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Man convicted for kissing A Saudi court convicted a man and sentenced him to four months in prison and 90 lashes for kissing a woman in a mall. Saudi religious police arrested the man and two women after seeing them on mall cameras "engaging in immoral movements in front of other shoppers," reports the Al-Yom newspaper. The man, who is in his 20s, was seen with a woman "sitting on one of the chairs, exchanging kisses and hugs." It was unclear what the other woman was doing. The kingdom's powerful religious police, under the control of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, enforce Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islam. Zealous officers routinely jail unrelated couples found sitting together in restaurants or coffee shops. The policemen also patrol public places to ensure women are covered and not wearing makeup, shops close five times a day for Muslim prayers and men go to the mosque and worship. Such kissing busts have increased as economic pressures have made it harder for young couples to marry. The newspaper said the man sentenced for kissing will receive his 90 lashes in three batches, and is banned from malls for two years. The women will be tried in another court. Source: AP Published June 11 2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
