A Norwegian woman was sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai after she reported she was raped. The charge? Having sex outside of marriage, drinking alcohol and perjury, reports the BBC. Marte Deborah Dalelv, a 24-year-old interior designer who has lived in Qatar since 2011 was on a business trip to Dubai in March when she claims a co-worker sexually assaulted her. She reportedly ran to the hotel lobby and asked the staff to call the police. They asked her if she was sure she wanted to involve the police. "Of course I want to call the police," she said, according to her account to the Associated Press. "That is the natural reaction where I am from."

After undergoing a medical exam, Dalelv was detained on charges of having sex outside of marriage. She was later released following pressure from Norwegian officials but earlier this week she was sentenced to 16 months. Dalelv has appealed the decision. Her alleged attacker reportedly received a 13-month sentence, not for rape but rather for having extra-marital sex and drinking alcohol. This is hardly the first time foreigners are shocked to find out Dubai isn't as cosmopolitan as it's cracked out to be. Earlier, a British couple was behind bars for a month in 2010 after they kissed in public

Yep. Rape is considered the women's fault. Sometimes the men just have to apologize to Allah and they are freed from what I have heard, don't know if it is true or not.

i know it's hard to prove in a lot of cases, but this just seems overboard...

depends upon if it is a country run by Shiites or sunnis,, the muslim religion has no uniform denomination, much like Christians, there are variances in how the law is interpreted based upon the culture in the area

so I guess it would depend upon what is considered a 'muslim' country and what type of muslims have the political control....

laws based on religion are always going to problems...

that's a whole other debate

proving the line between when people think something is wrong BECAUSE of religion vs people thinking something is wrong that HAPPENS to coincide with religion

perjury, is bearing false witness,, the bible condemns it and it is a law

murder, is condemned by religion and the law

thievery is condemned by religion and the law

its really hard to pinpoint peoples specific reason for determining that something is undesirable or 'wrong' or how that equates to how a culture defines its laws,,,

yea, thats where democracy is a bit flawed... if enough like-minded people get together, they can change the laws to their way of thinking...

Any those animals that follow the pedo Mohammed can get the free rape ride.

Mohammed says women hold less value than a cow.

Slightly more than a goat.

depends on how many cows/goats/pigs you can trade for a woman... the more animals they have to trade for her, the prettier/better housekeeper she is...

Make sure her clitoris has been sawn off, when she's a toddler, so she is less likely to screw around.

One thing the sunnis, shias and I agree on is, fairycans NOI is a joke.