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Saudi authorities arrest assistant professor in crackdown on dissent
[PRESSTV] Saudi authorities have tossed in the calabooseDrop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! a university lecturer as part of an ongoing crackdown against Moslem preachers and intellectuals led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...  Crown Prince of Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... as of 2016.... The rights group ALQST, which is an independent non-governmental organization advocating human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... in Saudi Arabia, announced in a post on its official Twitter page on Saturday that Dr. Musaed al-Tayyar were tossed into the calaboose. The post added that the 53-year-old Tayyar is an associate professor at King Saud University in the Saudi capital Riyadh. He has written many books on Islamic teachings and participated in debates on the Holy Koran, the holy book of Moslems. The academic is not known to have commented on political issues, which raises questions about the motives behind his arrest. Saudi Arabia has recently stepped up politically-motivated arrests, prosecution, and conviction of peaceful dissident writers and human rights campaigners. Saudi officials have also intensified security measures in the kingdom’s Shia-populated Eastern Province. Eastern Province has been the scene of peaceful demonstrations since February 2011. Protesters have been demanding reforms, freedom of expression, the release of political prisoners, and an end to economic and religious discrimination against the oil-rich region. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-22 |
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