Our Friends the Saudis

Charles Johnsonfollow me on twitter
Thu Oct 4, 2007 at 4:38 pm PDT • Views: 200

In the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia, engaging in the kinds of acts we see in zombie’s latest photo essay will get you beaten nearly to death in public.

TWO men in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to 7000 lashes each after being convicted of sodomy and have received their first round of punishment in public, a newspaper said today.

The men, who were not identified, were meted out an unspecified number of lashes in public in the the southwestern city of Al-Bahah on Tuesday evening, the Al-Okaz daily reported.

They were then returned to prison where they are to be held until the full punishment is completed, the newspaper added, without saying how many sessions this would involve.

Homosexual acts are illegal in Saudi Arabia, which metes out strict punishment based on sharia, or Islamic law.

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