{"id":17965,"date":"2022-06-15T19:10:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=17965"},"modified":"2022-06-15T19:13:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:13:56","slug":"like-a-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=17965","title":{"rendered":"Like a rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jun\/15\/saudi-authorities-seize-rainbow-toys-crackdown-homosexuality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Saudi authorities seize rainbow toys in crackdown on homosexuality<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Pencil cases, skirts and hats among items targeted for \u2018contradicting Islamic faith and public morals\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17966\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jun\/15\/saudi-authorities-seize-rainbow-toys-crackdown-homosexuality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17966\" class=\"wp-image-17966 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/commerce-ministry-officials-removing-rainbow-coloured-items-from-shops-in-Riyadh.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/commerce-ministry-officials-removing-rainbow-coloured-items-from-shops-in-Riyadh.webp 1240w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/commerce-ministry-officials-removing-rainbow-coloured-items-from-shops-in-Riyadh-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/commerce-ministry-officials-removing-rainbow-coloured-items-from-shops-in-Riyadh-150x90.webp 150w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/commerce-ministry-officials-removing-rainbow-coloured-items-from-shops-in-Riyadh-768x461.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A TV report shows commerce ministry officials removing rainbow-coloured items from shops in Riyadh. <span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">Photograph: Saudi Ministry of Commerce<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Saudi officials have been seizing <span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">rainbow-coloured<\/span> toys and clothing from shops in the capital as part of a crackdown on homo\u00adsexuality, state media has reported. The kingdom opened to tourism in 2019 but, like other Gulf countries, it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2021\/dec\/01\/f1-under-pressure-to-speak-out-against-saudi-human-right-abuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">frequently criticised for its human rights record<\/a>, including its outlawing of homosexuality, a potential capital offence.<\/p>\n<p>Items targeted in the Riyadh raids include bows, skirts, hats and pencil cases, most of them manufactured for children, according to a report broadcast on Tuesday evening by the state-run Al Ekhbariya news channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are giving a tour of the items that contradict the Islamic faith and public morals and promote homosexual colours targeting the younger generation,\u201d an official from the commerce ministry, which is involved in the campaign, says in the report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17965-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shes-A-Rainbow.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shes-A-Rainbow.ogg\">https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shes-A-Rainbow.ogg<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian: Saudi authorities seize rainbow toys in crackdown on homosexuality Pencil cases, skirts and hats among items targeted for \u2018contradicting Islamic faith and public morals\u2019 Saudi officials have been seizing rainbow-coloured toys and clothing from shops in the capital as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=17965\">Weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}