Saudis mock religious police for detaining a cross-dressing pastry-shop mascot

RIYADH -- When it comes to promoting traditional values, Saudi Arabia’s religious police have a notorious reputation. They regularly rebuke and detain women for wearing makeup or failing to properly veil, which they see as a violation of the kingdom's conservative interpretation of Islam. But when members of the force detained an apparent cross-dressing bakery […]











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