Death Penalty For Discussing Sex

Saudi Arabia’s arcane, even bizarre, quasi-pious belief that sex should never
be discussed openly in any forum, on penalty of death, is the driving force behind the closure of the Lebanese broadcast television channel in Saudi Arabia.

Shocking television viewers with accounts of foreplay and casual sex, Mazen Abdul-Jawad was arrested immediately following his television interview in Jeddah. Mazen explained to viewers that it all happens in his bedroom, on television show “Ahmar Bilkhat al-Areed” (Wide Red Lines).

LBC, which is owned by billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, reports that other LBC offices have also been shutdown by Saudi authorities following the broadcast.

Mazen has been charged with publicizing vice and his lawyers say he may face the death penalty. Like many Arab countries, Saudi Arabia prohibits sexually explicit content on television and in newspapers, magazines and books.

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