RIYADH,
April 11: A Saudi court sentenced a cleric who fiercely supports the
segregation of the sexes to five years in prison on Wednesday for
‘incitement’ against rulers, media reported. Yussef al-Ahmad was also
sentenced to a five-year travel ban and fined 100,000 Saudi riyals, said
aleqt.com, the website of Al-Eqtesadiya daily. The cleric, who was
arrested in July, had been charged with “disobedience to the rulers and
incitement against them”, the website said. He called for destroying the
Grand Mosque, home to the Holy Kaaba, and rebuilding it in a way that
would make it impossible for men and women to mix during pilgrimages. Mr
Ahmad was arrested after he posted a YouTube video in which he blamed
King Abdullah and other officials for the lengthy periods that people
in Saudi Arabia could be detained without trial.
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