Abu Dhabi, Aug 22 (ANI): A Saudi Arabian columnist has come under fire after he made comments about the unemployment and the status of women in a neighbouring Middle East country.
Mohammad Al Shaikh, who posted a remark insulting Saudi women and prostitution, sparked strong criticism within the blogosphere and beyond, while several people called for stringent action, including capital punishment against him.
"Slandering a single Muslim woman without evidence warrants strict punishment. So you can imagine the punishment for slandering the chaste women of a whole country. All competent authorities should move to punish him and people who think like him," the Gulf News quoted Shaikh Nasser Al Amr, a religious figure, as saying.
Abdul Aziz Arab, a member of the Muslim Scholars League, also urged Saudi women to sue Al Shaikh.
"I wish that every chaste woman sue Mohammad Al Shaikh for slandering," he wrote on his Twitter account.
Several Saudi journalists harshly criticised Al Shaikh for his "insulting" remarks, saying that they were "highly inappropriate and totally erroneous", the report said. (ANI)
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