Ramzan crackdown: 50 Saudis detained over un­Islamic haircuts

RIYADH: Fifty young men have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for haircuts, necklaces and other adornments considered un-Islamic. The suspects were detained during

RIYADH: Fifty young men have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for haircuts, necklaces and other adornments considered un-Islamic. The suspects were detained during a Ramzan crackdown in the western Saudi city of Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, according to Saudi news website Sabq. “They were handed over to the department of criminal investigations,” said Sabq, which accompanied investigators during their visits to shopping areas in the city. Officers noticed “a number of offences like strange haircuts, chains that are hung upon the chest or arms, head wraps and short clothes and immodest ones, for both men and women,” reported Sabq.

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