Saudi Arabia Is Morally Bankrupt

I make no effort to hide my distaste for Saudi Arabia. They are a morally bankrupt and backwards country masquerading as a modern society. Were it not for the wealth provided by oil they would have no more status than Africa on the world stage.

A country that promotes child marriage, misogynistic practices, treats domestic workers like slaves and engages in all sorts of other chicanery has done it again. Don't talk about sex or you can be imprisoned for 5 years and given 1,000 lashes.

(CNN) -- A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man who caused uproar by bragging about his sex life on television to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes, according to Ministry of Information officials.

Mazen Abdul Jawad, a 32-year-old airline employee and divorced father of four, spoke openly about his sexual escapades, his love of sex and losing his virginity at age 14. He made the comments on Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, which aired the interview a few months ago.

Saudi authorities shut down LBC offices in Jeddah and Riyadh after airing the interview on an episode of its popular show "A Thick Red Line." Abdul Jawad was arrested shortly after the program aired and charged with violating Saudi Arabia's crime of publicizing vice.

On the program, Abdul Jawad is also shown in his bedroom, where he holds sexual aids up to the camera. The episode ends with him cruising the streets of Jeddah in his car looking for women.

The episode caused an uproar in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, where sharia, or Islamic law, is practiced. Pre-marital sex is illegal, and unrelated men and women are not permitted to mingle."

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