RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Al-Medina daily says the Commission for the Propagation of
Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which employs the religious
police, was told Friday of a large gathering of young men at a rest
house in Qatif, in eastern Saudi Arabia.
The paper says scores of men were initially arrested but only 21
remain in detention.
Homosexuality is seen as a sin in Islam and prohibited in Saudi
Arabia and most other Muslim nations. In the conservative kingdom,
the offense can be punished by flogging or prison.
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