The Saudi Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh have increased the prison sentence of Sheikh Dr. Nasser Al-Omar from 10 to 30 years, with a 4-year stay of execution.
Sheikh Nasser was arrested in August 2018 because of his tweets talking about some social transformations in Saudi Arabia.
Sheikh Nasser is a preacher and academic, formerly a professor at the Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud university.
In 2005, Sheikh Nasser opposed rewriting Saudi religious textbooks to eliminate language and teachings identified as hostile by the US.
He was also one of 26 clerics who signed a fatwa saying that Iraqis should oppose US troops in their country.
In an interview with PBS Frontline, al-Omar said the arrival of US troops in Saudi Arabia in 1990 was the US’s “biggest” mistake.
In 2011, he signed a letter calling for the release of thousands of political prisoners under arrest in Saudi Arabia – many were arrested under terrorism charges after 2003.
Sheikh Nasser was arrested in August 2018 because of his tweets talking about some social transformations in Saudi Arabia.
Sheikh Nasser is a preacher and academic, formerly a professor at the Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud university.
In 2005, Sheikh Nasser opposed rewriting Saudi religious textbooks to eliminate language and teachings identified as hostile by the US.
He was also one of 26 clerics who signed a fatwa saying that Iraqis should oppose US troops in their country.
In an interview with PBS Frontline, al-Omar said the arrival of US troops in Saudi Arabia in 1990 was the US’s “biggest” mistake.
In 2011, he signed a letter calling for the release of thousands of political prisoners under arrest in Saudi Arabia – many were arrested under terrorism charges after 2003.