A Man in Saudi Arabia was arrested for not liking the WWE

jarnet87

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Oct 30, 2017
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Looks like he worked himself into a shoot
 

Becks'

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Dec 7, 2017
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How dare he hate muh wrasslin

I used to like it in 7th and 8th grade, now that I know all the secrets, it is boring to watch.
 

Foffy

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Oct 25, 2017
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Deserved a charge.

WWE is Sports Entertainment, not Wrestling.

What crime did he commit besides using Vince's banned word?
 

Angry Grimace

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Oct 25, 2017
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Man, I guess Roman Reigns winning is more serious business than we thought.

(what did he actually say?)
 

7aged

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Oct 28, 2017
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Clickbait title aside, yeah the room for criticism in Saudi Arabia has shrunk noticeably in the last few years.
 

Nocturnowl

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How do we know that his critique wasn't in fact a scathing pipebomb about the terrible booking he's had to endure with the eternal Roman push?
 
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So do Saudi religious clerics not have an issue with WWE? I feel like it must be haram. I don’t know exactly why except that it’s Western entertainment which they usually look down on.
 

Kurdel

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Nov 7, 2017
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So do Saudi religious clerics not have an issue with WWE? I feel like it must be haram. I don’t know exactly why except that it’s Western entertainment which they usually look down on.
I can see how wrestling can be seen as a super macho hetero thing.

But then you have Finn Balor, he is definitely haram

 

Mimosa97

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Oct 25, 2017
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So do Saudi religious clerics not have an issue with WWE? I feel like it must be haram. I don’t know exactly why except that it’s Western entertainment which they usually look down on.
Is anything not haram? It feels like salafis consider any form of entertainment Haram. They don't watch TV, don't listen to music etc... So yeah wrestling being haram wouldn't be surprising.
 

7aged

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Oct 28, 2017
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This is the tweet in question, I had to trawl that man's nauseous feed to find it, so appreciate the sacrifice:


Translation:

They're not equal:

* A nation that's calm and at peace, polite spoken, rational acting, her mornings are active, evenings blessed, strives for good in this world and afterlife.
* A wasteful and vacant nation: Her mornings are songs, her evenings rowdy, her ambition is entertainment, her role models are enemies, so that they didn't build this world, nor save for the afterlife!
#greatestroyalrumble

May god fix the affairs of muslims
 

Messofanego

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Oct 25, 2017
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A wasteful and vacant nation: Her mornings are songs, her evenings rowdy, her ambition is entertainment, her role models are enemies, so that they didn't build this world, nor save for the afterlife!
#greatestroyalrumble
May god fix the affairs of muslims

 

Dream Machine

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Oct 25, 2017
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Even though they banned the women from participating and everything? Man, you just can't please some people.
 

plagiarize

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Songs and wrestling are bad?

Obviously the guy shouldn't be in jail, but I'd hope this is a fringe position even in Saudi Arabia.