Turki Al Sheikh.. Minister of Entertainment with arbitrary security powers
The head of the so-called General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al-Sheikh, is not content with his position but uses his controversial relations with Mohammed bin Salman to exercise arbitrary security powers.
It was revealed that the arrest of Sheikh Omar Al-Muqbel was made under the direct guidance of Al Sheikh, who made a direct contact with “Abdul Aziz Al-Huwairini”, head of the State Security Agency, and ordered him to bring Al Muqbel immediately to Al-Tahiriya prison on the pretext of “investigation.
The arrest of Al Muqbel on the back ground of a clip that spread to him, a few days ago, expressing his opinion on the practice of entertainment, saying that what is going on “stripping the Saudi society of its identity in the name of entertainment.”
Reliable sources pointed out that despite the passage of two weeks after the arrest of the authorities Al Muqbel, but his fate is still unknown.
Al Muqbel considered that “foolishness and Westernization does not entertain and flay the community of his identity and bring to the indignation of the Lord and the reason for his punishment.”
In 2016, the Kingdom approved a new organization of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which reduces its powers, prevents it from arresting people, and requires that its members have scientific qualifications, in addition to good conduct.
The entertainment sector has witnessed tremendous developments since the establishment of its own body in 2016, in conjunction with important social and economic transformations in the country.
In 2016, the Kingdom approved a new organization of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which reduces its powers, prevents it from arresting people, and requires that its members have scientific qualifications, in addition to good conduct.
The decision paved the way for Mohammed bin Salman to begin unusual social and economic transformations in the kingdom, such as allowing cinemas to open, allowing women to drive, entering football stadiums, and allowing them to travel without parental permission.
