July 25, 2004
Mobile pictures spark violence
A wedding party in Saudi Arabia turned violent after a female guest was caught using her mobile phone to take digital photographs of other women at the celebration, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
"The scuffle spread to the male section of the party. A number of guests were hospitalised.
Camera-equipped mobile phones are ostensibly banned in the conservative kingdom, where men and women celebrate weddings separately, so that women are at liberty to attend without wearing the all-covering black cloaks and veil that are obligatory in the presence of men".
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