JEDDAH: The Riyadh Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a Saudi to 16 years in prison for his takfiri ideology.
He was also found guilty of meeting fellow ideologues, taking them around and harboring them. He suggested a suicide bombing operation in one of the Kingdom’s governorates; bombing a residential complex for foreigners; abducting a security official; bombing an oil refinery, in addition to the Abqaiq refinery, which has previously been targeted. He was also found guilty of communicating with one of the Abqaiq bombers.
The man described members of Al-Qaeda as martyrs and Mujahideen.
He was aware of the fact that the people with whom he met were connected with those who escaped from Malaz Prison.
He was found guilty of logging on to sites publishing Al-Qaeda propaganda material, being in possession of such material and financing terrorism by supporting those individuals who wanted to go to conflict zones.
He was also found guilty of possessing two machine guns and two pistols, and has trained on dismantling and assembling them with the intent of disturbing public order.
The court sentenced him to 16 years in prison, effective the date of his detention, and banned him from traveling abroad for a similar period after the end of his prison term.
On Thursday, the same court sent another Saudi to six years in prison for being in possession of material glorifying Daesh. He was also in breach of the law for not notifying authorities about two of his relatives heading for Syria to fight.
The accusations also included the fact that he continued to communicate with his relatives during the period they were in Syria, and that he knew about the second, who told him about Daesh followers on Twitter. He was also convicted of receiving money and material from terror suspects.
Other charges of which he was convicted included the preparation, storage, and sending of materials that glorified Daesh.
The court ruled that his sentence will begin from the day he was arrested. He was also banned from traveling abroad for six years after he completes his prison term.
He was also found guilty of meeting fellow ideologues, taking them around and harboring them. He suggested a suicide bombing operation in one of the Kingdom’s governorates; bombing a residential complex for foreigners; abducting a security official; bombing an oil refinery, in addition to the Abqaiq refinery, which has previously been targeted. He was also found guilty of communicating with one of the Abqaiq bombers.
The man described members of Al-Qaeda as martyrs and Mujahideen.
He was aware of the fact that the people with whom he met were connected with those who escaped from Malaz Prison.
He was found guilty of logging on to sites publishing Al-Qaeda propaganda material, being in possession of such material and financing terrorism by supporting those individuals who wanted to go to conflict zones.
He was also found guilty of possessing two machine guns and two pistols, and has trained on dismantling and assembling them with the intent of disturbing public order.
The court sentenced him to 16 years in prison, effective the date of his detention, and banned him from traveling abroad for a similar period after the end of his prison term.
On Thursday, the same court sent another Saudi to six years in prison for being in possession of material glorifying Daesh. He was also in breach of the law for not notifying authorities about two of his relatives heading for Syria to fight.
The accusations also included the fact that he continued to communicate with his relatives during the period they were in Syria, and that he knew about the second, who told him about Daesh followers on Twitter. He was also convicted of receiving money and material from terror suspects.
Other charges of which he was convicted included the preparation, storage, and sending of materials that glorified Daesh.
The court ruled that his sentence will begin from the day he was arrested. He was also banned from traveling abroad for six years after he completes his prison term.
