Nigeria: Missing? Murdered? the Mystery of Jamal Khashoggi

11 October 2018
opinion

Saudi Arabia is a country associated with mystery and romance. It is an ancient country grappling with the demons of modernity while it continues to assert its Islamic heritage. Saudi Arabia is the home of the greatest pilgrimage site in the world, the holy shrine in Mecca and some believers of the faith hold that when you walk on the same ground once trod by Holy Prophet Mohammed, great things would happen to you and your life would never be the same. It is from this land of the Arabian carpet and ancient perfumes and magical chants that Jamal Khasoggi fled.

Khasoggi was a journalist and journalists have the bad habit of minding other people's business. Some people believe it is hopeless to continue to hope that Khasoggi is still alive. Last Tuesday, he had gone to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, to get necessary papers so that he can marry his Turkish fiancée. He had come from the United States for that purpose for his fiancée parents reside in Turkey. Since he fled into exile, Khasoggi had lived in the United States where he was an influential commentator for several American newspapers including the Washington Post.

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