Airports in Dubai will not introduce full-body scanners as part of their border security regime.
The decision was made because the devices do not correspond with national customs and ethics, said Brig Ahmed bin Thani, the Dubai Police’s director of airport security. 


“I do not feel that it is necessary for us to implement such a technology while we are operating different methods and have different avenues that have worked so far,†he told The National newspaper.
“The use of such a device violates personal privacy and it raises a very sensitive issue for passengers, in addition to the fact that it does not complement our national ethics.”
The devices have raised privacy concerns because they allow authorities to see underneath clothing to the surface of the skin, although special software normally masks some parts of the body.
BAA has ordered full-body scanners for UK airports to tighten security.
The £80,000 scanners produce “naked” images of passengers and remove the need for manual pat down searches.
In March, two women were stopped from boarding a plane at Manchester Airport after refusing to undergo a scan.
The passengers, due to fly to Islamabad, were selected at random to go through the new scanning machine.
One, who is believed to be a Muslim, refused on religious reasons and the other cited health grounds.
Where the scanners are in use in the US, passengers are given the option of a pat down search.
