He criticized Islam Not a good idea if you are going to be working in an Islamic Country.They must not have much crime if talking bad about your job can land you in the slammer. Like, they don’t have real criminals they need to detain? If venting about your job was a reason to go to jail in America, there wouldn’t be many on the outside.
UAE are a bunch of tools, yeah I said it!
The article said that the comments were about his employer. Does he work at mosque?
He’s used slurs on Islam to criticize his bosses.
I have many clients who are working in Middle Eastern countries and I’m quite surprised that he did what he did.Usually the companies are pretty good about warning about the culture they are entering and the need to be careful about what they say and do .
He was young and it was his first big job offer. His friends told him to be careful, but they paid him a lot of money….
Refering to your employers as “filthy arabs” is not a good career move. It appears they have dropped the insulting Islan charges so now he faces only five years in jail.
By the way, I’m guessing you probably have some terrifying true stories of Americans working in sketchy places, yourself. I’d be interested in hearing any, if you’re in the mood.
That sounds akin to pointing a loaded pistol at one’s head and pulling the trigger! Poor guy! I hope he’s able to procure a really top-notch attorney.
I work in many countries in the Middle East and Africa and as long as you don’t use drugs, drink alcohol, or hire prostitutes you’ll avoid trouble 99% of the time. I suppose that is true everywhere though.
Mostly funny. For instance last year I had a Jewish client who was working in Quatar. He wanted to come home for Passover but obviously couldn’t tell his employers why as obviously hev could not tell them he was Jewish . So he told them he was going home for Easter. When I pointed out Passover was a week earlier than Easter that year he said if they asked he would say that Palm Sunday was always a big holiday in his family .
