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Originally Posted by JU_88

As much as I hate to say it, in places like Dubai / Saudi Arabia where they cut off the hands of thieves, although that is truely inhumane, You gotta hand it to them (no pun intended) It actually works, virtually nobody steals anything over there.

Too easy a conclusion. In many Muhameddan countries a good ammount of crime gets settled outside police recognition or report and since this gets resolved outside the formal procedure of the legal system, it does not appear in the official crime statistics. Sharia law makes heavy use of negotiators that serve as mediators between conflicting parties and that are are not that much interested in questions of guilt and who is responsiblpa but to find a way that allows all parties to save their face and to maintain the appearance in public that nothing has happened.

I would handle official crime statistics from such countries with extreme caution. They are misleading due to an understanding of law and justice that has not much in common with Western understanding of these terms.