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Saudi national drops charges after accused embraced Islam

JEDDAH: A Saudi national has dropped all the charges against his Filipino maid who is currently lodged in the detention center as she expressed her desire to embrace Islam.

The woman, Catrina, has been accused of defaming Turki Al-Jesh on social media networks, Google Earth and Philippines media as well as stealing money from his house, Saudi Gazette reported.

She confessed to all her wrongdoings in front of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution, the report said.

Al-Jesh, who belonged to Onaizah in the Qassim region, reportedly dropped all the charges against the maid after he came to know that she wanted to embrace Islam.

Al-Jesh was quoted as saying, he was withdrawing all the claims against the woman and won her release from the detention center. Later, Al-Jesh assisted Catrina to pronounce the Shahada that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Prophet of Allah at his house.

The woman’s name has been changed from Catrina to Jourie as per her wish, according to news report. Since then the woman has been observing Ramadan fasts with Al-Jesh’s family, the newspaper reported, adding that she was happy to embrace Islam.

Jourie reportedly said the main reason behind her embracing Islam was the good behavior of her sponsor and his family toward her despite the wrongdoings she committed.

“I was surprised to see such magnanimity and tolerance from this family even after I had done so many things against the family in order to harm its reputation,” she added.

The woman had earlier ran away from Al-Jesh’s home through an AC hole and the Saudi man had received threatening calls from the Philippines from unknown individuals, Saudi Gazette reported.

At one point she had accused Al-Jesh of burning her body and claimed she was possessing medical evidence to prove it. But she later withdrew all the charges against the sponsor, said the news portal.

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