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London teen jailed for one year in Dubai after 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl (www.mylondon.news)

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Marcus, from Tottenham, North London, had been enjoying a holiday with his parents when he met a fellow Brit at the same hotel. A holiday fling sparked and the pair spent time together until the girl, also from London, flew back to Britain.

In Dubai, if an adult has a sexual relationship with a person under 18, they can be prosecuted for having a sexual relationship with a minor. The relationship would be legal in the UK.

Marcus and his parents were set to fly back shortly after - but their plans were thrown into chaos when police knocked on their hotel room door. The "terrified" teenager was then reportedly hauled in for questioning without any explanation and held at the Al Barsha Police Station, DID said. He spent three days there, during which time he was not allowed to make a phone call or speak with his parents, it is claimed.

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[–] Makhno 26 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Uh yeah fuck Islam. Fuck the Judaism and Christianity too. See? Easy.

[–] lurklurk 4 points 5 hours ago

They're certainly old enough

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Okay so how do I fuck these religions exactly? I can go to these theocratic states and start doing whatever I want? Symbolising my freedom?

Why don't you try it? Let's see how far you can go to freeing humanity from the shackles of religion.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

With a rocket. And I don't give a fuck where you're at.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

if we're shitposting after all, fuck you all. checkmate.

[–] Dasus 1 points 4 hours ago

"The intolerance of narrow monotheism is written in letters of blood across the history of man from the time when first the tribes of Israel burst into the land of Canaan. The worshippers of the one jealous God are egged on to aggressive wars against people of alien [beliefs and cultures]. They invoke divine sanction for the cruelties inflicted on the conquered. The spirit of old Israel is inherited by Christianity and Islam, and it might not be unreasonable to suggest that it would have been better for Western civilization if Greece had moulded it on this question rather than Palestine."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_monotheism