Worldwide media is abuzz over the arrest of Juan Pablo Pino, a Colombia-born player for Saudi Arabia's Al Nasr Soccer club, because he wore a sleeveless shirt revealing his Jesus tattoo in a shopping mall in the capital city of Riyadh. Some fellow shoppers who saw the tattoo caused a stir and officers from the Police Force for the Promotion of Virtue of the Prevention of Vice swooped in to detain the couple. According to Sharia (Islamic law), all tattoos (religious or not) must be covered at all times. To promote virtue. And to prevent vice. According to Gulf News, this same group has urged strict directives to all foreigner players of Saudi soccer clubs to cover tattoos.
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