Saudi Arabias Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja was removed from his post early this week following the shutdown of a controversial Islamist television channel. However, no link between the two developments has been confirmed officially. Khoja ordered the closing of Wesal channel, which is accused of inciting sectarian hatred. I gave orders to shut […]
Saudi Arabias Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja was removed from his post early this week following the shutdown of a controversial Islamist television channel. However, no link between the two developments has been confirmed officially.
Khoja ordered the closing of Wesal channel, which is accused of inciting sectarian hatred.
I gave orders to shut down the office of Wesal in Riyadh and to ban any broadcasting of the channel from Saudi Arabia. The channel is not Saudi in the first place, he said.
Khojas duties will be taken over by the Haj Minister Bandar Bin Mohammad Hamza, who also keeps his current post, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The order by King Abdullah said that Khoja was removed upon his request.
