Updated On: 11 July, 2013 12:32 AM IST | | Agencies
The editor-in-chief of a Saudi daily has distanced himself from the storm that enveloped his newspaper after it published a seemingly controversial cartoon.
In the cartoon published by Al Watan, the long beard of a menacing looking man in a suit and a tie ends with a gun pointing at a target that is not illustrated.
Several Saudis condemned the cartoon on social networks, charging that it criticised or made fun of Muslims who grew beards in line with the religious tradition.