The United Arab Emirates has announced that drinking alcohol and cohabiting outside of marriage are to be allowed in a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws. The broadening of personal freedoms reflects the changing profile of a country that has sought to bill itself as a Westernised destination for tourists, fortune-seekers and businesses…

The practice of cohabiting has been applauded as well as criticized by the general public. Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together. The cohabiting couples are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or sometimes on a permanent basis. There are several arguments which usually tend…