Face charges for tearing up and scribbling on a page
DUBAI (AFP)
Three Filipino workers who allegedly tore a page of the Muslim holy book the Quran and scribbled on it are being investigated on charges of blasphemy, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
Their employer lodged a complaint with police in the conservative emirate of Sharjah based on a statement by a colleague, the English-language daily The National quoted an official at the Philippines consulate as saying.
The employee said he saw his three colleagues commit the act deemed to be blasphemous in the United Arab Emirates, the paper said.
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The three men and seven other workers had been involved in a labor dispute with their employer, which had been resolved by terminating their work permits ahead of their deportation, the consulate official told the newspaper.
Six employees had already been repatriated. But two of the jailed men were arrested when they tried to leave for Manila on March 29, unaware of the complaint which was lodged on March 17, the paper said.
The third was taken into custody when he left his country's consulate, the official said.
The three have not been formally charged.
In 2006 an Abu Dhabi Islamic court sentenced a Filipina housemaid to a month in prison, followed by deportation, after her employer saw her sitting on a copy of the Quran.
She said she had not seen the holy book which had been covered by a blanket, the paper said. |
as long it is Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia are throwing Bibles in the garbage we should be doing the same
Looking for OR making an excuse to NOT deal with legitimate grips and complaints...such lovely people...NOT!
Jim-The koran should be outlawed in the West, and if mohammadins don't like it, they can go back to the hellholes they have created!
Good morning, G*D bless and Maranatha!
tmw