Aisha-Muhajiri a well-known scholar from Saudi Arabia has been arrested by local authorities, reportedly because she has continued to teach and preach the Quran at her home in the holy city of Makkah.

Muhajiri, 65, was said to have been arrested by a 20 member squad of the Saudi intelligence service from her home along with 2 other women, one aged 80 years old and the other woman’s family refused to reveal any information about her.

Following their arrests, the report stated, “We confirm that the sons of the preacher Aisha Al-Muhajiri were threatened of being incarcerated when they asked about her after she was arrested, authorities say literally, ‘We will arrest anyone asking about her’.”

Al-Muhajiri is being held in Dhahban Prison near the coastal city of Jeddah.

By Yazdaan Khan