Man raids mosque and calls for “conquering Rome”

An expatriate Arab doctor in Saudi Arabia raided a packed mosque and interrupted its preacher during Friday prayers to call for conquering Rome before he was arrested by police, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The unnamed dermatology doctor at a private hospital in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah snatched the microphone from the preacher and started to shout a sermon in which he called for “conquering Rome,” Okaz said.

When he finished his “fiery” sermon, he headed for the women’s section in the mosque and caused panic among them, the paper said.

“Police later arrested the doctor and subjected him to medical tests, which showed he is suffering from schizophrenia,” it said.“The hospital agreed to a police request to sack the doctor, who will be deported.”

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