British Engineer’s “When Will We Finish With the Damn Mosques” Yields 1 Month in Jail, in United Arab Emirates

(Eugene Volokh)

The National reported, in February:

JT, a Briton who works in the parks and recreation section at Abu Dhabi Municipality, … was reported to police by colleagues after he lost his temper during a meeting over delays to a project he was working on designing mosque gardens.

“When will we finish with the damn mosques?” he was reported as saying.

Yesterday’s Al Arabiya reports that the case is on appeal, and the decision is scheduled to be announced April 30. Thanks to Louis Offen for the pointer.