Dr. Ali Alrubai

A Saudi writer was arrested in the city of Baha in Saudi Arabia where he was questioned, finger printed and photographed after the president of the baha literary club charged him with calling for the liberation of women. The writer Dr. Ali Alrubai was attending a lecture by a female intellectual, the lecture, as lectures involving men and women usually are, done in two separate lecture halls to separate the men and women and an audio broadcast is provided from the women’s section and a video broadcast is provided from the men’s section to the other section. During the discussion after the lecture Dr. Ali suggested that future lectures done by females be accompanied by a visual presentation to make the lecture more lively. This angered the head of the club as blasphemy and reported the matter to the police claiming that Dr. Ali is demanding that a video be broadcast from the women’s section to the men’s section which is a call for the corruption of Saudi culture, traditions and Islamic law. Dr. Ali denied the accusations as he only asked for visual presentation accompanying the lecture and not a live feed feed from the women’s section.

Source Alarabiya.net

Commentary

Now this is clearly crap and only an example of how far Saudi Arabia needs to move to pass the middle ages. When the head of an intellectual club uses the police to impose his dark ages ideas and the police supports him.

I’ll keep my eye out for any developments if they are reported on the matter although I think this is the end of it.