To be fair, the academic (Awad al-Qarni) is a Sahwa (Muslim Brotherhood offshoot that influenced Bin Laden and a number of other Saudi jihadists) [0] [1]

[0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahwa_movement

[1] - https://www.ibtimes.sg/has-saudi-arabia-given-death-penalty-...