RP, based on the evidence it is integral rather than social. Also, remember that a lot of the GCC countries (with saudi being the exception) are not ruled only by Sharia law. Forensic evidence has been used in both Dubai and Qatar as a means of eradicating the truth. Your comment may still stand, but your donkey/beach/photo still has me scrathcing my head.

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