In a latest incident in which Saudi Arabia banning or blocking everything Qatar in order to stifle the voices ranging from theology to sports, beIN Sports was blacked out to Saudi Arabian fans.
beIN Sports is a global network of sports channels owned and operated by beIN Media Group, which was part of Al Jazeera network.
It was not Immediately clear as to the nature of ‘banning’, though a twitter campaign is gaining momentum of late.
NBA fans be like : #حجب_بي_ان_سبورت_القطريه pic.twitter.com/Al1bu3UL6X
— َ (@3zilx) June 12, 2017
In a separate incident, Saudi Arabian education minister Sunday urged the removal of all books by Yousef al-Qaradawi, the chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, should “immediately” be pulled off from schools, universities and libraries.
A bunch of nations, --Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, eastern government of Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, and Senegal-- cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of committing a wide range of unfounded ‘crimes’, last week