This was on the news at lunchtime. Marnie Pearce is a woman of 40, who was born in the UK, and has lived in the middle east (Dubai) as a muslim, with her Egyptian husband since her mid 20s, and she has 2 sons by him (aged between 5 and 10.)
Her husband claimed she had an affair with another man (last year I think; ) although she fervently denies this, and says this man was only a friend. Anyway, due to her husband's testimony, she went to jail for 3 months for adultery, and now, she is being deported from Dubai back to the UK. She is never allowed back there again and her husband has full custody of their sons. She will probably never see them again.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...-children-again.html
What are peoples views on this? Is it a disgusting outrage that this woman who has been with this man for quite a number of years, and lived the life as a muslim, and stood by him and adopted his religion and been a good dutiful wife and brilliant mother, count for nothing? He makes some outrageous claim that she has cheated on him, and his word and testimony is apparently good enough for her to get jailed and deported, and lose custody of her children.
Or does she have to 'live with it,' because that's the risk she took marrying someone from the middle east, emigrating there and living the life of a muslim? It's a well documented fact that the woman is rarely given custody in those cases (and in that type of culture.)
Remember the movie 'not without my daughter,' with Sally Field? That was based on a true story, and this happens to many, many women. Is it fair? Or as I said, is it the risk they take when they choose a life with a man from this culture?
Opinions anyone?
Her husband claimed she had an affair with another man (last year I think; ) although she fervently denies this, and says this man was only a friend. Anyway, due to her husband's testimony, she went to jail for 3 months for adultery, and now, she is being deported from Dubai back to the UK. She is never allowed back there again and her husband has full custody of their sons. She will probably never see them again.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...-children-again.html
What are peoples views on this? Is it a disgusting outrage that this woman who has been with this man for quite a number of years, and lived the life as a muslim, and stood by him and adopted his religion and been a good dutiful wife and brilliant mother, count for nothing? He makes some outrageous claim that she has cheated on him, and his word and testimony is apparently good enough for her to get jailed and deported, and lose custody of her children.
Or does she have to 'live with it,' because that's the risk she took marrying someone from the middle east, emigrating there and living the life of a muslim? It's a well documented fact that the woman is rarely given custody in those cases (and in that type of culture.)
Remember the movie 'not without my daughter,' with Sally Field? That was based on a true story, and this happens to many, many women. Is it fair? Or as I said, is it the risk they take when they choose a life with a man from this culture?
Opinions anyone?
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