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Saudi Arabia's King Orders Newspaper To Suspend Columnist by smallrincowis16(m): 11:23pm On Jul 02, 2017 |
Saudi Arabia's King
Salman bin Abdulaziz has
ordered an over-
enthusiastic columnist to
be suspended from his job
after he equated him with God, Saudi media reported
on Sunday. King Salman has
frequently been lauded by
columnists in local media,
in traditional deference to
authority, since the 81-
year-old assumed office in 2015. But Ramadan al-Anzi's
column in al-Jazirah
newspaper describing King
Salman as "Haleem", or
forbearing, and "Shadeed
al-Eqab", strict in punishment - both terms
associated in Islam with
God - appeared to have
gone too far. Attributing divine qualities
or giving individuals any of
the 99 names of God is
frowned upon in the
kingdom, which follows the
strict Sunni Muslim Wahhabi school of Islam. The newspaper published
an apology late on
Saturday. "The phrases and tribute
which the author bestowed
on the personality of the
Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques, are not
acceptable, despite what God had bestowed upon
him, may God protect him,
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