Saudi Arabia’s state security agency has been forced to do a U-turn after it released a video which classified feminism, homosexuality and atheism as extremism and cautioned citizens in the kingdom to be on guard.
The animated promotional video, which has since been taken down, was shared on the verified Twitter account of the State Security Presidency at the weekend.
A narrator on the clip said: “Don’t forget that excess of anything at the expense of the homeland is considered exremism”.
Al Watan, a newspaper allied with the Saudi authorities, bolstered such sentiment by saying in an article on Monday that this type of “extremist behaviour” can be punished by being flogged or getting jail time.
But the security agency, which has now said it is looking into the clip, has said there were a number of errors in the footage and those behind it did not do their job properly. [The Independent] Read more
