Emphasis on "possible!"by Denise Clark
Towering skyscrapers, modern architecture, white sand beaches, exotic local culture. It all looks rather inspiring in the brochures to a young co-ed, straight out of college, and looking to start a new career.
Now imagine this scenario: You are a beautiful young woman from Britain, wanting to do your part to better humanity. So, you take a teaching position at an international school in a Muslim country. Your ex-boyfriend, for whatever reason, uploads provocative pictures to your Facebook account and tells a colleague of yours about them. The colleague then accuses you of prostitution in a country where Sharia Law is common. What do you do?
This is exactly what happened to 24-year-old Emma Jones (photo), a teacher in Abu Dhabi. Her former boyfriend, Jamie Blayley, allegedly stole some images of Emma from her computer and uploaded them to her Facebook page. Knowing that she could face potential jail time or death under Sharia Law, Ms. Jones (allegedly), according to the coroner, drank a corrosive liquid in a possible suicide. I say "possible" because she apparently was found with her passport in her jeans and clothes ready to be packed as if to return to Britain.
As the Brits would say, it all sounds rather fishy indeed.
Cleaning fluid down her throat finding by Abu Dhabi Coroner
From The London Telegraph:
Deputy assistant coroner Thomas Atherton said he did not believe Mr Brayley was to blame for Miss Jones’s death.
Mr Atherton said he could not be sure Miss Jones, a sociology graduate, meant to kill herself and recorded an open verdict.
He said she may have accidentally drunk cleaning fluid from an unlabelled container, mistakenly believing it was water.
He said: "For whatever reason Emma expressed concern she was about to be arrested and put in prison.
"She agreed the best course of action was to leave Abu Dhabi and return to Britain. Her clothes were out and her passport was in her pocket.
“That's not someone who is contemplating suicide."
And these further rather incriminating details from Sky News, "Naked Facebook":The 24-year-old was frightened of being jailed in the strict Muslim country after the male co-worker accused her of being a prostitute, her mother claimed.An attempt to flee from Sharia Law
[Her] Mum Louise Rowlands... said Miss Jones was packing to return home to Britain before she swallowed the corrosive fluid at her home in Khalifa City.
The 41-year-old care worker from Caerphilly, South Wales, told the inquest: "She (Miss Jones) said she had to get away.
"She was crying, she was breaking her heart. I said 'Emma, whatever it is can't be that bad. Just come home'."
But her daughter exclaimed: "I can't leave the country - they will throw me in jail," Mrs Rowlands said.
So here we have a young woman who just wanted to teach, killing herself (allegedly; Vince Foster, call your office) because her ex-boyfriend decided to seek revenge in a country where women are possessions and have less rights than animals. And what better way to do it than to use the barbarism that is Sharia Law against her. The man is a scumbag of epic proportions.
We constantly hear about how islam is such a peaceful religion and that women really have nothing to fear under Sharia Law. Oh really? Then maybe those who support Sharia Law could explain why so many women are killed in so-called "honor killings" because they dared to live like a respectable human being with God-given rights. In Ms. Jones's case, however, she chose to take her own life in a horrific manner rather than face the torture that she believed was to be her punishment for nothing she did. Truly a sad story to tell.
While Emma Jones is only one story of fear of Sharia Law, the question remains: How many Emmas are there whose stories we don't hear? How many women commit suicide rather than face judgment by a group of Stone Age men with higher regard for their reputation than human life? And how many of these cases happen right here in the United States (and UK)? I'd bet the numbers would amaze a rational person.
Editor's Note - Denise Clark is a working mom, loving wife and mother of 3, who lives in Western Pennsylvania. She's a staunch supporter of the US Military, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Her blog is RightStuff.
9 Bloviations:
She couldn't afford a plane ticket home? Shit, I would have chipped in $10. If my daughter made the mistake of going to some muslim country and this happened, I wouldn't be sitting at home hoping for the best. She should have left by any means necessary, and I will add that drinking corrosive is not a normal way to kill oneself. Yeah it's fishy, but...She had options. If she couldn't leave, she should have gone to the British embassy. Her ex-boy friend should be caned or better yet, face the screw.
This is not in any possible way news.
47.8 seconds of my life are gone never to return.
WHO CARES!
WHO CARES!
Remember that phrase should, GOD FORBID, anything like that happen to a female loved one of yours.
Without stories like this to raise awareness, the slow encroachment of radical islam would be totally overlooked. Kind of like when the Nazis started taking over. Are we going to let history repeat itself?
Anonymous: Just for thought, here is WHY stories like this need to be told.
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.
###"here is WHY stories like this need to be told"###
I understand your passion. But the fact of the matter is Moslems have had control of the area for 1,400 years. Their brand of insanity is well known to anyone with a brain. It ain't gonna change any time soon.
I for one question why a non-Moslem woman would go out of her way to put herself in the middle of this culture. It is almost like going for a walk at 2am in a ghetto. You are looking for trouble.
Sounds like some local Muslims engaged in self-help punishment. The penalty for adultery under Sharia law is, as we all know, execution.
Did they check if she was raped? More often than not, when Muslim men murder women they rape them before killing them.
I have been publishing this blog for over 5 years now. And I must say, that the posting from Anonymous as to "who cares?" about this beautiful British girls death, is about the most, if not the most offensive blog comment I've yet received here.
My gosh, the idiocy and utter inanity of some people holds no bounds.
Anonymous may be on par with those Germans who said in 1934 and 1935, "so, a few Jews got beat up in the street... a few shops burned down. Who cares?"
Folks, it's individuals like Anonymous who will truly destroy our Nation if we are not careful.
Eric - The Management
Anonymous, as you should know, Abu Dhabi is not your "typical" Muslim nation. It is considered to be one of the few "safe" areas of the Muslim world, open to foreign visitors, most especially Brits.
I seriously doubt a girl like this would have agreed to do such a teaching program in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, or even Iraq.
Besides Morrocco, Bahrain, and to some extent Tunisia, and Kuwait, Abu Dhabi is considered to be the safest spot in Islamia for Westerners.
But this will undoubtably spoil that reputation.
I think the "who cares" part comes from those who feel that the Hugo Chavez wannabe in our White House is of far greater importance to the country than events thousands of miles away.
I have only some much emotion to share. It rains on the just and unjust alike all over the world. A Brazilian kid murdered by gangs here, an Iranian government killing there, hundreds killed in an earthquake over there and a retired couple killed with with a baseball bat one mile from me.
To keep my sanity I will reserve my outrage for horrors closer to home.
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