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Saturday, April 19, 2014

LIVING TOGETHER WHILE UNMARRIED IN QATAR

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While many unmarried couples do live together in QATAR, this is technically against the law as it is a Muslim country. Men and women are not permitted to share a home unless they are legally married or are related to each other. This applies to friends, house or flat mates as well and not just couples.

Unless you are being investigated for another crime or your neighbors call the police because of your rowdy house party, it is probably unlikely that the police would arrest you for ‘living in sin’ in Qatar.

If your housing is being provided by your employer, they may not look too favorable upon unwed couples living together since as your sponsors, they are legally responsible for your being here in QATAR. You may want to keep this in mind before inviting your boyfriend to live with you.

Be especially careful about co- habiting, whether in a romantic or roommate capacity, with anyone of the opposite gender if they are separated, but not legally divorced. In the eyes of the law, they are still married and they could be charged with adultery which is a much higher offense in QATAR.

Although we enjoy many freedoms in QATAR, we should not lose sight of the fact that we are living in a Muslim country and we should try to respect their culture and laws.

SOURCE: EXPATWOMAN.COM


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1 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 19, 2014 at 4:12 AM

    If both of you will be caught, either get out of the country, or get married right away if you can obtain the necessary documents quickly enough (and dont ask me what they are, I suppose the instance doing the officiating ie. your embassy or the local court will tell you).
    If it so happens that this pregnancy is completely unwelcome, she will also need to leave the country for a while if you know what I mean.
    Her and the baby's health would also be a concern here as I understand you need proof of marriage to get prenatal healthcare.

    And yes, you would be prosecuted for immoral relations, of which the pregnancy is proof, and the penalties are not lenient.

    For me it is insane but what do you expect, we are in Qatar...(better not say any more in case I get in trouble myself :)

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