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Briton faces jail in UAE for insulting Islam
Friday January 13, 2012 09:26:04 PM,
IANS
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London: A British
engineer is facing jail in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
for allegedly insulting Islam with an angry comment during a
meeting, a media report said here.
The engineer -- who has not been named -- told colleagues: "When
will we finish with the damn mosques?"
He has now told an appeals court that he did not mean to insult
the religion, the Daily Mail reported.
The engineer works at the parks and recreation section of the Abu
Dhabi municipality. He was in charge of a project to create
gardens around a mosque, The National daily reported.
The Briton told the court he lost his temper at a meeting because
the project was progressing slowly. He was reported to police by
his colleagues for asking the offending question.
He told the judge he did not mean to insult the mosque and that he
respected Islam as well as the UAE.
"I said it out of concern for the project because I wanted it to
be ready as soon as possible," he said, following which the judge
asked him: "So your keenness on completion drove you to curse?"
A decision on his appeal will be announced Feb 7.
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