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Mar. 10th, 2008 10:08 pmRaids on mixed-sex housing under way in Sharjah | Gulf News
Sharjah is the most conservative of the UAE's seven emirates. There, you could be arrested for being with a member of the opposite sex not your spouse or relative, having a tattoo and possessing pornography, alcohol or a dog (considered highly unclean in Islam). Now, that is not Abu Dhabi, where people have dogs as pets and stores carry pork (in special areas with highly visible signage). Still, the possibility of the same thing happening here remains as cohabitation is technically illegal. I'm suddenly very glad we didn't brush off the warning about that and stepped up the marriage plans.
Sharjah is the most conservative of the UAE's seven emirates. There, you could be arrested for being with a member of the opposite sex not your spouse or relative, having a tattoo and possessing pornography, alcohol or a dog (considered highly unclean in Islam). Now, that is not Abu Dhabi, where people have dogs as pets and stores carry pork (in special areas with highly visible signage). Still, the possibility of the same thing happening here remains as cohabitation is technically illegal. I'm suddenly very glad we didn't brush off the warning about that and stepped up the marriage plans.
