Originally Posted by
typical
I'm afraid the information is accurate, insofar as sharing a hotel room (or even a car) with someone of the opposite sex you are not married to is illegal, Muslim or not.
I don't think that this is true, especially about the car. Of course there is really no rule of law in Dubai anyway, but can you point to a law (either nationally or in the emirate) that says that unmarried people of the opposite sex cannot share a car?
As a comparison, I checked with my legal counsel in Qatar, and he confirmed that there is no law against unmarried non-Muslims cohabiting. Of course that's not the UAE, but given that Qatar is more conservative, and has shariah strictly referenced in the "constitution" of the country, it's a data point.