Death Row
Ok Abdul Gafer Hussein, as a Muslim Emirati man, what do you mean when you say "does not suit a developed society such as the UAE."? The death penalty in the UAE is not the same as the death penalty in the US and even though I agree with you that the UAE should not be executing anyone accused of making a serious crime, I disagree with what you are saying.You see Mr. Hussein, the death penalty is a part of Sharia, Islamic law that has its root in prophetic Revelation. But the death penalty should only be used in a legal system that is 'just' , fair and accurate. This is why it cannot be applied in the US, because the people who most likely to be on the Death Row would be those who cannot afford good expenisive lawyers plus it is a man made law...and everything man made is falible. In the UAE , the legal system here is a little questioning, especially when someone like Dallas Austin, because he is a celebrity, can get away with having Class A drugs...but Mr Kuwaity Al Nobody is going to have the book thrown at him because he has a drug that is the equivelant of alchohol.
So Mr Hussein the problem is not that the Death penalty doesnt suit such a developed society as the UAE, (because with that you imply that sharia is a primitive and backwards law) but the problem is that the whole legal system in our country as it is now , is not mature, just enough or developed enough to support the death penalty.
posted by Jassim @ 11:05 PM
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