EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia to execute three prominent moderate scholars after Ramadan
By David Hearst
Three prominent moderate Saudi Sunni scholars held on multiple charges of “terrorism†will be sentenced to death and executed shortly after Ramadan, two government sources and one of the men’s relatives have told Middle East Eye.
The most prominent of these is Sheikh Salman al-Odah, an internationally renowned scholar known for his comparatively progressive views in the Islamic world on Sharia and homosexuality.
Odah was arrested in September 2017 shortly after tweeting a prayer for reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbour Qatar, three months after Riyadh launched a blockade on the emirate.
Read more at: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-saudi-arabia-execute-three-prominent-moderate-scholars-after-ramadan
This isn't a bad article, this author, at least, as far as editorials go, is a pretty flipped out left-winger.
