AKI reports:
Saudi Arabian police are reported to have arrested 71 foreigners accused of homosexuality in the capital Riyadh. According to a report in the Arab daily, al-Quds al-Arabi, police raided a party in the al-Manar district of the capital and arrested the group.
Several residents are reported to have notified police about people who were doing things that did “not conform” with Islamic sharia law.
When police arrived they reportedly found people wearing “indecent” clothes and conducting themselves in an “indecent” manner.
Seventy Filipinos and one Yemeni were arrested by police. In response to criticism from human rights organizations, police insists that they always acts in accordance with Sunni Islamic law.
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