Former Imam-e-Kaaba gets 10 years jail for criticising ‘mixed gatherings’


A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a prominent former imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah to 10 years in prison after he reportedly delivered a sermon criticising mixed public gatherings.

The Specialised Criminal Appeals Court in Riyadh sentenced Sheikh Saleh al-Talib to prison after overturning a previous acquittal, Middle East Eye reported quoting US-based rights group Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn).

Saudi authorities first detained Talib in 2018 and gave no reason for his arrest, which came after he delivered a sermon criticising the General Entertainment Authority, a government body in charge of regulating the entertainment industry, according to activists.

He had condemned concerts and events that he said broke away from the country's religious and cultural norms.

The imam has a global following, with thousands of people watching his sermons and recitations of the Holy Quran on YouTube.

His arrest comes as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continues his drive to reform Saudi society and diversify the kingdom's oil-dependent economy.

Khaleej Online had reported that in his sermon, Talib, who also served as a judge in Makkah, derided the mixing of unrelated men and women at concerts and other mixed entertainment events.

Dawn, a group founded by the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi, confirmed Talib's court sentencing on Twitter.

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This post has been edited by leftycall9: Aug 28 2022, 02:57 PM

saudi Arabia now.

Don't play2 with Saudi ruling helang.

Helang is falcon ke eagle?

Alhamdulillah, one Extremist down. Time for the Saudis to finally enter the modern era. Malaysia bila?

Mbs dajjal irl

prayers not answered. kesian

whats saudi arabia original name?

Democrats American support extremism while Saudi prince anti extremism. Apa jadi?
It’s like DAP support hudud and PAS anti hudud.. kek

Freedom of speech

Bm only has helang but in English they have eagle largest followed by hawk & falcon. For non-pipit, helang can be broken down into categories eagle, hawk & falcon which represent different tier ranking.

Saudi rulers are bored of fanatics staying in power as if they owned the country. Saudi helang eagle decided to eliminate these fanatics for good. Fanatics force everyone to become religious so that fanatics can stay in power for free. Soon, these fanatics will be reduced their influence to their places of worship and keep out of politics, law and people's lives.

PUAS - what is their comments on this?
owai

faster escape to Malaysia, PAS are banning concert & gaythering

Malaysia ke arah taliban. PUAS memang sangat sukak pada taliban

Tell that to pas

It's more like the Saudi Royals never followed the religion to begin with. It's long been an open secret that they have orgies, sex slaves and openly drink alcohol and whatever sin you can name. It comes to light more often nowadays whenever they go overseas since Western Media and tabloids has no qualms about exposing their excesses when they come to their countries. In fact it wasn't even East that abolished slavery despite what the camel-rider wannabes claim, it was the West that started it and pressured the rest of world into complying. Slavery was only ended a few decades ago in the Arab countries and Sex Slavery there still exists behind closed doors, especially in countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Not saying Malaysia is completely free from it considering our Human Trafficking status but as a society we don't condone it.

Kasi satu borang member

-lebailogic

The pikachu shocked face when the script has changed. Lol.

Meanwhile in MY

Syukur....PuAS is more islamic then the Saudis