Sdi Arabia Police Arrt Men Involved In Gay Weddg Vio That Went Viral - Towleroad Gay News

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• SDI ARABIA: GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL AND CS STIR GULF KGDOM
• SDI ARABIA ARRTS MEN AFTER 'GAY WEDDG' VIO GO VIRAL
• SDI ARABIA POLICE ARRT MEN OVER 'GAY WEDDG' VIO
• SDI ARABIA LNCH CRACKDOWN AFTER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL
• ARRTS AT SDI 'GAY WEDDG'
• VIRAL VIO OF SDI GAY WEDDG UNR OFFICIAL VTIGATN
• 20 ARRTED AT GAY ‘WEDDG’ SDI ARABIA
• SDI POLICE ARRT MEN FOLLOWG 'GAY WEDDG' VIO
• SDI ARABIA POLICE ARRT MEN INVOLVED IN GAY WEDDG VIO THAT WENT VIRAL
• ARRTS REPORTED FOLLOWG ALLEGED GAY WEDDG IN SDI ARABIAVIRAL VIOS SHOW TWO YOUNG MEN WALKG DOWN AN AISLE TRADNAL SDI {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 6, 2018/9:18 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:438PX;WIDTH:488PX;}BY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 6, 2018 / 9:18 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ARRTS REPORTED FOLLOWG ALLEGED GAY WEDDG IN SDI ARABIA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-01-06T14:18:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-01-06T14:18:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHORI SDI ARABIA ARE VTIGATG THE THENTICY OF VIO CLIPS THAT APPEAR TO SHOW A GAY WEDDG CEREMONY THE NSERVATIVE ISLAMIC KGDOM, THE NEW ARAB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO CLIPS SHOW TWO YOUNG MEN, DRSED TRADNAL SDI GARMENTS, WALKG DOWN AN AISLE TO MIC AND BEG SPRAYED BY NFETTI BY MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}هذه هي (#السعودية الجديدة) بقيادة #محمد_بن_سلمان {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— علي السليطي (@ALIALSLI01) JANUARY 3, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO SDI NEWS SE AL-MARSD, THE WEDDG WAS HELD LAST WEEK THE ARADIYAT ERNATE NEAR MEC, ISLAM'S HOLIT SE. WHILE SOME SOURC BELIEVE THE VIOS MAY BE A HOAX, THE SE REPORTS THAT THOSE VOLVED THE CEREMONY HAVE BEEN ARRTED FOLLOWG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARADIYAT OFFICIAL ALI B YOSEF AL-SHARIF SAYS THE TAE ARE CURRENTLY BEG VTIGATED PREPARATN FOR THEIR REFERRAL TO A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. HE ALSO WARNS SDIS THAT THEY MT ADHERE TO THE “MORALS AND VIRTUO VALU OF THIS BLSED UNTRY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THE ALLEGED SAME-SEX WEDDG VIOS WENT VIRAL LAST WEEK, MANY SDIS EXPRSED OUTRAGE ON YOUTUBE AND SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN THE PURT SPOT ON EARTH," ONE TWTER ER SFFED. "TWO HOMOSEXUALS MARRY SDI ARABIA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SCE 2013, THE PHENOMENON OF HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN CREASG MEC, AND PERHAPS THE RPONSE FOR RPECTABLE PEOPLE IS TO PURGE MEC OF THIS RPTN, WHICH STEMS MALY OM FOREIGNERS," TWEETED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHERS HAVE BEEN MORE POSIVE ABOUT THE EVENT, PRAISG THE UNTRY'S MOVE TO THE MORN AGE UNR S YOUNG NEW LEAR, CROWN PRCE MOHAMMED B SALMAN.POOL/BANDAR ALGALOUD /ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON, USA - JUNE 16: SDI FENCE MISTER AND DEPUTY CROWN PRCE MOHAMMED B SALMAN IS SEEN DURG A MEETG WH UNED STAT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASHTON CARTER WASHGTON, UNED STAT ON JUNE 16, 2016. (PHOTO BY POOL/BANDAR ALGALOUD /ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SDI ARABIA HAS REMAED FIRM, HOWEVER, S STANCE THAT NSENSUAL SAME-SEX ACTIVY IS PUNISHABLE BY FLOGGG, IMPRISONMENT, OR ATH. LAST YEAR THE NATN’S ERNMENT CLARED THAT EVEN SDI CIZENS WHO E OUT ONLE ULD FACE THE ATH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A UNED NATNS ROLUTN BANNG THE ATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALY WAS OPPOSED LAST YEAR BY A TOTAL OF 13 UNTRI THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, CLUDG SDI ARABIA AND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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SDI ARABIA: GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL AND CS STIR GULF KGDOM

Related: Sdi Arabia nverted another hotel to a prison as part of rptn crackdownAnother said, "Sce 2013, the phenomenon of homosexualy has been creasg Mec, and perhaps the rponse for rpectable people is to purge Mec of this rptn, which stems maly om foreigners. Several young men were arrted last week Sdi Arabia rponse to a viral vio allegedly showg the weddg of a gay the vio, two men — one wearg what appears to be a veil — are seen walkg together down an aisle as nfetti ras down. And though the Middle Eastern untry has no explic anti-transgenr laws, adher to a strict terpretatn of Shari’a law and has arrted numero people on cross-drsg more: The 6 Countri Execute People for Beg GayWhile Sdi Arabia has taken some steps to improve human rights the untry, particularly for women, recent months, law enforcement’s hasty reactn to the vio of the alleged weddg ceremony shows the untry still has a long way to go terms of ensurg equal rights for all.

“In a untry that n punish homosexual acts wh the ath penalty, we mt not jump to nclns about the sexuali or genr inti [of the people the vio], ” Jsi Stern, the Executive Director of LGBTQ rights anizatn OutRight Actn Internatnal, told Global Cizen.

SDI ARABIA ARRTS MEN AFTER 'GAY WEDDG' VIO GO VIRAL

Image source, TwterImage ptn, Police said the cint had "surprised" people at a ftival a Mec rortPolice Sdi Arabia say they have arrted several young men who last week appeared a vio of what was scribed as a "gay weddg scene" the vio, the men are sprayed wh nfetti as they walk si by si on a rpet at an outdoor venue.

SDI ARABIA POLICE ARRT MEN OVER 'GAY WEDDG' VIO

Sdi Arabia has no wrten laws ncerng sexual orientatn or genr inty, but judg e prcipl of Islamic law to sanctn people spected of extra-maral sexual relatns, homosexual sex or other "immoral" acts, acrdg to US-based Human Rights Watch.

SDI ARABIA LNCH CRACKDOWN AFTER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". Why is “easier to be gay than straight” a society where everyone, homosexual and otherwise, liv the closetYasser, a 26-year-old artist, was takg me on an impromptu tour of his hometown of Jeddah, Sdi Arabia, on a swelterg September afternoon.

ARRTS AT SDI 'GAY WEDDG'

Francis, a 34-year-old bety queen om the Philipp ( 2003 he won a gay bety pageant held a private hoe Jeddah by a group of Filipos), reported that he’s had sex wh Sdi men whose wiv were pregnant or menstatg; when those circumstanc changed, most of the men stopped llg.

VIRAL VIO OF SDI GAY WEDDG UNR OFFICIAL VTIGATN

” John Bradley, the thor of Sdi Arabia Exposed: Insi a Kgdom Crisis (2005), says that most male Wtern expatriat here, gay or not, have been proposned by Sdi men drivg by “at any time of the day or night, que openly and ually very, very persistently.

20 ARRTED AT GAY ‘WEDDG’ SDI ARABIA

“I’m worried the mutawwa' might e, ” Anajedtop said, and shed off to tch the eveng The History of Sexualy, a multivolume work published the 1970s and ’80s, Michel Fouult proposed his famo this that Wtern amic, medil, and polil disurse of the 18th and 19th centuri had produced the ia of the homosexual as a viant type: In Wtern society, homosexualy changed om beg a behavr (what you do) to an inty (who you are). ” This view of sexual behavr, batn wh the strict segregatn of the sex, serv to foster homosexual acts, shiftg the stigma onto bottoms and allowg olr men to exce their younger behavr—their time as bottoms—as mere youthful Islamic Homosexuali, the anthropologist Will Rose shows that this “stat-differentiated pattern”— whereby ’s OK to be a top but not a bottom—has s roots Gre-Roman culture, and he emphasiz that the top-bottom power dynamic is monly exprsed relatns between olr men and younger boys. ’”Yet a paradox exists at the heart of Sdi nceptns of gay sex and sexual inty: Dpe their seemgly flexible view of sexualy, most of the Sdis I terviewed, cludg those men who intify themselv as gay, nsir sodomy a grave s.

SDI POLICE ARRT MEN FOLLOWG 'GAY WEDDG' VIO

” Zahar, a 41-year-old Sdi who has traveled wily throughout the world, urged me not to wre about Islam and homosexualy; to do so, he said, is to cut off bate, bee “’s always the relign that holds people back. At the turn of the century, Islamic society began to exprs revulsn at the ncept of homosexualy, even if was nfed only to ltful thoughts, and this distaste beme more pronounced wh the flux of Wtern media.

”Even Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab—the 18th- century relig scholar who found Wahhabism—seems to draw a distctn between homosexual sir and homosexual acts, acrdg to Natana DeLong-Bas, the thor of Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad (2004). Court rerds Sdi Arabia are generally closed, but anecdotal evince suggts that the mutawwa' are most likely to punish men who are overtly effemate— those whose public behavr advertis a gayns that others keep private.

Jamie cut his hair—not out of fear, he says, but bee he didn’t want to bother his boss a send lghed as he told me of his attempts at dissimulatn; though the stak n be high, efforts to stamp out homosexualy here often do seem farcil. ) Most of the partygoers were reportedly released whout havg to do jail time, but the arrts rattled the gay muny; at the time of my vis, party anizers were stickg to more-timate gathergs and monorg gut lists be gay Sdi Arabia is to live a ntradictn—to have license whout rights, and to enjoy broad tolerance whout the most mimal acceptance. Amjad, a gay Paltian I met Riyadh, holds out hope that he’ll be “cured” of homosexualy, that when his wife receiv her papers to jo him Sdi Arabia, he’ll be able to break off his relatnship wh his boyiend.

SDI ARABIA POLICE ARRT MEN INVOLVED IN GAY WEDDG VIO THAT WENT VIRAL

” For Amjad to accept a fixed inty as a gay man would be to fo the possibily of ever gog as the Wtern nceptn of sexual inty has filtered to the kgdom via televisn and the Inter, has begun to blur the Sdi view of sexual behavr as distct om sexual inty. Yasser says that if his mother ever found out he’s gay, she would treat him as if he were sick and take him to psychologists to try to fd a, at 41, has managed the unual feat of stavg off marriage whout revealg himself to be gay.

ARRTS REPORTED FOLLOWG ALLEGED GAY WEDDG IN SDI ARABIAVIRAL VIOS SHOW TWO YOUNG MEN WALKG DOWN AN AISLE TRADNAL SDI {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 6, 2018/9:18 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:438PX;WIDTH:488PX;}BY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 6, 2018 / 9:18 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ARRTS REPORTED FOLLOWG ALLEGED GAY WEDDG IN SDI ARABIA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-01-06T14:18:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-01-06T14:18:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHORI SDI ARABIA ARE VTIGATG THE THENTICY OF VIO CLIPS THAT APPEAR TO SHOW A GAY WEDDG CEREMONY THE NSERVATIVE ISLAMIC KGDOM, THE NEW ARAB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO CLIPS SHOW TWO YOUNG MEN, DRSED TRADNAL SDI GARMENTS, WALKG DOWN AN AISLE TO MIC AND BEG SPRAYED BY NFETTI BY MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}هذه هي (#السعودية الجديدة) بقيادة #محمد_بن_سلمان {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— علي السليطي (@ALIALSLI01) JANUARY 3, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO SDI NEWS SE AL-MARSD, THE WEDDG WAS HELD LAST WEEK THE ARADIYAT ERNATE NEAR MEC, ISLAM'S HOLIT SE. WHILE SOME SOURC BELIEVE THE VIOS MAY BE A HOAX, THE SE REPORTS THAT THOSE VOLVED THE CEREMONY HAVE BEEN ARRTED FOLLOWG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARADIYAT OFFICIAL ALI B YOSEF AL-SHARIF SAYS THE TAE ARE CURRENTLY BEG VTIGATED PREPARATN FOR THEIR REFERRAL TO A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. HE ALSO WARNS SDIS THAT THEY MT ADHERE TO THE “MORALS AND VIRTUO VALU OF THIS BLSED UNTRY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THE ALLEGED SAME-SEX WEDDG VIOS WENT VIRAL LAST WEEK, MANY SDIS EXPRSED OUTRAGE ON YOUTUBE AND SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN THE PURT SPOT ON EARTH," ONE TWTER ER SFFED. "TWO HOMOSEXUALS MARRY SDI ARABIA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SCE 2013, THE PHENOMENON OF HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN CREASG MEC, AND PERHAPS THE RPONSE FOR RPECTABLE PEOPLE IS TO PURGE MEC OF THIS RPTN, WHICH STEMS MALY OM FOREIGNERS," TWEETED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHERS HAVE BEEN MORE POSIVE ABOUT THE EVENT, PRAISG THE UNTRY'S MOVE TO THE MORN AGE UNR S YOUNG NEW LEAR, CROWN PRCE MOHAMMED B SALMAN.POOL/BANDAR ALGALOUD /ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON, USA - JUNE 16: SDI FENCE MISTER AND DEPUTY CROWN PRCE MOHAMMED B SALMAN IS SEEN DURG A MEETG WH UNED STAT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASHTON CARTER WASHGTON, UNED STAT ON JUNE 16, 2016. (PHOTO BY POOL/BANDAR ALGALOUD /ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SDI ARABIA HAS REMAED FIRM, HOWEVER, S STANCE THAT NSENSUAL SAME-SEX ACTIVY IS PUNISHABLE BY FLOGGG, IMPRISONMENT, OR ATH. LAST YEAR THE NATN’S ERNMENT CLARED THAT EVEN SDI CIZENS WHO E OUT ONLE ULD FACE THE ATH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A UNED NATNS ROLUTN BANNG THE ATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALY WAS OPPOSED LAST YEAR BY A TOTAL OF 13 UNTRI THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, CLUDG SDI ARABIA AND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Dave, the gay Amerin I met, relled his surprise when his boyiend of five years got married, and then asked him to go to the newlyweds’ apartment to “make the bed up the way you make up, ” for the benef of the bri. The Sdi Arabian secury forc have arrted 110 men at a "gay weddg" party Jeddah, acrdg to a Sdi onle, which has nnectns wh the terr mistry, said the thori had raid a weddg hall on Monday night after a tip-off and found the men - all Sdis - dancg and "behavg like women" men were later released, but 30 appeared a Jeddah urt on Wednday to face charg, the paper said. Homosexualy is illegal Sdi Arabia and is punished by floggg, jail or raid was ma a day after two men scribed as gay lovers were executed at Arar, the north of the kgdom, for allegedly murrg a Pakistani who had found out about their terr mistry said Ahmed al-Enezi and Shahir al-Roubli, both Sdis, ran over Malik Khan their r, beat him on the head wh ston and set fire to his body, "fearg they would be exposed, after the victim wnsed them a shameful suatn" year the Sdi police raid another event scribed as a gay weddg party for two Ain men om Chad at a hotel the holy cy of Meda.

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About 50 people were of the Chadians later claimed that the party was a rehearsal for his weddg to a woman, and this was supported by a Sdi who said he had provid money to meet the marriage acrdg to the daily Arab News, vtigators said that party vatns "dited was a gay functn" vtigators also found spic that many of the guts had fled at the sight of the police and left their rs behd.

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Dpe the heavy penalti for homosexualy, most Sdi ci are said to have unrground gay works which anise parti private villas, and sometim executns are not systematilly reported, and officials ny that the ath penalty is applied for same-sex activy alone. Acrdg to al-Marsd reports, the secury servic raid the supposed weddg ceremony and arrted those volved after beg alerted to the event that reportedly took place sometime last implited dividuals are reportedly unrgog vtigatn preparatn for their referral to the public the wake of the Twterstorm, some social media ers claimed that the clips were part of a prank, however this remas proximy of the ceremony to Islam's holit se, loted the ultra-nservative kgdom sparked anger om some social media ers, ditg that homosexualy is still far om beg accepted Sdi society.

"Sce 2013, the phenomenon of homosexualy has been creasg Mec, and perhaps the rponse for rpectable people is to purge Mec of this rptn, which stems maly om foreigners"Others were more posive about the event, praisg the untry's new directn unr s young new lear. However, as wnsed by last week's events, same-sex marriage remas illegal and homosexual activy is punishable by floggg, imprisonment and even ath Sdi Arabia, the only untry the world to follow Sharia law as s sole legal .

The last cince the ath penalty was voked for homosexual activy was 2005, when two men, alleged to be a gay relatnship, were executed Arar, northern Sdi Arabia, after murrg a Pakistani man who had supposedly unvered their secret relatnship. Henrson was left out of Liverpool’s pre-season game agast Karlsher on Wednday wh the move close to move may have dragged on but Henrson has enthiastilly pursued a move to Sdi Arabia, a untry where is not only illegal to be homosexual or transgenr, but dangero – even life-threateng.