Saudi authorities arrest Yemen’s religious preacher in Mecca

RIYADH, Nov. 24 (YPA) – The Saudi authorities have arrested a prominent Islamic preacher from Yemeni province Hadramout in Mecca city because of his stances against Zionist crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

Adel Al-Hasani, a southern political activist, said in his post on X platform on Thursday that the Saudi authorities arrested the vice president of the so-called “Council of Sunni Scholars in Hadramout and a founding member of the League of Islamic World Scholars, Abdullah Al-Ahdal, while he was visiting Baitullah or the House of Allah in Mecca.

Al-Hassani attributed Al-Ahdal’s arrest to words he wrote about the genocide committed by Zionist enemy against the Palestine people in Gaza.

This came after the arrest of a number of visitors to the Sacred House of Allah of various nationalities because of their prayers for the people of Palestine for victory in their confrontation with the Zionist enemy’s forces.

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