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- ↑ "Saudi Arabia must prevent flogging of teenage girl". amnesty.org. Amnesty International. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ↑ Gunmeen Singh (2008-01-01). Lifting the Veil: Position of Women in the Gulf Cooperation Council States. Saṁskṛiti. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-87374-55-8.
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- ↑ "197 students caught for khalwat in schools - Nation | The Star Online". The Star Online (www.thestar.com.my). Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 27 Aug 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
A total of 197 students from secondary schools and higher learning institutes here were caught for khalwat (close proximity) in the first seven months of the year. ...[S]tate Religious Department enforcement officers caught the offenders behaving indecently. The department has also embarked on prevention measures to reduce the menace by creating awareness in schools and colleges.... ...[S]enior officials from the state Religious Department are also in constant contact with youth organisations and student leaders to foster closer relationships and advise them on the bane of committing khalwat. ...[T]he department had also intensified checks, surveillance and raids to curtail khalwat cases in the state. ...[T]he scope of enforcement by the religious department covered checks at hotels, chalets, entertainment centres and recreational parks.
Note that the article does not state what the consequences were for those caught.
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