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Iran Detains 2 Saudi Fishing Boats

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An Iranian news agency says two Saudi fishing vessels have been seized after allegedly entering Iranian waters in the latest dispute over maritime boundaries between Iran and Gulf Arab states.

Fishing boats and other craft are occasionally held for apparent violations of territorial limits in the Gulf, but the disputes are usually ended quickly. Saudi Arabia and Iran are main regional rivals and any conflicts have the potential to escalate.

The semiofficial Fars news agency reported Wednesday that nine fishermen from various nations were on the two vessels detained off Bushehr province. No other details were given.

In January, Saudi Arabia detained 21 Iranians on two commercial boats that allegedly ended Saudi waters.

 

Saudi Clerics Protest Women Driving, Blame US

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Around 150 clerics and religious scholars have rallied outside the Saudi king’s palace, protesting against women seeking the right to drive.

The senior religious leaders said the United States was behind a campaign calling for women to drive on Oct. 26 that claims to have garnered 16,000 signatures.

Since the campaign launched last month, Saudi women have been uploading videos of themselves driving.

Though no law bans women from driving, women are not issued licenses in the ultraconservative kingdom. No women have been arrested trying to drive in recent weeks. However, in years past, women were charged with disturbing public order.

The scholars who protested Tuesday in the Red Sea city of Jiddah were quoted in official local media saying that Saudi rulers are doing nothing to stop the campaign.

 

Saudi court jails four young men for up to TEN YEARS and sentences them to thousands of lashes for naked dance on car

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A Saudi Arabian man has been jailed for 10 years and sentenced to 2,000 lashes after a film of him dancing naked on the roof of a car was posted online.

Another man, who is believed to have made the film, received seven years in prison and 1,200 lashes.

Two others were jailed for three years and sentenced to 500 lashes each.

The public prosecutor in the case reportedly objected to what he described as ‘light sentences’.

The four men men were charged with ‘dancing on a vehicle in public’ and ‘violating public morals’, following the incident in Borayda, the capital of al-Qasseem province, north-west of the capital Riyadh.

A video of the incident was posted online, media reports say. It is not clear whether the men were caught in the act or traced by the video.

Al-Qasseem province is notoriously conservative and religious police there are said to be the most strict in the kingdom.

The law prohibits the playing of music, dancing and many movies also are a concern for hard-liners who believe they violate religious and moral values.