Double Standards in Qatar
By adeel_9298 •
DOHA: A lower criminal court which sentenced a housewife to
face the firing squad for killing her maid walked away with a lighter sentence passed by the Court of Appeals, which ruled that the murder was not premeditated. (The Peninsula)
I wonder if the housewife would have been killed by the maid .... would they still say that the murder was not PREMEDITATED !!!! ????
A Murder is a murder .... the GODDAMN housewife stabbed the poor maid with a knife GOD knows how many times ..... and the maid bled to death .... and they say its not a murder ???? WTF !!!! Is this justice what Islam taught us ???? I don't think so !!!! Any Comments ?
The lady maybe was not qatari... but if it happened here it was under the local "laws".
God makes it rain on the just and unjust fella,
but mostly on the just!
Because the unjust has the just's umbrella!
Justice delayed is justice denied.
I'm not going to get into a big debate as to whether there is an afterlife or not and whether it is a place of torment for those who did whatever when they were alive.
All I'm going to say is that if we need to wait for the afterlife to find justice in this life, then THERE IS NO JUSTICE!
there are a lot of other nationalities also aside from Filipinas. There are Sri Lankans, Indians, Nepalese, Sudanese, Chines, etc.
"dgoodrebel will always be the rebellious good one"
dmightysolomon....do qatar have only filipina maids. its not about the nationality , but its about how they should treat their hired help...which is to treat them fairly....
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If Electricity Comes From Electrons,
,,,,,Does Morality Come From Morons?
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Places To Go, People To Annoy.......
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They have something here called blood money and it is up to the family to accept or refuse it. If the family accepts the blood money that means they prefer that to the sentence given to to culprit....
Aisha-Taweela
and Filipina maid? So the housewife is not a local. JUST MONEY TALKS!
"dgoodrebel will always be the rebellious good one"
Apparently you have never seen people get very light sentences for temporary insanity, or better yet, get off scott free because they have a great lawyer.
Only a double standard in Qatar? How many years in prison do the average pedophile (first offence) get back home? None.... they get prohibation.
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all animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others
I think the main reason maid abuse doesn't happen in the UK is that hardly anyone has a maid. Certainly, I've never met anyone who employed a maid or nanny.
carol2008....my sentiments exactly!
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"The grass is always greener...over the Septic Tank"
Well... but they dont eat pork, pray few times a day and only get drunk in hotels... so it is all right...
Really... what a distorced little place...
again maids...(poor slaves)!
It is very difficult to remove the old practice of slavery from the heads of these region.
what you will say about US and non-US citizens treatment both are humans but one is US and other is Non US living in ME, the treatment is extremely different, WHY?
Dicrimination is there in every walk of LIFE; White vs non-white, Arabic speaking vs non Arabic spreaking. Degrees from UK/US vs non UK/US qualified....just count on...
Waasta (influence) in the Gulf is more powerful than anywhere else in the World.
amen to that, fubar!!!!
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Maid abuse happens all over the world, but it is less likely to happen in 'developed' countries because they have criminal justice systems in place to actually punish murderers.
The gulf countries don't value human life and don't consider stabbing a maid to death as a serious offence.
In western countries merely beating or starving the maid like this would have landed you the jail sentence. Here it is normal to think that you can do those things to your domestic staff without fear of prosecution.
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Crime/Story/A1Story20080227-51678.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1694321.cms
Even in Singapore and USA..
However, I agree that it is much much more common in the Middle East.
it is very common here in the middle east..it says something about their kind of people...
i'm speaking in general here coz i also know some arabs / arab families here who are genuinely very nice and kind hearted people...
the bottom line is that most of these middle easterners are hyprocrites by hiding themselves behind the sanctity of their religion to cover up that they stink as humans...
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britexpat ..by a housewife? Ok ...may be Saudi..Kuwait etc
It is incorrect to say that maid abuse / murder does not occur in other countries.
However, it is more common / prevelaint in the Middle East.
This is really unheard of in any other country....normal everyday housewives taking lives of their maids.....Its not like in the underworld or ganster or pimp or not even under the influence of alcohol or drugs....
...and I m not even saying the lady should be hanged or shot....but at least stop that family from hiring more maids!!!
Does Qatar seem to be bothered by such things? I know it WAS not, but any recent change...? I heard the shiekha is an advocate of many things.,
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is that lives of Expats have some how a far lesser value than a life of a local .... This is also what we experience everyday... and this is the harsh reality of Middle East !!!!!
but i tried. and i disappointed drac, i guess.
grant me the senility.
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call me ONE.
No double standards...only single standard... treat expatriates like DIRT...
sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't...
Adeel is one of the sweet ones who wishes to learn about others...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
how i wish mine turned out this way, you're really sweet scarlett, ...adeel that was nice of you., :)
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call me ONE.
sometimes we don't know what is offensive in each other's worlds...you're a doll...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Thanks Scarlett ... yes I agree with you ... I didn't realize that, but you are 100% correct. I will always remember that !! Thanks
relatives of the maid shall go to higher courts to challenge such a heinous case and should use Human Right Commisions in Qatar for support if needed.
you used the term god damn...that is considered taking God's name in vain...when you call upon God(or Allah) it should be in a reverent manner..not used as a cuss word.
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
that's the weirdest thing in this side of the world...
here in the middle east, you can hear people talk about their morality, their religion, etc...and we think that they are righteous, chaste and sanctified....
but they are the exact opposite!!!
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This article appeared on the same day as this article:
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=265905&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56
In essense, insurers are losing money hand over fist because it is they (the insurers) who are left to pay the QR150,000 blood money every time some idiot kills someone on the roads in this country.
So basically you can murder someone with your car and you will lose your license for a few weeks, and the insurance company picks up the bill.
You can also stab your maid to death in cold blood, after first beating her and starving her, and you'll get a couple of years in jail. Meanwhile your husband, who knows full well what is going on, gets off scot free.
Is there any justince in this country for the helpless workers, or only for the lucky few?
Hi Scarlett,
I don't get your point. Please explain me and correct me if I am wrong anywhere. I would love to learn if I am wrong. Please explain your point.
Only this morning one of my Brit colleagues took a door mirror off a parked car - totally his fault, however the Asian gentleman in the other car got a QR100 fine!!!! Go Figure.
Did you Google it first?
Great law and order.. what a joke.
wher is all our religious scholars out here, would like to know their comments on this.
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Listen to Many..Speak to a few.
murder is murder, whether its premeditated or not or who you are...
Hey adeel...would you mind watching what you say, please, you are taking the Lord's name in vain...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
"As the convict has been in
judicial custody throughout the
trial, she will now serve only
seven months in prison."
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(speechless)
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here on Earth, you will harvest there in Heaven....
I bet Johnnie Cochran and F. Lee Bailey were fighting her case.
nothing! more so if you're an expat and the other party is local. these case is just one of those many cases that QL have questioned and criticized countless times
You can escape the justice in this world but not infront of Almighty GOD.
You will stand trial for your sins and no one will be there to help you out. No one.
Peace
Justice supposed to be blind but nowadays justice seems to wear sun glasses. So sad to know.
Peace
justice is given only to those who can afford it, in most cases anyway...