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By Muslim Mirror Desk A Saudi court has sentenced a prominent former imam of Makkah's Masjid al Haram to ten years in prison. The Specialised Criminal Appeals Court in Riyadh sentenced Sheikh Saleh al Talib to prison on Monday, reversing a prior acquittal, according to the US-based rights organisation Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn). According to activists, Saudi officials first held Talib in 2018 and cited no cause for his arrest, which occurred after he delivered a sermon criticising the General Entertainment Authority, a government agency in charge of regulating...