The prisoner named al-Qahtani was trained by Islamist terror outfit Al-Qaeda and had tried to enter the United States unsuccessfully on August 4, 2001, to participate in the deadly 9/11 attacks.
In 2002, 15 Muslim school girls died as they were not allowed to escape a burning school building by Religious Police for not wearing hijab, rescuers were not allowed to help them because 'touching' women was not allowed.
While Elle India clarified that Arif Ayyub is not associated with the publishing house since August 2019, Ayyub's Facebook profile mentions it as being associated with them.
Arif Ayyub was seen raving and ranting against the improving ties between Israel and UAE. He called the Saudi and UAE rulers 'debauch Arabs' who are not Islamic enough.