Early on Wednesday, a 22-year-old Indonesian domestic worker received a 5-year jail sentence for tearing up a copy of the holy Quran at her sponsor's home in Ajman, UAE, Gulf News reported. 

"The Ajman Criminal Court found the woman, identified by her initials K.L., guilty and sentenced her to five years in jail, to be followed by deportation," the English language daily wrote. 

The woman reportedly tore up the Quran during a dispute with her employer's wife. 

The incident, which dates back to August of this year, happened after the wife accused the worker of theft. 

After she denied the accusation, the wife then handed her a copy of the holy book and asked her to swear on it. 

When she refused to do that, a heated argument ensued between the two women and ended with the domestic worker tearing up the Holy Quran. 

According to Gulf News, the domestic worker's sponsors immediately filed a case against her. 

She was referred to court after she "confessed to her crime." 

In countries across the Arab world, including Gulf nations, any inappropriate or offensive action against the holy Quran is considered a serious crime. 

This is certainly not the first incident in which a person is jailed for a similar 'offense.'

Earlier this year, a teen who was seen 'spitting' on the holy Quran in a video that went viral in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and several other Gulf countries, was arrested in Riyadh. 

At the time, the city's Police spokesperson Gen. Fawaz Al Meeman released a statement on the matter saying: 

"Riyadh authorities were able to identify and locate the teen who offended the holy Quran. He is a 15-year-old and therefore has been placed in a social services detention center. Riyadh's prosecutor office has been notified of the incident and will be taking action shortly." 

This week, Dubai’s rock and metal musicians gathered for their final performances at The Music Room in Bur Dubai.

The venue was renowned for its incredible sound quality and atmosphere, and the closure will be a great loss to the city.

The last show, titled ‘Desert Experiment Presents: This is the End’, marked the closing chapter for the 700-capacity venue.

Over the past 12 years, The Music Room has established itself as an iconic venue in the city’s underground music scene, hosting a variety of genres and winning several awards along the way.

Loyal fans took to Twitter to bid their farewells:

The venue frequently hosted non-mainstream, local, regional and international acts that other venues in Dubai were only hesitant to book.

Some of the artists that performed on the Music Room's stage include Nouvelle Vague, Dam Funk, The Heavy, Yasmine Hamdan, and Mashrou’ Leila.

The cessation will surely be felt amongst Dubai’s rock and metal communities, for whom the venue had become something of a second home.

“The Music Room is like a home to musicians in Dubai,” Desert Experiment Co-founder Gorgin Asadi told StepFeed. 

“For years it’s been our go-to place for good local and non-mainstream international music. It’s been a huge part of our music scene,” Asadi said.

Tuesday’s gig saw members of UAE-based bands such as Svengali, Aramaic, Alpha Kenny Buddy, Portable Mind, Point of View, As Per Casper and We Left As Humans collaborating on original songs and covers.

For Point of View frontman Nik Uzi, it’s a particularly sad occasion. 

He praised the venue’s philosophy of encouraging and promoting the underground music scene in Dubai and the entire region.

“I can confidently say that no other venue in the Middle East can challenge the quality and the vibe that the Music Room offered,” he told StepFeed.

Carlo Javakhia, General Manager of M Management Company, the brand that launched The Music Room, is aware of the significance the venue holds for the local music scene.

“Almost all the local bands in the UAE started their career in The Music Room, or played there,” he says.

Despite all the success, operating the establishment became a challenge, particularly when it came to getting permissions for the numerous events.