Saudi Arabians Behead Three Accused Gays
Gay.com /
PlanetOut.com Network, January 2, 2002
SUMMARY: Saudi Arabia officials executed three men on Tuesday for
homosexual acts and molesting boys, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Saudi Arabia officials executed three men on Tuesday for homosexual acts
and molesting boys, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
The men were publicly beheaded in the city of Abha after being convicted in
an Islamic court.
The charges against Ali bin Hattan bin Saad, Mohammad bin Suleiman bin
Mohammad and Mohammad bin Khalil bin Abdullah included "engaging in the
extreme obscenity and ugly acts of homosexuality, marry among themselves and
molesting the young."
At least 122 people were executed in Saudi Arabia during 2001, according to
a Reuters report. Public beheading is a reportedly common means of execution
in the Islamic kingdom for murderers, rapists, homosexuals and drug dealers.
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