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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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