57 men in saudi arabia arrested for flirting/dancing
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Saudi Arabia arrests 57 men for flirting at mall
Religious police: Men in T-shirts interrogated for dancing to pop music
updated 11:17 a.m. PT, Sat., Feb. 23, 2008
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RIYADH,
Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia began interrogating 57 men Saturday who
were arrested for flirting with women in front of a shopping mall in
the holy city of Mecca, a local newspaper reported.
The
country's religious police arrested the men Thursday night for behavior
that also allegedly included dancing to pop music blaring from their
cars and wearing improper clothing, reported the Okaz newspaper, which
is deemed close to the government.
Saturday's
newspaper report did not say what kind of outfits the young men were
wearing, but T-shirts emblazoned with drawings or English writing are
often an invitation for harassment by the religious police. Islamic
radicals also consider pop music a corrupting force.
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and
the Prevention of Vice runs the fearsome religious police, which is
charged with enforcing Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic lifestyle. Its
members patrol public places to make sure women are covered and not
wearing make up, the sexes don't mingle, shops close five times a day
for Muslim prayers and men go to the mosque and worship.The
police, informally known as the muttawa (literally "enforcer"), don't
wear uniforms, but are recognizable by their long beards and their
robes, shorter than the ones normally worn by Saudi men. They also shun
the black cord that sits atop the headdress worn by most Saudi men.
Women in Saudi Arabia are required to wear a long, enveloping black cloak called an abaya and cover their hair with a headscarf.The
newspaper report said the men who were arrested Thursday could be
released if they could prove they did not flirt with any women.
Otherwise, they will be transferred to court and stand trial, the paper
added.
Religious police: Men in T-shirts interrogated for dancing to pop music
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RIYADH,
Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia began interrogating 57 men Saturday who
were arrested for flirting with women in front of a shopping mall in
the holy city of Mecca, a local newspaper reported.
The
country's religious police arrested the men Thursday night for behavior
that also allegedly included dancing to pop music blaring from their
cars and wearing improper clothing, reported the Okaz newspaper, which
is deemed close to the government.
Saturday's
newspaper report did not say what kind of outfits the young men were
wearing, but T-shirts emblazoned with drawings or English writing are
often an invitation for harassment by the religious police. Islamic
radicals also consider pop music a corrupting force.
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and
the Prevention of Vice runs the fearsome religious police, which is
charged with enforcing Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic lifestyle. Its
members patrol public places to make sure women are covered and not
wearing make up, the sexes don't mingle, shops close five times a day
for Muslim prayers and men go to the mosque and worship.The
police, informally known as the muttawa (literally "enforcer"), don't
wear uniforms, but are recognizable by their long beards and their
robes, shorter than the ones normally worn by Saudi men. They also shun
the black cord that sits atop the headdress worn by most Saudi men.
Women in Saudi Arabia are required to wear a long, enveloping black cloak called an abaya and cover their hair with a headscarf.The
newspaper report said the men who were arrested Thursday could be
released if they could prove they did not flirt with any women.
Otherwise, they will be transferred to court and stand trial, the paper
added.
Liked that last line a lot, guilty until proven innocent I guess. What a great ally for the US.