<p>A British engineer is facing jail in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for allegedly insulting Islam with an angry comment during a meeting, a media report said here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The engineer -- who has not been named -- told colleagues: "When will we finish with the damn mosques?"<br /><br />He has now told an appeals court that he did not mean to insult the religion, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The engineer works at the parks and recreation section of the Abu Dhabi municipality. He was in charge of a project to create gardens around a mosque, The National daily reported.<br /><br />The Briton told the court he lost his temper at a meeting because the project was progressing slowly. He was reported to police by his colleagues for asking the offending question.<br /><br />He told the judge he did not mean to insult the mosque and that he respected Islam as well as the UAE.<br /><br />"I said it out of concern for the project because I wanted it to be ready as soon as possible," he said, following which the judge asked him: "So your keenness on completion drove you to curse?"<br /><br />A decision on his appeal will be announced Feb 7.</p>
<p>A British engineer is facing jail in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for allegedly insulting Islam with an angry comment during a meeting, a media report said here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The engineer -- who has not been named -- told colleagues: "When will we finish with the damn mosques?"<br /><br />He has now told an appeals court that he did not mean to insult the religion, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The engineer works at the parks and recreation section of the Abu Dhabi municipality. He was in charge of a project to create gardens around a mosque, The National daily reported.<br /><br />The Briton told the court he lost his temper at a meeting because the project was progressing slowly. He was reported to police by his colleagues for asking the offending question.<br /><br />He told the judge he did not mean to insult the mosque and that he respected Islam as well as the UAE.<br /><br />"I said it out of concern for the project because I wanted it to be ready as soon as possible," he said, following which the judge asked him: "So your keenness on completion drove you to curse?"<br /><br />A decision on his appeal will be announced Feb 7.</p>