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Saudi police seize rainbow-colored toys and clothes

2022-06-15 00:00:00

Striking a blow against "homosexual colors", police in Saudi Arabia have expanded their crackdown on rainbow-coloured children's toys and clothing.

The commerce ministry tweeted separately that its teams were confiscating "products that contain symbols and signs calling for deviation and contradicting common sense". Shops found to be selling them would face legal penalties, it added.

Check out the epic disaster music that Saudi state TV uses to illustrate the dollar-store rainbow trinkets:
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