Amman: Jordanian authorities have arrested an Islamist preacher for inciting hatred against the regime on Facebook, and ordered him held in preventive detention for 15 days, a court official said Tuesday.
Eyad Qunaibi was detained Monday night after posting a piece entitled "Jordan heading for the abyss", which criticised Amman`s ties with neighbouring Israel, as well as the westernisation of Jordanian society.
He also spoke out against Jordan`s participation in a march in Paris in sympathy with January`s massacre at French magazine Charlie Hebdo by Islamic extremists, and against fashion shows being held in the kingdom.
Qunaibi, who was born in Kuwait in 1975, holds a doctorate in pharmacology from the University of Houston in the United States.