The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has relaxed certain Islamic laws criminalising alcohol consumption and fornication. The announcement was made on the state-run WAM news agency and detailed in the state-linked newspaper, The National. Details of the legal reforms include allowing unmarried couples to cohabit, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalising “honour killings”. In the UAE, residents require a liquor licence to purchase, transport or have alcohol in their homes. But with the development, penalties for alcohol consumption, sales and possession for those above 21 years have been scrapped; thereby allowing Muslims who have been...