Mother punished for losing unborn baby in Dubai crash

Mother punished for losing unborn baby in Dubai crash

By Secularist - Posted on May 4th, 2009
Mother punished for losing unborn baby in Dubai crash
4 May 2009, 1407 hrs IST, AFP
DUBAI: A mother who lost her unborn baby in a Dubai road crash has been convicted of manslaughter and ordered to pay blood money, in the first such
ruling in the UAE, local newspapers reported on Monday.
The court found the 27-year-old Lebanese woman had failed to exercise due diligence when driving and caused her car to collide with another vehicle in October when she was nine months pregnant, the Arabic-language Al-Emarat Al-Youm said.
The English-language daily The National reported that the woman's car was struck from behind after she braked on a highway in Dubai, which like the rest of the UAE is notorious for fatal road accidents.
The Dubai Traffic Court ordered the mother to pay 20,000 dirhams (5,450 dollars) in diyyah or blood money to the unborn baby's next of kin and fined her another 540 dollars for "unintentional homicide," Al-Emarat Al-Youm said.
The judge based the verdict on Islamic or sharia law, it added.
"This may be the first case of its kind and may appear unusual to some, but the case highlights the fact that an unborn foetus also has rights as any human being," chief traffic prosecutor SalaH Bu Farousha was quoted as saying in The National.
Highways in the United Arab Emirates have a top speed limit of 120 kilometres (75 miles) an hour but motorists often drive much faster.

 

wdff the mother is probably already upset that she lost her baby, why fine her for it?

 

When you're in these regions of the world, expect the unexpected, especially if you're a female. At least she isn't stone to death.

 

Ouch thats one harsh punishment, so they're wanting pregnant women to stay at home 24/7 now?!?!

 

wake up call people.. this is Dubai.. the middle east??
there is no right for woman and they are bastards over there

 

^ Btw is Dubai in India? LOL

 

it's like adding salt to the open wound

 

wow. losing a baby and fined too >.<

 

^ But still I expect more to come other than a fine, her husband will divorce her and etc...

 

I consider Dubai to be part of India but it's not really the case...

If the husband is a cake,YES

 

^ cake as in urinal cake?!?!

 

^if you say so...
okie,a douchebag then

 

she got struck from behind so it wasn't her fault??

 

^ Hey this stuff only happen to countries with unfair rights and super religious

 

you do not want to test my geography skills flaming!!
Dubai is next to saudi arabia

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...55.283203&spn=34.894977,56.601563&z=4&iwloc=A

 

Why not?!?! You really that good at geography?!?!
Damn near Saudi Arabia, still a super religious place...

 

apparently it runs inthe family that geography is suppose to be the main subject but yeah im not too bad with geography but that's coz my dad had the idea that he wanted me to do it in Uni when i gave up during doing GCSEs lol