Local Saudi newspapers are reporting that the kingdom's morality police have detained a group of men for dancing at a birthday party.
The state-linked news website Ayn al-Youm says the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice raided a private residence in the ultraconservative city of Buraydah, arresting the men inside for "loud music and inappropriate dancing."
The men were referred to police for investigation.
A hashtag on Twitter quickly went viral about the arrest, with many Saudis ridiculing the raid and arguing the men were not caught drinking alcohol or partying with women both crimes under Saudi Arabia's conservative codes.
Others shared photos of Saudi royals performing a traditional sword dance, though supporters of the raid claim that form of dance is socially acceptable.
