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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Saudi expels man for cursing God
2010-12-27
[Emirates 24/7] Saudi Arabia will deport a Syrian expatriate for cursing God during a heated argument with a national man, a local newspaper said on Sunday.

The unnamed Syrian admitted to police that he cursed God and when they rebuked him, he got mad and cursed the police, Sharq said.
"God damn God to hell" just doesn't sound right in English -- there seems something existentially impossible there. Perhaps it makes more sense in the original Arabic.
"He was detained and will be deported from the Kingdom as soon as possible for this serious behavior," the paper said.
He should thank his cursed God that the punishment wasn't more severe -- this is Saudi Arabia, where they play the bastinados on the feet of Englishmen who didn't smuggle alcohol into the Kingdom, after all.
Posted by:Fred

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