tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post4987949079147712584..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: The Story of the Middle East in the Modern World in ONE SAD SENTENCEPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-52658864916462695622007-10-16T01:05:00.000+01:002007-10-16T01:05:00.000+01:007000 LASHES FOR BEING GAY.TWO men in Saudi Arabia ...7000 LASHES FOR BEING GAY.<BR/><BR/>TWO men in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to 7000 lashes each after being convicted of sodomy and have received their first round of punishment in public, a newspaper said today.<BR/>The men, who were not identified, were meted out an unspecified number of lashes in public in the the southwestern city of Al-Bahah on Tuesday evening, the Al-Okaz daily reported. <BR/>They were then returned to prison where they are to be held until the full punishment is completed, the newspaper added, without saying how many sessions this would involve. <BR/>Homosexual acts are illegal in Saudi Arabia, which metes out strict punishment based on sharia, or Islamic law. <BR/><BR/>http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22532620-23109,00.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com