The arrests were made in "co-ordinated and simultaneous operations in four regions of the kingdom, " including the capital Riyadh and the holy city of Mecca, the ministry was quoted as saying in a separate statement.

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In the past few months top religious officials, including the minister of justice and the head of the religious police in the Mecca region, which includes Jeddah, have declared ikhtilat a modern term not proscribed by Islamic law.

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