May Ghafurallah shower some raham on the Jahils of this Kingdom of Jahiliya and let them learn tolerance and 'securalism' like the Bengalis used to know before the advent of the Jamaati jahils in Bangladesh!
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:52:50 +0100
Subject: SAUDIS HOLD FUNERAL FOR KILLED PROTESTER
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:52:50 +0100
Subject: SAUDIS HOLD FUNERAL FOR KILLED PROTESTER
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Subject: [Muslim-Services] Saudis hold funeral for killed protester amid soaring tensions
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Subject: [Muslim-Services] Saudis hold funeral for killed protester amid soaring tensions
Saudis hold funeral for killed protester amid soaring tensions
Tensions are escalating in Saudi Arabia as people hold a funeral ceremony for a man killed
during as protest against the arrest of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr.
New pictures surfaced on Wednesday showed people in the city of Awamiyah, in the restive
Eastern Province, holding a funeral for Akbar Hassan Shakhouri.
On July 8, Saudi security forces in Qatif opened fire on demonstrators, who were protesting
against the detention of al-Nemr. Saudi forces shot and killed Shakhouri and two others
during the protest. Many others were injured in the attack.
Earlier in the day, al-Nemr was injured when regime forces fired at his car in Awamiyah.
There has been no word on his condition or whereabouts.
Since February 2011, Saudi protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the
Eastern Province, mainly in the Qatif region and the town of Awamiyah, calling for the
release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to
widespread discrimination.
Similar demonstrations have also been held in the capital Riyadh and the
holy city of Medina over the past few weeks.
However, the demonstrations turned into protests against the regime of the House of
Saud, especially after November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five
protesters and injured many others in the Eastern Province.
The Saudi Interior Ministry issued a statement on March 5, 2011, prohibiting
"all forms of demonstrations, marches or protests, and calls for them, because
that contradicts the principles of the Islamic sharia, the values and traditions of
Saudi society, and results in disturbing public order and harming public and private interests."
In June, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered the country's
security forces to go on a state of high alert due to what he called a "turbulent situation"
in the region.
According to Human Rights Watch, the Saudi regime "routinely represses
expression critical of the government."
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