March 14, 2010 - Sharia law is alive and well in the Middle East, as Dubai proved yet again with the arrest of 2 Britons accused of, shock, kissing in public. The 2 Brits face up to a month in prison after a mother complained her child had seen them. Ayman Najafi, 24, from Palmers Green, and a female friend named by the Sun as tourist Charlotte Lewis, 25, launched an appeal in a Dubai court today but will have to wait three weeks to find out if they have been successful. Najafi, who has lived in Dubai for the past 18 months, and Lewis were arrested last November and accused of kissing, touching each other intimately and consuming alcohol. The pair, currently free on bail, were also fined 1,000 dirhams (£178) for illegal consumption of alcohol, the lawyer said. They had their passports confiscated and were to be deported after the completion of their jail sentence. What happens to you if you're stranded in a Middle Eastern country, accused of violating sharia law, and with no passport with which to make your escape? Click below for story.
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