Doha: Saudi Arabian scholar and preacher Dr Aaidh Al Qarni tweeted today that he is okay and well.
He has over 12 million followers on his twitter account. In an Arabic tweet he said that “I bring good news to you that I am OK and well, thank God”
The tweet was retweeted more than 13,000 times in two hours.
Qarni and a Saudi diplomat, Sheikh Turki Assaegh, were both wounded in a shooting as they left a university auditorium in the southern port city of Zamboanga, where the cleric had been giving an address.
He was flown to Manila for treatment, according to a Saudi government statement.
Saudi media outlets described Qarni as a senior Islamic scholar and he has more than 12 million followers on Twitter. In his book "Awakening Islam," the French academic Stephane Lacroix included Qarni in his list of "the most famous" Saudi preachers.
The Peninsula
