A Government-linked Saudi news website says that King Salman has ordered an investigation and trial against a pro-Muslim Brotherhood scholar and a television host after an episode that was critical of King Abdullah’s policies toward the outlawed Islamist group.
Sabq news website, quoting Information Ministry officials, reported on Thursday that the king also banned talk show host Abdullah al-Modifer and his guest Mohsen al-Awaji from appearing in the media. The episode had aired on the Saudi television channel Rotana Khalijia, which has stopped broadcasting the show.