Saudi Arabia arrests 21 alleged gays

The AP is quoting a Saudi newspaper that said religious police had arrested 21 allegedly homosexual men and confiscated large amounts of alcohol.

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The AP is quoting a Saudi newspaper that said religious police had arrested 21 allegedly homosexual men and confiscated large amounts of alcohol. Al-Medina daily says the Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which employs the religious police, was told Friday of a large gathering of young men at a rest house in Qatif, in eastern Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia arrests 21 alleged gays The paper says scores of men were initially arrested but only 21 remain in detention. Homosexuality is seen as a sin in Islam and prohibited in Saudi Arabia and most other Muslim nations, the AP reports. In the conservative kingdom, the offense can be punished by flogging or prison.

Saudi Arabia arrests 21 alleged gays

The paper says scores of men were initially arrested but only 21 remain in detention.

Homosexuality is seen as a sin in Islam and prohibited in Saudi Arabia and most other Muslim nations, the AP reports. In the conservative kingdom, the offense can be punished by flogging or prison.

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