It is like a little microcosm of the Middle Ages here. Been here for 7 months in Saudi and find it amazing and absurd all at once.

For those who are stupefied by this story, let me just say: First rule of KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), don't apply logic when trying to understand things.

There are about 100,000 news article similar to this Salem-like episode; and their are a few choice nonfiction books that escape into the Western world, depicting life within the peninsula.