29 January 2013

Saudi vice police order shops who employ men and women to put up segregation walls to keep them apart

Shops in Saudi Arabia have been ordered to put up walls to separate their male and female employees in accordance with the country’s strict vice laws.

The barriers need to be at least 5ft 3in high and will keep staff from seeing and communicating with workers of the opposite sex.

This follows Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islam which prohibits men and women who are not immediate relatives from socialising. [MailOnline] Read more