Tue 21 April 2020:
Saudi Arabia has arrested a man accused of having filmed himself stepping on a Quran in a video gone viral, local media reported on Tuesday.
The unnamed man is accused of being behind an anonymous Instagram profile titled with an Islamic creed and proclaiming “repentance” in the bio section.The account contained a single post, a video showing a person’s hand dropping a copy of the Quran on a carpeted floor and stepping on it with their bare foot.
The video has gone viral across social media platforms in the kingdom, triggering outrage and distress among users, many of which called for the person’s arrest, death and damnation.
Apostasy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia, where blasphemy laws remain in effect.
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