In Saudi Arabia, Quranism is described as apostasy, therefore punishable by death.[1] Saudi Quranist scholar, Hassan Farhan al-Maliki, was arrested and charged with death penalty for promoting ideas that have been described as "Quranist", "moderate", "tolerant", and one of opposition to the more violent and strict Saudi wahhabi ideology.[2][3][100] Other Saudi intellectuals, like Abdul Rahman al-Ahdal, continue to advocate for the abandonment of hadith and a return to the Quran.[101]