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There’s No Safe Sex in Saudi Arabia

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Posted on Oct 7, 2009
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Bragging about one’s sex life is lame, but is it lame enough to earn 1,000 lashes and five years in prison? A Saudi man has been sentenced to just that punishment for going on TV and talking about his extramarital liaisons. 

It brings a whole new meaning to “if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it.”  —PS

BBC:

On the show, filmed in his Jeddah home, Abdul Jawad spoke about picking up women and displayed sex toys on camera.

Extra-marital sex is illegal in Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies in the Arab world.

The 32-year-old father-of-four’s interview prompted around 200 complaints from Saudi viewers and calls for him to be punished.

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By archeon of thrace, October 9, 2009 at 7:28 pm Link to this comment

Well islam is a barbaric religion, and I don’t think
simply stating that is anti anything, but rather the
truth.

Saudi Arabia is more than conservative, it is corrupt,
and silly.

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By Virginia777, October 8, 2009 at 9:05 am Link to this comment

Perhaps it is the Saudi’s rejection of reality television.

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By Blackspeare, October 7, 2009 at 6:12 pm Link to this comment

This is a false story——a plant by the Saudi administration to dissuade sexual freedom.  They do something like this from time to time.

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By PatrickHenry, October 7, 2009 at 6:02 pm Link to this comment

While I admit I am no fan of Israel and the jews who support it.  I am even more unsupporting and critical of the Saudi’s and the twisted form of Islam they embrace.

Both countries are the centers of their religious semitism whose manevolent god is out for blood.

What wrong with this part of the world?  America should steer clear and speed up oil alternatives.

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By Jean Gerard, October 7, 2009 at 5:52 pm Link to this comment
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Who is the author of these two (today) posted anti-radical-Islam comments inviting more hatred to be spewed, and what is the purpose of inviting hatred in Truthdig comments—or anywhere else online?

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