There’s more anti-gay trouble in Saudi Arabia, where cops nabbed fifteen people for “bootlegging” and “homosexual activities.”
All of them were Filipino, according to reports:
Two Filipino workers were arrested on suspicion of engaging in homosexual prostitution and 13 other Filipinos were detained on charges of liquor trading and consumption in two separate raids here on Saturday.
Roussel R. Reyes, vice consul and third secretary who heads the Assistance to Nationals’ Section at the local Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, confirmed the report of the arrests on the alcohol charge, but not the charges involving homosexuality.
“A consular team of the Philippine Embassy will proceed on an assistance mission and visit the local prisons on Aug. 12 to find out the conditions of our workers, and probably we will know about the accusation of sodomy by that time.”
Prosecutors claim the two homos work the street to make a living.
This is the second time in so many months that authorities have raided and arrested “gay” locales. Fifty-five were arrested last month, including two Filipinos. Meanwhile, an Egyptian man remains in custody for stabbing his flatmate to death in a rage of “sexual panic.”
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CitizenGeek
I’m guessing they’ll be executed? Saudi Arabia really must be a hell on Earth for everyone who isn’t heterosexual, male and Muslim.
Darth Paul
^^Depends on if the suspects are muslim or not. They’ll probably get a beating, but no execution. This actually sounds more like xenophobia dressed up as “moral” bs. Saudis seem to treat their guest workers like convict-slaves.
It’s weird that they hate gayness, but they do everything they possibly can to keep opposite genders from engaging each other. I don’t know if they realize how much they’re encouraging gay sex by doing this.
Charley
It’s Islamic law. If Islam is a peaceful religion, why don’t peaceful Muslim’s in the USA protest against human rights injustices. ? Answer, they are afraid.
Charley
Many Muslim’s in the USA approve of these actions. They think Western culture is decadent and lacks spirituality.
Darth Paul
^^So do many Christians and Jews. I fail to see your point as anything but islamophobia. The Wahhabin do NOT speak for all of Islam, you berk.
Charley
Darth Paul
Christians and Jews in America speak out and condemn their extreme groups that break the law of human justice. Muslim’s don’t. They remain silent and women remain covered from head to toe. That’s the difference. Watch “God’s Warriors”, CNN.
Charley
Saudi Arabia is spending millions of Petro dollars promoting their form of Islamic religion to the rest of the world and it is spreading fast. This is why there is a need for protest and to get over hypersensivity when anyone is critical of that teaching. Islamaphobia may be true of right wing Christians and FOX news but not true of impartial observors with no ax to grind. It’s just a fact that Bush’s favorite country in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is not controlled by a peace loving religion. Reports of this blog state otherwise.