Tag: Aid Al-Qarni

The authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested well-known scholar Aisha Al-Muhajiri, reportedly because she has continued to preach and teach the Quran at her home in the holy city of Mecca. The 65-year-old was said to have been arrested by "20 members of the Saudi intelligence service." According to Prisoners of Conscience, which reports on the Saudi government's arrest and repression of activists and public figures, two other women were arrested alongside Al-Muhajiri. "One of the two women is 80 years old, while the family of the other woman refused to...