Monday, November 25, 2013

Saudi youths arrested for 'free kiss' offer

File this under Can't Make This Shit Up. A peek at life under Shria in our good friends and allies, Saudi Arabia.

FROM GULFNEWS.COM:

Saudi youths arrested for 'free kiss' offer

Attitude criticised as invitation to decadence

    By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief
    Published: 13:22 November 24, 2013

Manama: Seven young men who offered free kisses at a commercial mall in eastern Saudi Arabia have been arrested.

The men were carrying a placard saying “Free Kisses” at the mall in Dhahran when they were detained, local news site Sabq reported.

Sources said that they were aged between 16 and 20 and that they were referred to the competent authorities after they offended public order by offering kisses to strangers.

Malls are the largest crowd pullers in Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, two young men were arrested in the capital Riyadh for carrying a placard saying “Free Hugs” on a busy street.

Religious scholars attributed the idea of offering free hugs or kisses to the “low standards of education” and to the “weak awareness programmes presented by religious societies.”

“This is an aberrant behaviour and an invitation to decadence,” the scholars said, local media reported.