British Expats - Silly season

yup its silly season again.
The papers are packed full of weird, backwards, crazy and obvious propaganda. just a few below
Must be summer again.

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/cr...agic-1.1034175
"Grand Mufti at the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments in Dubai, said that the existence of black magic is a fact that no one can deny. “Islam is strongly against black magic, as it is forbidden to learn, teach or practice magic or go to a sorcerer.” He added that Islam also urged believers to stop sorcerers and punish them. "

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/cr...toms-1.1034159
"Customs inspectors yesterday foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 1,200 items associated with the practice of witchcraft and sorcery into the UAE through Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport. "

regardless of message veracity i love the wording in this one
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/cr...ital-1.1032241

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-n...ts-and-day-off

"Not all members, however, believed there was a need to elaborate on workers' rights, stating that the amendment list would specify all details.

The majority of members who attended the session yesterday, however, said it was necessary to legitimise the law.

Ahmed Al Shamsi (Ajman), a member of the interior and defence committee, said the details had been discussed with the Ministry of Interior on Monday, and it had agreed to all the changes.

"We are criticised by [international human rights organisations] on the ill-treatment of workers in the country, so we need to mention all this," he said."

"Although some members, including Dr Abdulrahim Al Shahin (RAK), said such a requirement was not something any other country had, other members said they needed to ensure that maids, and nannies especially, were not mentally ill."