Can you imagine if the Morality Police came across Chippendale men at a party hosted by Saudi women? I doubt if someone in Saudi Arabia wanted to have a birthday party that he or she could invite both sexes to the party.
Saudi morality police detain men for dancing at birthday party: report
A water fountain adorns the Erga Palace as U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabian King, Salman bin Abdul Aziz participate in a bilateral meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP / Carolyn Kaster)
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Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Published Sunday, February 22, 2015 11:14AM EST
Last Updated Sunday, February 22, 2015 12:42PM EST
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's morality police detained a group of young men for dancing at a birthday party and referred them to prosecutors, according to a state-linked media report.
The news website Ayn al-Youm reported Saturday that the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice raided a private property in the city of Buraydah, arresting the men inside for "loud music and inappropriate dancing."
Buraydah is the provincial capital of Saudi Arabia's Qassim province, which is home to some of the kingdom's most conservative clerics, who practice a strict interpretation of Islam known as Wahhabism.
Read more: Saudi morality police detain men for dancing at birthday party report CTV News
Saudi morality police detain men for dancing at birthday party: report
A water fountain adorns the Erga Palace as U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabian King, Salman bin Abdul Aziz participate in a bilateral meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP / Carolyn Kaster)
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Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Published Sunday, February 22, 2015 11:14AM EST
Last Updated Sunday, February 22, 2015 12:42PM EST
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's morality police detained a group of young men for dancing at a birthday party and referred them to prosecutors, according to a state-linked media report.
The news website Ayn al-Youm reported Saturday that the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice raided a private property in the city of Buraydah, arresting the men inside for "loud music and inappropriate dancing."
Buraydah is the provincial capital of Saudi Arabia's Qassim province, which is home to some of the kingdom's most conservative clerics, who practice a strict interpretation of Islam known as Wahhabism.
Read more: Saudi morality police detain men for dancing at birthday party report CTV News