Drinking and cross-dressing are forbidden under Saudi Arabia’s conservative Islam-based sharia laws. Both offenses could bring up to six months in prison and lashes. None were charged with homosexual acts, a much more serious charge under Saudi law, Reyes said. The men have all been released to their employers while formal charges are drawn up, he added. Some one million Filipinos work in Saudi Arabia.
Filipino gays in Saudi face whipping
Sixty-seven Filipino men working in Saudi Arabia face jail and lashes for “imitating women” after being arrested at a party in which a number were dressed in drag, according to a Philippine embassy official. Riyadh police arrested all 67 men at a private party and drag show in a resort villa near Riyadh on June 13, Philippines embassy Vice Consul Roussel Reyes said. “They had alcohol and some were dressed up like women,” Reyes said.
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Q. What cause one’s knuckle to crack?A. Your finger bones are separated by small pads of cartilage, and in between these pads and the bones are small pockets of thick liquid. When you bend your fingers, the bones pull away slightly from the pads of cartilage, forming a vacuum between the bone, the pad, and the surfaces of the liquid. AS the bending continues and the bones are pulled farther apart, the surface tension of the liquid eventually gives way and the vacuum bubble bursts, making the cracking sound you hear. read more
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