Man jailed for kissing
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June 11, 2010, Friday
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A SAUDI court sentenced a man to four months in prison and 90 lashes for kissing a woman in a mall.
Saudi religious police arrested the man and two women after seeing them on mall cameras "engaging in immoral movements in front of other shoppers," the Al-Yom newspaper said.
The man, who is in his 20s, was seen with a woman "sitting on one of the chairs, exchanging kisses and hugs." It was unclear what the other woman was doing. Neither the man nor the women were identified by name.
The religious police, under the control of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, enforce Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islam, which prohibits unrelated men and women from mingling.
Zealous police officers routinely jail unrelated couples found sitting together in restaurants or coffee shops.
Such kissing busts have increased as economic pressures have made it harder for young couples to marry.
Young men often must pay more than US$50,000 in dowry and gold before their brides' families will accept marriage - a huge burden when male unemployment is estimated at over 20 percent.
The women will be tried in another court.
Saudi religious police arrested the man and two women after seeing them on mall cameras "engaging in immoral movements in front of other shoppers," the Al-Yom newspaper said.
The man, who is in his 20s, was seen with a woman "sitting on one of the chairs, exchanging kisses and hugs." It was unclear what the other woman was doing. Neither the man nor the women were identified by name.
The religious police, under the control of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, enforce Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islam, which prohibits unrelated men and women from mingling.
Zealous police officers routinely jail unrelated couples found sitting together in restaurants or coffee shops.
Such kissing busts have increased as economic pressures have made it harder for young couples to marry.
Young men often must pay more than US$50,000 in dowry and gold before their brides' families will accept marriage - a huge burden when male unemployment is estimated at over 20 percent.
The women will be tried in another court.
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