Oct 14, 2015

So i was reading this article about a UK pensioner living there got caught with some home-made win and is facing 360 lashes for that and 1 year jail time. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ic-punishment-awaiting-frail-grandfather.html

So then i looked at other s--- which is illegal

1) Bragging about sex

In October 2009, a man who appeared on a TV programme to discuss his sex life and how to chat up women was slapped with a punishment of 1,000 lashes and five years in jail. Talking about sex publicly is forbidden in the nation and the man was arrested for “publicising vice”. Dapper Laughs would be f-----…

2) ‘Pestering’ girls

In 2000, Reuters reported that a group of teenage boys faced public floggings and possible prison terms for loitering outside girls’ schools and “pestering” members of the opposite sex.


3) Driving a car (if you’re a woman)

Being a female driver in Saudi Arabia isn’t smooth sailing either. Despite the fact it isn’t actually illegal, conservative religious edicts have banned it and authorities do not issue women with licences, because it might encourage them to leave their houses “more often than they need to”. In September 2011, Shaima Ghassaniya was sentenced to 10 lashes after being found guilty of driving without the government’s permission, although her punishment was eventually revoked.

4) Insulting Islam

Saudi citizens can’t expect much in the way of freedom of speech either. Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam in May 2014, after he set up an online discussion group which encouraged chat about religious and political issues.

5) Bringing chocolates into the country

In September 1999, a man was arrested for possession of two chocolate bars containing alcohol. Faustino Salazar claimed he bought the sweets from a duty-free shop during a flight stopover and was unaware of their boozy content, but it didn’t stop a court from sentencing him to four months behind bars and 75 lashes.

6) Hanging out with members of the opposite sex

Saudi Arabia prohibits mingling between members of the opposite sex unless they are immediate relatives. In 2009, Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi, 75, was sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for having two unrelated men in her house. The two men were also found guilty of “moral crimes”, despite their excuse that they were simply bringing the elderly woman bread.

AP
7) Adultery

A 19-year-old woman was with a male friend in his car when she was driven away and g--- r---d by a group of seven men. Horrifically, she was then sentenced to prison time and lashes under the aforementioned law segregating the sexes, because she was alone with a man not related to her. Authorities later claimed she also admitted to having an extra-marital affair.

8) Homosexuality

Homosexuality is illegal in Saudi Arabia. A 24-year-old man was sentenced to three years in jail and 450 lashes after he was caught using Twitter to arrange dates with other men. Same-sex marriage is also outlawed in the country and a host of people caught attending gay weddings have also been sentenced to flogging.

And, worryingly, this isn’t even as bad as things can get in Saudi Arabia, with some crimes in the country still punishable by death – beheading and crucifixion are still used, as seen most recently in the case of teenager Ali Mohammed al-Nimr.

 

Oct 14, 2015

d---, they have some interesting laws over there....I couldn't be a woman over there, I'd be beheaded for sure

 

Oct 14, 2015

Are you that bad?

 

Oct 14, 2015

Yeah, laws are f----- up there...

 

Oct 14, 2015

yeah, and the rest of the world don't give a s--- about the democratic country of Saudi Arabia as long as they are loaded with money... let's invade Syria, Iraq, Afganistan and Libya though.

 

Oct 14, 2015

Yea because I'd be the one to try to speak out against the laws and they'd have to k--- me to shut me up

 

Oct 14, 2015

"While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled"



America has some crazy laws too

 

Oct 14, 2015

talk about being dumb

the countries you listed is ones that people want their dictator leader removed...not the case with saudi arabia

 

Oct 14, 2015

btw that chocolate thing is wrong lmao...n----s be importing shitload of chocolate weekly

brb going to amazon

 

Oct 14, 2015

wasnt that because of the alcohol content in the chocolate though? thats what the write up made it seem like

 

Oct 14, 2015

didnt read the write up...but if thats the write up then the headline is wrong...you alcohol isnt allowed..wtf does chocolate have to do with it

idiots tbh

 

Oct 14, 2015

the chocolate had alcohol in it

 

Oct 14, 2015

it's not that simple but i dont want to discuss further about that

 

Oct 14, 2015

Does this mean we wouldn't be able to hang out @Koolo? =(

 

Oct 14, 2015

i get it...i mean the headline should be "alcohol not allowed"

 

Oct 14, 2015

dw about that

 

Oct 14, 2015

copout tbh

 

Oct 14, 2015

no it is that simple...these rules are ones the majority of the country agree with...and most of the people are happy with the king...the opposite of the countries you listed

lol

 

Oct 14, 2015

its about western countries choosing which non-western countries are violating the human rights according to their own benefits, and then claiming on the media its all about defending democracy, its been like that since forever. Gadafi used to be a friend of the West. When they didnt want him no more, they decided that Libya needed help. Same with all south-america, c'mon man.

 

Oct 14, 2015

no thats not the reason...if iraqi people were happy...it doesnt matter how many rights they break INSIDE their country..no one will dare to invade them...again its not the case with the countries you listed