{"id":14352,"date":"2011-10-11T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T09:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=14352"},"modified":"2011-10-11T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T09:14:32","slug":"footballer-detained-in-saudi-arabia-over-sleeveless-shirt-and-tattoos-14352","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/footballer-detained-in-saudi-arabia-over-sleeveless-shirt-and-tattoos-14352\/","title":{"rendered":"Footballer detained in Saudi Arabia over ‘sleeveless shirt’ and tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pino inks Al Nasr Club from Saudi Arabia, without knowing ink on his arms is a crime there..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saudi Arabia\u2019s religious police detained Colombian footballer Juan Pablo Pino while he was shopping at a mall with his wife because he wore a shirt without sleeves, his tatoos visible.<\/h1>\n

Riyadh\/NationalTurk- The 24-year-old Colombian footballer, who currently plays for the Saudi Al-Nasr club, was at the mall in the Saudi capital Riyadh with his pregnant wife when members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice seized him. \u201cThey then put him and his wife in their car and waited until executives from Al-Nasr club came and sorted it out. Pino and his wife were handed to the club officials after a brief detention<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the incident on Friday, Pino\u2019s pregnant wife is living in a state of anxiety and is demanding that she and her husband leave Saudi Arabia, a extreme Muslim kingdom ruled by Shariah (muslim canonical laws). Al Nasr club has asked its Argentine coach Gustavo Costas and his wife to try and persuade Pino\u2019s wife to change her mind but their attempts have been futile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saudi Police : Busy with fighting tatoos<\/h2>\n

Former Galatasaray Istanbul player Pino, who has chosen to play in Saudi Arabia Football, wore a sleeveless T-shirt while his wife had an Arabian gown on when they were detained by members of the Commission, the most feared and influential\u00a0\u00a0Saudi Arabia Sharia law\u00a0enforcement body.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia\u2019s religious police have told foreign players with tattoos on their arms to cover such drawings while on the field, claiming they are adversely affecting young Saudis.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabs fear the power of naked arms with\u00a0tatoos<\/h3>\n

The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice sent a letter to the Higher Youth Committee asking it to warn all foreign players in the conservative Muslim Gulf kingdom to cover their tattoos before going into the field during matches. The letter cited Columbian player at Al Nasr Club, Juan Pablo Pino, whose hands and shoulders are covered with tattoos \u201cin violation of existing rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saudi Youth : ”We are effected by tatoos, now we are hopeless”<\/h4>\n

\u201cThese tattoos have negative effects on the Saudi youth. You are asked to draw the attention of all foreign players in the Kingdom to the need to abide by the rules and cover their tattoos during matches,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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