Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
“ | With each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It is no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster than others to survive. | „ |
~ Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, My Vision: Challenges in the Race for Excellence |
Mohammed bin Rashid bin Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum is the current Emir of Dubai[1], as well as the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates as a whole.
As Dubai is an extremely conservative Muslim state, tourists have been imprisoned for minor offences due to their violation of Islamic law. A famous example is British tourist Jamie Harron, who was arrested after he accidentally touched a man's hip in a bar.[2] There is also an extreme intolerance of violating the country's dress code, especially cross dressing.[3] It is also completely illegal to be gay in Dubai.[2][3]
In 2006, when Al Maktoum was crown prince, he and other members of the royal family were accused in a class action lawsuit of masterminding the abduction and enslavement of 30,000 boys from Africa and South Asia, who were forced to participate in camel racing in what was called "one of the greatest humanitarian crimes of the last 50 years".[4] The case was eventually dropped due to none of the accused living in the USA.[5]
On 11 March 2018, a video was released of Sheikha Latifa, one of Sheikh Mohammed's daughters, after her failed attempt to flee the UAE and subsequent disappearance, in which she claimed she was fleeing from her family, made allegations of abuse, and said her father was responsible for a number of murders, including the murder of his deceased older brother's wife. She later reappeared in Dubai, giving rise to kidnapping allegations. Another of his daughters, Sheikha Shamsa, was kidnapped after fleeing the UK family estate. A UK court later ruled that Al Maktoum had probably abducted both of them.[6]
References
- ↑ Dubai Rulers - Government of Dubai
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 What not to do in Dubai as a tourist - The Independent
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Cross-dressing tourists held in Dubai crackdown on 'indecency' - The Guardian
- ↑ Dubai princes accused of masterminding trade in jockey slaves - The Independent
- ↑ Dubai ruler accused of slavery - SBS News
- ↑ Dubai ruler organised kidnapping of his children, UK court rules - The Guardian
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