According to a 2001 Saudi law, "anything contravening a fundamental principle or legislation, or infringing the sanctity of Islam and its benevolent Shari’ah, or breaching public decency" is punishable by law. 
Kwa mujibu wa Sheria ya Saudi ya 2001, "chochote kile kinachopingana na kanuni ya msingi au sheria, au kisichoonesha adabu kwa imani ya Uislamu na Shaaria, au kinachokwenda kinyume na maadili yanayokubalika" kitaadhibiwa kwa mujibu wa sheria.