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Public prosecutors in Saudi Arabia are seeking the death penalty against prominent Muslim scholar Salman al-Awdah, local media, activists and his family members have said.

Awdah, who UN experts have described as a “reformist,” was imprisoned a year ago, shortly after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched a crackdown on dissentand imposed a land, sea and air blockade on the kingdom’s Gulf neighbour, Qatar.

Awdah, who has 14 million followers on Twitter, posted a tweet on September 9, saying: “May God harmonise between their hearts for the good of their people” – an apparent call for reconciliation between the Gulf countries.

Local daily Okaz reported that the public prosecution, which represents the Saudi government, had levelled 37 counts against Awdah and called for the death penalty.

According to London-based Saudi rights group ALQST and other activists, some of the charges included incitement against the ruler and spreading discord.

Awdah’s son, Abdullah, wrote on Twitter that the charges against his father included critical tweets and establishing an organisation which worked to defend the honour of the Prophet Muhammad.

“Today, at a court hearing for my father Sheikh Salman al-Awd

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Salman al-Ouda

Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)

Salman bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Ouda (Arabic: سلمان بن فهد بن عبد الله العودة) or Salman al-Ouda (Arabic: سلمان العودة), Salman al-Oadah, Salman al-Audah, or Salman al-Awdah (Arabic: سلمان بن فهد العودة) - kunya: Abu Mu'ad (أبو معاذ)- (born 14 December 1956)^[1] is a Saudi Islamic scholar. Al-Ouda is a member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars and on its board of trustees.^[5] He is a director of the Arabic edition of the website Islam Today and appears on a number of TV shows and authors newspaper articles.^[6]

In 1993 al-Ouda was one of the leaders of the dissident group Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights (CDLR) that challenged the Saudi government,^[7] for which he was imprisoned during 1994–1999.^{[citation needed]} In 2007 he was viewed as a government supporter.^{[citation needed]} He was detained by the Saudi authorities in September 2017. As of July 2018^[update], he remained in solitary confinement without charge or trial. Officials imposed travel bans on members of his family.^[8][9][10] He was arrested for his refusal to comply with an order by Saudi authorities to tweet a specific