# Stupid Doper idea of the day

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-doper-idea-of-the-day/663973
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [July 19, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-doper-idea-of-the-day/663973 "2013-07-19T20:25:25Z")
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### Author: ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-doper-idea-of-the-day/663973/19 "2013-07-20T17:30:27Z")

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I’m nominating aceplace57’s posts from this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16494083&posted=1#post16494083).

Short version: Dubai is subject to Sharia law. A man can’t be convicted of rape unless he confesses or the rape is witnessed by four other men. If a woman is raped and accuses her rapist, all he has to do is deny the rape and he’ll be found non guilty. And then, based on her “confession” that she had sex with the man, she’ll be convicted of extramarital sex with the additional charge of perjury for her “false” accusation. There have been several reports of foreign women accusing local men of rape and being themselves imprisoned and the thread was based on a recent incident.

Aceplace’s contribution:

> [@Norwegian Women Raped in UAE; She is Sentenced to 16 Months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-women-raped-in-uae-she-is-sentenced-to-16-months/663989/24):
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> I feel bad for people that get tripped up by laws in other countries. Theres even a show called _Locked Up Abroad_ with real stories about the experiences of being incarcerated in other countries.
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> But, it is there country. Americans get pissed if foreigners visit our country and commit crimes. People in other countries feel the same way.
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> I wouldn’t touch a drop of liquor in a Muslim country. Even in a Westernized hotel with a bar. It’s just a sign of respect for the country I’m visiting. I wouldn’t try to lure any of the local ladies into my bed either.
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> Singapore has strict laws too. Their strict liter laws makes it one of the cleanest cities in the world. I recall some stupid American got caught spray painting graffiti. [That earned him a caning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay). He should have known better.
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> Their country. Their laws. Don’t like it? Don’t apply for a Visa and visit.

And when it’s pointed out to him that being raped is not committing a crime, he doesn’t back down. He insists the women must have done something illegal to cause the rapes.

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