Tunisian singer Thekra denied that she compared the difficulties she faced in the course of her career with the suffering of Prophet Mohammed at the beginning of his call for Islam, which led a Saudi judge to call for prosecuting her.
In an interview to the daily al Hayat published Friday, Thekra asked, “am mad to say like that?” reiterating that a journalist misinterpreted her statements at a press conference in the Qatari capital Doha and derailed them from their track.
“I feel sad for what happened to me because I had to be on the defense as far as my religion is concerned. I never imagined that to be in this difficult situation,” said Thekra adding “may God forgive who assailed and put me in this bad situation.”
Earlier a Saudi judge in Riyadh, Ibrahim al khudairi, viewed the statements stated by the Tunisian singer at the press conference as disbelieving and defection. He called for executing her over her sarcasm with the prophet through the reportedly alleged claim by her that “her suffering resembled the suffering of Prophet Mohammed at the beginning of his call for Islam.”
“The singer should either be executed as an extreme punishment or be brought before the court through judicial procedures with all the evidences on what she stated as a reprehension,” said the judge.
For his part, Egypt Mufti (Highest Sunny Cleric), Naser Farid said, “if somebody said that he worked hard and suffered like the prophet, the element of comparison would be here the hard work and suffering and not the person of the Prophet.”
“As long as she denied that she did not liken herself with the prophet, she should be considered innocent and her statements or intentions should not be altered in conformity with what the prophet stated that deeds should be judged by intentions.”
Earlier the singer was allegedly reported as likening the difficulties she faced in the course of her career with the prophet suffering at the beginning of his call for Islam at a conference at the second song festival held in the Qatari capital few days ago -- Albawaba.com
