion=theuae

YOU HAVE TO READ THE REST OF THIS... I WOULD HAVE PAYED MONEY TO HAVE BEEN THERE... NOTE, SHARJAH IS WHERE I LIVE HERE IN THE UAE...

[HEyHEY]

1. Disgusting

[JCMach1]

2. Read the whole story... it had me rolling I'm sorry

You have to understand the context...

[HEyHEY]

3. I'm sure I could find humour in it

But being beaten for just using foul language? That ain't right

[JCMach1]

4. You haven't heard the cab drivers here... it ain't right

I tell you.

[southlandshari]

5. Thank goodness there are millions of Muslims around the world

who are not represented by the people in this article!

:D

[Kenroy]

6. That's hysterical

Imagine if a woman using foul language was beaten under the auspices of the police. Friggin' laff-riot. :sarcasm:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. I feel a sudden urge to exercise my secular freedom.

FUCK! SHIT! CUNT! MOTHERFUCKER! COCKSUCKER! SON OF A BITCH!

And nobody can beat me up for this. Aren't societies not dominated by religion great?