Dubai has exposed a growing cultural divide between native Muslims and Western residents seeking fun in the sun..

A swimmer walks on a beach in Jumeirah in Dubai in this picture taken September 23, 2008. Sex on the beach or drunken trysts may not raise eyebrows in many cities, but a recent case in Dubai has exposed a growing cultural divide between native Muslims and Western residents seeking fun in the sun. Picture taken September 23.

Beachgoers stroll along the shore at a beach in Jumeirah in Dubai in this picture taken September 23, 2008. Sex on the beach or drunken trysts may not raise eyebrows in many cities, but a recent case in Dubai has exposed a growing cultural divide between native Muslims and Western residents seeking fun in the sun. Picture taken September 23.


Briton Vince Acors (L), who is accused of having sex on a beach with a British woman, walks out of a Dubai court in this September 2, 2008 file photo. Sex on the beach or drunken trysts may not raise eyebrows in many cities, but a recent case in Dubai has exposed a growing cultural divide between native Muslims and Western residents seeking fun in the sun.

A veiled woman looks on as shoppers walk by in a shopping mall in Dubai in this picture taken September 23, 2008. Sex on the beach or drunken trysts may not raise eyebrows in many cities, but a recent case in Dubai has exposed a growing cultural divide between native Muslims and Western residents seeking fun in the sun.