ABU DHABI // A man who called police to claim his wife assaulted him ended up in prison instead, the Misdemeanour Court heard on Monday.
When officers arrived at the scene of the Emirati couple, the wife claimed that her husband was the one who attacked her.
The woman’s mother also gave evidence that she saw her son-in-law attack her daughter.
Meanwhile, the defence lawyer, Ali Al Abbadi, argued that her testimony was invalid because as per Sharia law, no parent can give evidence as a witness on behalf of their child and vice-versa.
The case was adjourned until July 8 for the defence witness — the defendant’s brother — to attend.
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$1,000 award for 1,000 days on madrasa portal
Daily cash awards of $1,000 dollars will sweeten the Madrasa e-learning project by tempting more pupils to an education portal to deepen their understanding of math and sciences.
School children are required to watch an educational video each day and answer a question related to it. They then enter into a raffle draw for the $1,000 prize.
“We are targeting everyone who wants to learn. This will be $1,000 for 1,000 days so there will be a winner every day for 1,000 days,” said Sara Al Nuaimi, project manager of the Madrasa e-learning platform that was launched on Tuesday by the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, to reach Arab pupils from kindergarten to grade 12 with educational videos.
“The objective of the Madrasa is to become the number one reference for all Arab students in the world. The 5,000 videos we have online is just the beginning, we have big ambitions. Today in the Arab world there are 50 million students. We want to reach everyone who is willing to learn.”
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