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Old 06-13-2012, 12:13 PM   #14
Marin
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The reason the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai is built on an island (man made) is that by being on an island instead of being in Dubai proper Muslim tenants do not apply. That is why it was originally planned to have a casino in the hotel, for example, something that would not have been allowed were the hotel to be sitting on Dubai soil.

As it was the casino plans were scrapped when Dubai's rulers decided against it.
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