November 15, 2010 8:56PM

A FILIPINA maid and her Bangladeshi lover will receive 100 lashes and be deported for having sex out of wedlock in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, a newspaper said today.

The Sharjah Sharia Court ordered the Filipina to be lashed 100 times and deported for "unlawful sex", said the Gulf News report.

The Bangladeshi would be lashed for adultery and jailed for a year for entering the house belonging to the Filipina's sponsor without permission before being deported.



Foreign workers in the UAE and most other Gulf states must be sponsored by an employer to work in the country. 

In some cases, employers hold the worker's passport and can deny permission to change jobs.

The Filipina's sponsor saw her lover leaving the house and reported it to police, Gulf News said, adding the two admitted to having sex after their arrest.

The report said Muslim foreigners who commit adultery are lashed and deported, while non-Muslims are jailed and deported. Both the Filipina and the Bangladeshi are Muslims, it said.

The UAE aims to be an international business and tourism hub and relies heavily on foreign workers, but also seeks to maintain traditional mores, leading to the periodic arrest of foreigners for offences such as sex out of wedlock or kissing in public.

One can actually become cripple for life after 50 lashes.

Brutal. So brutal.
It's amazing that this goes on. There are so many 'horror' stories about this kind of thing. It's a shame they aren't horror stories but real life.

It's a consolation that they are both punished. In some cases the girl alone is punished (sometimes given death sentence) while the man gets only a light punishment.

I wouldn't last long in that kind of society.

I have heard that the lashes can knock you out or render you unconscious and they will wait until you awaken before proceeding with the next lashing.  Ouch!

ah well. They pay the price for a bit of illicit fun.

What doesnt kill them only makes them stronger right!