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Claim: Dubai is sharia law and it works
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The UAE runs a hybrid: civil law for most matters, sharia mainly for Muslims' family law. Its 2020 reforms decriminalised alcohol and cohabitation and dropped corporal punishment.
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Wikipedia: Legal system of the United Arab Emirates
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