Saudi arrests 30 for nudity and Satan worship

were they romanians dancing in the desert got arrested

Where are you now.. Did you manage to get out ?

Very true, the religious police are a stain on humanity and should be tried for crimes against humanity. How a supposedly modern government allows them to operate is a scandal and they should be disbanded immediately so normal people can get on with their lives without interference.

As one of the 30 arrested, let me just tell you there was no nudity at all. There are YouTube videos of the bust. I think you'll correct your theories of it being a raging parting. 30 hippies in the dessert mostly sitting round a fire with no dancing with certain Indian symbols since most of us visit goa. But hay believe what you want. The religious police have ruined many lives due to lies - we won't be the first or last.

I agree with you. Doha News is not carrying it either.

Now THIS is funny!

Mandi

NM: Knowing the bigoted nature of the Saudi media. I choose not to take this story seriously.

Besides, It was published on an online based newspaper from Beirut :P

I mean gimmie a fakkin break! :P

SC:" In a land considered holy by muslim "

Saudi Arabia is considered holy by Muslims?

Since when?

So...you guys actually believe all this? :P

@Happygoluck

We all know that laws r never made because of religion...religion is only a tool

But specifically in the case of saudi...its a known historical fact that most members of the royal family including the current king r open minded...but it they chose to run the country in the way ppl wanted to be run back then...based on religion...which leaves no loop holes to walk away from laws...religion doesnt change so laws shouldnt unless u denounce religion...needless to say thats undoable in land considered holy by muslim....its like the vatican denouncing Catholicism

Other gcc countries were smart enough to base their laws on culture....cultures change/evolve...especially in mideast

What they did was stupid and they deserve to be punished. We all know if you have a drink in your house with friends in Qatar or Saudi no harm will come to you and even locals will come and have a drink, but you don't rub it in their faces in public. That is sheer stupidity

is not a defense to break the law or be used as an excuse for wrongdoings.

Super Cool...for sure it exists and cover ups also exist. However, in case of Saudi, specially, things are different or that is how they are made to appear being a country which has laws based on religion which explicity says what is acceptable and what is not. So then to enforce the same onto someone else while not following themselves makes things different.

Hollywood, the rich and the famous, powerful diplomats and gov figures throughout history have been known to have dirty hands.

How many concerts in ur lifetime have u attended where the singer should up on stage all crecked up and bearly standin?

I dare anyone to find me a country without any form of abuse of power

@Happygolucky

Do u really think that power above the law doesn't exist outside Saudi??? The source of power changes from money to fame to connection to diplomatic immunity to royal blood, but it's all power and exists everywhere...except they do a better cover up of it elsewhere.

LLR: I'd like to see a source to the devil worship story punished on an electronic news paper based in Bruit!.

@Brit

he's saying their media lies and embelishes..asically that this stry is exagerated.

I say ALL media around the globe does that...and forums r no credible source for counter information

I guess generally no one denies that rules exist and need to be followed. However, the clash leading to disobedience (I hope I am ok to use this word) happens when it is applied differently depending on ones standing. If the people who endorse such laws for enforcement themselves flout those laws, the laws themselves look like a mockery. So then to say, follow the rules else bear the consequences looks like hypocricy.

@MN

again....do u beieve than an open forum with threads by random unknown ppl is any more credible than a gov controlled media??? In the words of Joey...this is a Moo point lol

Your point ?

Back in 2007 a man in Tabook who was suspected of

“Homemade liquor business” was beaten to death.

His vehicle was trapped, one man was dead.

Govt press said man assaulted the religious police,

Bystander witnesses said man was unarmed, tried to make an escape but he was caught by the police who beat him to his death.

I would like to read whole story.

Yes very well said SC.. I too wear the same shoes. :)

tell it to Thelonus!

if i go to anyone's house and thyey require me to take my shoes off before I enter then I have 2 choices...(1)Willingly take off my shoes and enter...(2) Keep my shoes on and stay out of ur house...u dont need to justify ur rule to me, cuz it's ur house, but if I try to sneak in with my shoes on, I should bear the consequences of my actions.

SIMPLE HUMAN LOGIC!!!

I don't care what ppl believe in....ur belief is ur choice and it's inside ur head u can live it and love it and no one can take it away from u...but I also believe in laws and following them...i dont believe in chaotic societies...laws r not always gonna be fallable, and they should be ever changing/evolving...but unless abolished or changed they should be respected AND FOLLOWED.

No excuses r acceptable for breakin the law except for life/death situations. and I dont subject myself to living in a place where I cannot follow the law. if i do IT'S ON ME.

and it comes as no suprise that this guys wait anxiously for the weekend to come so they can run off to Dubai or Bahrain to taste the good times and good things again as they cannot have it back home

Such Satanic rituals do happen... it looks funny only when its mentioned about party and alcohol..

Partying & drunk people do not prance around a fire NAKED!

Bal Thakere (the Shiv Sena Party Chief) is one who participated in such rituals... it was during one such ritual in a farm house near Pune that his wife died...

oh i c never heard of it.. I had debates with people who believe in satan in other forums though..

@LLR

No I've personally witnessed Satan worship in Qatar...it was a full on ritual

No one burns fire inside a camp..it must be outside the camp..I have been a part of some similar parties in Qatar but it was neither satanic nor nude... just dance like strippers..

Going nude in public just by assuming that no one will watch us is so stupid.

They deserve the punishment as the rule of the land.

@MN

As opposed to views on a thread in some forum!!?? u find THAT as a more credible source??

Thank u Brit....sensible answer

Everybody has different beliefs...and wants to live by a certain code "like hating on others and belittling anyone who doesn’t share ur views in the case of one of our beloved members here"...U do what u have to do, but be willing to bear the consequences…whether it being getting arrested or getting banned from QL ;-)

Nudity, alcohol, drugs, and fire worship in a desert camp in the chop-chop kingdom?

Too bold to be true.

on BASIC human rights! They don't even know how to deal with it!

Super Cool: says who? Govt owned press?

Drinking and partying in private is tolerated. Just as it is Qatar and most GCC countries.

This party was outside in a desert camp and obviously got out of hand..

The rules are clear. I have no sympathy for those arrested..

circumventing it leads to such consequences. And I wonder why some here speaks differently when LAW is the subject!

HGL Saudi is awash with alcohol! From Prince's palaces to smuggled in booze to home brew. The worst alcoholics I have seen are the ones that have spent too much time in Saudi.

Satan Worship is not the issue here HELLO!!! Don't try to diffuse the situation!!!

It's just moronic how some try to make it seem the rest of what happened was "acceptable" just as long as Satan Worship is not an issue...Oh the issue is not bad enough.... it was just a drunken drugged orgy...never mind the use of controlled substances (drugs and alcohol) and never mind the public orgy!!! That's illegal EVERYWHERE!!!

bad enough and worthy of a VERY stern action.

Hehehehe....medieval GIVE ME A FREAKIN BREAK!!!

Silly people. They know the laws of the country, why would they let the party get so out of hand.

Wow...if alcohol is banned how were those guys consuming alcohol.

It means that the writer is ashamed of the actions of his countrymen ..

It means normally only foreigners are deviants, Saudis are pure and are being led astray by these corrupt foreigners.

So wht does it mean by the article "UNFORTUNATELY SOME WERE SAUDI'S"?????

When some European countries ban the face veil, it is just a new law, while Saudi have been implementing these laws from the beginning.

And it's not only the clothes, maybe they are too noisy and rude with their merrymaking that they got the ire of the neighbors or whoever!

They were just upset because they were not invited...Guess they have to wait for the weekend in Bahrain. :P

This guys have not been to Phuket or pattaya to know what nudity really means. They must have caught some guys wearing shorts and nothing on top. Nudity can mean different things for different people and cultures depending on what they have been allowed to see and observe

yup,party gone wild. i'm sure these people are beside a pool,with bonfire, wearing shorts and bikinis,well to saudis shorts and sandos are naked, what more bikinis....

Babu insulting a fellow QL member. About time he was deleted

Yeah brity im looking forward to hear the punishment for that american who got arrested for accused of pushing drugs, for the same crime some personals got beheaded in past.

You do the crime, then expect to do the time. However, in reality, the Americans will probably be released after a slap on the wrist and the rest will have to depend on connections.

big bucks means less freedom? Lol!

those who wants to be defense lawyers, I suggest you read the article again!

Suliman: remember I said I don't trust Saudi bigotry.

So they had a party and got caught! Unluckily for them it wasn't in one of the Princes private nightclubs!!!

They broke the law by drinking and taking drugs, but why do they have to try and turn it into Devil worship!

These Saudi's are off their rockers beheading people for so called black magic and such!

Hard to believe such things happen in 2013 :-0

its warning for the Rip satan

Sometimes I wonder if people are ignorant or its just merely fools knowing how Saudi is strict with everything. I suppose will soon hear of their punishment, although I feel sorry for the locals as the law tends to be more strict on them especially after classifying the party as a religious act unless they are rich, maybe they can get away with it.

I just wanna know,what kind of action has been taken against those suspects who juggled around the fire ring with birth suits, BG it's another warning for u!

here comes the satan hang him

True Suli but would you also be accused of satan worship?

Marco ,, Ok

Very loud music

Drugs

Naked people

If that was in your house here, and someone reported you you will get arrested.

Well the Muttawa have to justify their existence and their budget. A party that gets out of hand is a bit boring, but hey chuck in satan worship and it sounds a lot worse.

Saudi is medievil Europe of the 1400s, burn the witches! Kill the unbelievers!

Come on Saudi the rest of the world moved on from stupid supersitutions isn't it time these relics retired.

Honestly I have very title faith in the Saudi bigotry, oh i mean Saudi press!

Like Fatimah said, a wild party gone too wild.

Sulieman: the party was prvt.

Yeah habibi.. such a shameless act..

hahahahahahaha

halalbilal ,,, Would you let them do the same in your house? in front of your children and wife eyes?

Check out the link man - I thought this was a joke too when I first saw the headline!

It is sometimes hard to believe when a Stand-up Comedian reports a news. :)

Naked, prancing around a fire, drunk and drugged up, sounds more like some wild party excesses and not any religious gathering! Nonetheless I guess all of em will be soon dancing to another tune, clothed and sober!

have freedom of movements (as claimed)! Lol!

Let them wait for their free gift from Saudi Govt.

all the surprised pvt limited & bros