Saudi Arabia executes 47, including top Shia cleric
9 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes 47, including top Shia cleric

The Hindu  

Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges on Saturday, including a Shiite cleric who was a central figure in 2011 Arab Spring-inspired protests in the kingdom. The killing of Sheikh Nimr a-—Nimr may spark new unrest among Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority, largely concentrated in the kingdom’s east, and in Bahrain, which has seen low-level violence since 2011 protests by its Shiite majority demanding greater rights from its Sunni monarchy. After listing the names and images of those executed, Saudi state television showed black—and—white footage of previous terror attacks in the kingdom, one showing bodies in a mosque after an attack. Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to several advocacy groups that monitor the death penalty worldwide.

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Saudi executions rose sharply in 2024
3 months ago

Saudi executions rose sharply in 2024

CNN  

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reuters — Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades, despite de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s 2022 assertion that the death penalty had been eliminated except for murder cases under his vision for a new open kingdom. Saudi Arabia denies accusations of human rights abuses and says its actions are aimed at …

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2024 - its highest number for decades - despite Mohammed bin Salman's vow to drastically reduce executions
3 months ago

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2024 - its highest number for decades - despite Mohammed bin Salman's vow to drastically reduce executions

Daily Mail  

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades, despite de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman's 2022 assertion that the death penalty had been eliminated except for murder cases under his vision for a new open kingdom. Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades Mohammed bin Salman told the Atlantic in a …

Executions in Saudi Arabia hit their highest-ever level with more than 300 in 2024 as number of prisoners killed surges at 'rocket speed' under MBS
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Executions in Saudi Arabia hit their highest-ever level with more than 300 in 2024 as number of prisoners killed surges at 'rocket speed' under MBS

Daily Mail  

Saudi Arabia has put over 300 people to death in 2024, according to an AFP tally, after four executions announced on Tuesday brought the kingdom's total to a level far outstripping the highest known annual figures. Human rights activists had previously warned Saudi Arabia could exceed 300 executions this year, with one execution being recorded almost every day. Saudi Crown …

Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners this year so far: Report
4 months, 1 week ago

Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners this year so far: Report

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia executed more than 100 foreign nationals this year, AFP reported. Over 100 foreigners have been killed by Saudi Arabia this year, marking an unprecedented increase in the number of executions. Saudi Arabia has never executed 100 foreigners in a year," said Taha al-Hajji, Berlin-based European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights legal director, told AFP. 274 executions in Saudi Arabia …

Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners in 2024, 21 from Pakistan
4 months, 1 week ago

Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners in 2024, 21 from Pakistan

Firstpost  

Saudi Arabia has faced persistent criticism over its use of the death penalty, which human rights groups have condemned as excessive and out of step with efforts to soften its forbidding image and welcome international tourists and investors. Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, according to an AFP tally indicating a sharp increase which one rights …

Saudi executions hit record number under ‘reformist prince’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Saudi executions hit record number under ‘reformist prince’

The Telegraph  

Saudi Arabia has reached a record high for executions despite pledges to cut down the death penalty. The executions have been carried out under reformist Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has overseen at least 1,447 executions carried out since he was made Crown Prince to his elderly father, Salman, in 2015. Crack down on dissidents Human Rights group Reprieve’s …

Bahrain’s king pardons over 450 inmates. Many may be political prisoners, activist says
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bahrain’s king pardons over 450 inmates. Many may be political prisoners, activist says

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bahrain’s king pardoned 457 prisoners Wednesday night to mark his 25th anniversary as the island nation’s ruler, with one activist saying many of those freed appeared to be political prisoners. Bahrain’s government did not answer questions from The Associated Press, but said the pardon “further demonstrates Bahrain’s commitment to criminal justice, with an opportunity today …

Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent
1 year, 6 months ago

Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death over his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, and his activity on YouTube, the latest in a widening crackdown on dissent in the kingdom that has drawn international criticism. “Al-Ghamdi’s death sentence over tweets is extremely horrific but stands in line with the Saudi authorities’ …

Saudi Arabia says it executes American citizen convicted of killing his father
1 year, 7 months ago

Saudi Arabia says it executes American citizen convicted of killing his father

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an American citizen who had been convicted of killing his father. The Interior Ministry identified the executed man as Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef and said he beat and then strangled his Egyptian father to death. Vedant Patel, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said that American diplomats visited Naseef …

Kuwait hangs five, including 2015 mosque bombing convict
1 year, 8 months ago

Kuwait hangs five, including 2015 mosque bombing convict

The Hindu  

Kuwait put to death five people on Thursday, including a man convicted of involvement in a 2015 Islamic State group suicide bombing that killed 26 people, the Public Prosecution said. The multiple executions in the Gulf emirate — relatively rare compared to neighbouring Saudi Arabia — are the first since seven people were put to death in November last year …

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing
1 year, 8 months ago

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing

The Independent  

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Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing
1 year, 8 months ago

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait said Thursday it executed five prisoners, including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group. Prosecutors said the five include the man convicted in the mosque attack, Abdulrahman Sabah Idan, three people convicted of murder and a convicted …

Saudi Arabia executes two Bahrainis accused of ‘terrorism’
1 year, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes two Bahrainis accused of ‘terrorism’

Al Jazeera  

The government did not specify the groups the men were associated with, but said they had been planning to launch attacks. Saudi Arabia has put to death two Bahrainis accused of plotting “terrorist” operations, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said on Monday, raising the number of similar executions to nine this month. Since May 2, Saudi Arabia, which has one …

Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests
1 year, 10 months ago

Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran on Friday executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests despite objections from human rights groups. “The prosecution relied on forced ‘confessions,’ and the indictment was riddled with irregularities that reveal this was a politically motivated case,” Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director of the New York-based Center for Human Rights …

China pips Saudi, Iran and Egypt to become world’s top executioner
1 year, 10 months ago

China pips Saudi, Iran and Egypt to become world’s top executioner

Firstpost  

China has emerged as the top executioner of people in the entire world with thousands of death sentences issued in 2022 alone, Amnesty international has revealed. According to the report, China is followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt with 576, 196 and 24 executions, respectively. While the year-on-year number of executions in China, Iran and Saudi Arabia increased massively, …

Saudi Arabia executes man during Ramadan; ‘rare’ decries rights group
1 year, 11 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes man during Ramadan; ‘rare’ decries rights group

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia executed a man during the holy month of Ramadan, Guardian reported citing a rights group which said that the execution was rare. “Saudi Arabia executed a citizen during Ramadan,” European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights said in a statement, citing Saudi interior ministry capital punishment data. In 2022, Saudi Arabia executed 147 people in- over double the 2021 …

Saudi Arabia beheading by sword, executes 12 people in 10 days
2 years, 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia beheading by sword, executes 12 people in 10 days

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia executed 12 people in 10 days for drug offences after a two-year hiatus, according to a rights organisation. The spate of executions, most of which are beheadings with a sword, suggests that the country is on track for a record year of executions despite Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman previously vowing to reduce such punishments. Saudi Arabia crown …

Explained: The two-fold rise in executions in Saudi Arabia
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained: The two-fold rise in executions in Saudi Arabia

Firstpost  

Saudi Arabia has executed twice as many people in 2022 as it did last year. The most recent execution was of a Jordanian national convicted of smuggling amphetamine tablets, bringing the year’s total to 138, up from 69 last year Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has executed twice as many people in 2022 as it did last year, according to an AFP …

Kuwait hangs seven people in first executions since 2017
2 years, 4 months ago

Kuwait hangs seven people in first executions since 2017

Al Jazeera  

Four Kuwaitis, a Pakistani, a Syrian and an Ethiopian were hanged, despite condemnation from Amnesty International. Kuwait has put seven people to death in a mass execution, the state-run KUNA news agency confirmed, making it the first execution since 2017 despite appeals from human rights organisations for clemency. It was the first execution since January 25, 2017, when seven people …

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 Men in One Day, the Biggest Mass Execution Since 1980
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 Men in One Day, the Biggest Mass Execution Since 1980

News 18  

Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on Saturday, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, for terrorism and other offenses including holding “deviant beliefs,” authorities said, in the biggest mass execution in decades. “These individuals, totaling 81, were convicted of various crimes including murdering innocent men, women and children,” the interior ministry said in a statement. Rights groups have accused Saudi Arabia …

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest known mass execution in it's modern history
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest known mass execution in it's modern history

Firstpost  

The state-run Saudi Press Agency announced Saturday’s executions, saying they included those ‘convicted of various crimes, including the murdering of innocent men, women and children’ Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Saudi Arabia on 12 March, 2022, executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in …

Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day in largest mass execution in decades
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day in largest mass execution in decades

ABC  

Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, the interior ministry said, in the kingdom's biggest mass execution in decades. Photo shows Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman rests his head on his hand at the 29th Arab Summit The death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi has put the spotlight on the country's heir to the …

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history. The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, though the kingdom continued to …

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 People In A Single Day For Terror-Related Offences: Report
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 People In A Single Day For Terror-Related Offences: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: In the largest mass execution by Saudi Arabia in its modern history, the Gulf country executed 81 people convicted of terror-related offences on Saturday. As per a report on news agency AFP, all the persons executed had been "found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes", the official Saudi Press Agency reported, saying they included convicts linked to the …

Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in a single day
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in a single day

Al Jazeera  

The death penalty applied for a range of charges in the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom’s modern history. Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men over the past 24 hours, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national, on charges including “allegiance to foreign terrorist organisations” and holding “deviant beliefs”, state news agency Saudi Press Agency said, in …

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

India TV News  

Highlights Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of various crimes The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during Covid The kingdom's last mass execution came in January 2016, when the kingdom executed 47 people Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant …

Saudi Arabia ramped up executions in first half of 2021: Amnesty
3 years, 7 months ago

Saudi Arabia ramped up executions in first half of 2021: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

The kingdom executed at least 40 people between January and July 2021, more than in whole of 2020, UK-based group says. Saudi Arabia has ramped up executions in the first half of 2021 following a drop during its G20 presidency in 2020, according to United Kingdom-based rights group Amnesty International. Although Saudi Arabia executed a record 185 people in 2019, …

Death sentences in Bahrain ‘dramatically escalated’ since 2011
3 years, 8 months ago

Death sentences in Bahrain ‘dramatically escalated’ since 2011

Al Jazeera  

Death sentences in the small Gulf nation have risen more than 600 percent in the past decade, new report finds. The joint report noted the use of torture, especially in “terror” related death penalty cases, was particularly widespread, despite pledges for human rights reform by the government. Some 88 percent of men executed in Bahrain since 2011 were convicted of …

Saudi Arabia executes young Shiite man for violent rebellion
3 years, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes young Shiite man for violent rebellion

The Independent  

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Mustafa al-Darwish: Saudi Arabia executes man over teen protests
3 years, 9 months ago

Mustafa al-Darwish: Saudi Arabia executes man over teen protests

Al Jazeera  

Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish was arrested in May 2015 and charged with protest-related offences, many of which occurred when he was 17. “The execution of Mustafa al-Darwish once again shows that the Kingdom’s claim to have eliminated capital punishment for childhood crimes is not true,” anti-death penalty and human rights group Reprieve said in a statement. The state-backed Human Rights Commission …

Saudi Arabia executes 3 soldiers for ‘cooperating with enemy’
3 years, 11 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes 3 soldiers for ‘cooperating with enemy’

Al Jazeera  

The defence ministry says soldiers were sentenced to death by a specialist court after a fair trial. Saudi Arabia has executed three soldiers convicted of “high treason” and “cooperating with the enemy”, with a statement from the kingdom’s defence ministry saying the trio was sentenced to death by a specialist court after a fair trial. The ministry said the soldiers …

Saudi Arabia commutes death sentences of 3 men jailed as minors
4 years, 1 month ago

Saudi Arabia commutes death sentences of 3 men jailed as minors

Al Jazeera  

Three men sentenced to death for joining 2012 protests as teens have their sentences converted to 10 years in jail. Saudi Arabia has commuted the death sentences of three men who were arrested for taking part in anti-government protests as minors, in the latest attempt by the kingdom to improve its human rights record. The Saudi Human Rights Commission has …

Dramatic drop in Saudi executions after laws changed in 2020
4 years, 2 months ago

Dramatic drop in Saudi executions after laws changed in 2020

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia, for years one of the world’s most prolific executioners, dramatically reduced the number of people put to death last year, following changes halting executions for non-violent drug-related crimes, according to the government’s tally and independent observers. According to Human Rights Watch, there were just five executions for drug-related crimes last year in Saudi …

Dramatic drop in Saudi executions after laws changed in 2020
4 years, 2 months ago

Dramatic drop in Saudi executions after laws changed in 2020

The Independent  

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Saudi Arabia overturns death sentences for Khashoggi murder
4 years, 6 months ago

Saudi Arabia overturns death sentences for Khashoggi murder

Al Jazeera  

‘These verdicts cannot be allowed to whitewash what happened.’ A Saudi court has overturned five death sentences for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, handing down jail sentences ranging from seven to 20 years to a total of eight people instead. A Saudi hit squad murdered and dismembered the Washington Post columnist inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in …

Saudi Arabia jails eight people involved in journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death
4 years, 6 months ago

Saudi Arabia jails eight people involved in journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death

ABC  

Five people have been spared execution for the 2018 murder of Washington Post Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after his family forgave his killers. Key points: Five men have been given the maximum 20-year sentence It comes four months after Mr Khashoggi's family forgave his killers, which pardoned their death sentences Mr Khashoggi was last seen at the Saudi consulate in …

Bahrain court upholds death sentence against two men in 2014 case
4 years, 8 months ago

Bahrain court upholds death sentence against two men in 2014 case

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups say Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa were tortured to extract false confessions over bombing of convoy. Bahrain’s top court has upheld death sentences against two men convicted of bombing a convoy and killing a police officer, as human rights groups said their conviction was based on confessions extracted through torture. Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa lost their final …

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi consulate staff describe strange events on day of journalist’s death
4 years, 8 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi consulate staff describe strange events on day of journalist’s death

CNN  

CNN — Staff who worked at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul around the time of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder told a court Friday that they were told to stay away from the residence on the day the dissident journalist went missing in 2018. Cengiz, who is hoping the case will offer new clues to the whereabouts of Khashoggi’s remains, told journalists …

Saudi Arabia stops death penalty for people who committed crimes as minors
4 years, 11 months ago

Saudi Arabia stops death penalty for people who committed crimes as minors

CNN  

Abu Dhabi CNN — Saudi Arabia is abolishing the death penalty for people who committed crimes as minors, the state-backed Human Rights Commission said in a statement Sunday. “This is an important day for Saudi Arabia made possible by King Salman and the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman,” HRC president Awwad Alawwad said, according to the group’s statement. FAMILY PHOTO …

Saudi Arabia: Executions scrapped for crimes committed as minors
4 years, 11 months ago

Saudi Arabia: Executions scrapped for crimes committed as minors

Al Jazeera  

Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s biggest executioners after Iran and China, according to Amnesty International. Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death sentence on individuals who committed crimes while still minors, the state-backed Human Rights Commission has said in a statement citing a royal decree by King Salman. Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s biggest executioners …

Amnesty: Saudi Arabia executed record number of people in 2019
4 years, 11 months ago

Amnesty: Saudi Arabia executed record number of people in 2019

Al Jazeera  

Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Bahrain see rising executions while Asia-Pacific region records lowest numbers since 2011. Saudi Arabia executed a record 184 people last year, according to Amnesty International, which said it was the highest number the rights organisation has ever recorded in a single year in the country. In its 2019 global review of the death penalty published on …

Saudis arrest 2 princes for allegedly plotting coup
5 years ago

Saudis arrest 2 princes for allegedly plotting coup

India TV News  

Saudi officials arrested two members of the royal family early Friday for allegedly plotting to oust King Salman and the son he has designated to succeed him, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Wall Street Journal reported. Quoting unidentified sources, the Journal said guards from the royal court detained one of the king’s brothers, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al Saud, …

Saudis sentence 5 people to death for Khashoggi’s killing
5 years, 3 months ago

Saudis sentence 5 people to death for Khashoggi’s killing

Associated Press  

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, whose grisly slaying in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul drew international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Amnesty International pronounced the outcome a “whitewash.” Agnes …

Jamal Khashoggi murder case: Saudi Arabia court sentences five people to death, three others to prison for killing scribe
5 years, 3 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi murder case: Saudi Arabia court sentences five people to death, three others to prison for killing scribe

Firstpost  

A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents Riyadh: A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, …

Saudi Arabia executes its own citizens with impunity. It is abhorrent that the UK will not label it a pariah state
5 years, 7 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes its own citizens with impunity. It is abhorrent that the UK will not label it a pariah state

The Independent  

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Bahrain executes 2 in ‘terror’ case despite rights groups’ pleas
5 years, 8 months ago

Bahrain executes 2 in ‘terror’ case despite rights groups’ pleas

Al Jazeera  

Bahrain has executed two people convicted on terror charges, the public prosecutor has said, despite international appeals for clemency amid concerns the pair did not receive a fair trial and were coerced into making confessions through torture. “If the Bahraini authorities go through with these executions it would be an utterly shameful show of contempt for human rights,” Lynn Maalouf, …

Executions 'DOUBLE in Saudi Arabia in the first six months of the year compared to 2018'
5 years, 8 months ago

Executions 'DOUBLE in Saudi Arabia in the first six months of the year compared to 2018'

Daily Mail  

Saudi Arabia executed 122 people in the first six months of 2019 making it the bloodiest start to a year in the Arab kingdom since 2014, a new report claims. Saudi Arabia executed 122 people in the six months to end of June, more than double the 55 people it put to death last year and the highest total since …

Saudi Arabia seeking to execute teenager who was detained aged 13
5 years, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia seeking to execute teenager who was detained aged 13

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Amnesty International said it had confirmed the country’s public …

Saudi Arabia security forces kill eight militants in raid on suspected hideout in Kingdom's restive Eastern Province
5 years, 10 months ago

Saudi Arabia security forces kill eight militants in raid on suspected hideout in Kingdom's restive Eastern Province

Firstpost  

The Interior Ministry said security forces launched a raid against a suspected militant hideout on the island of Tarot, Saudi Arabia. Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s security forces killed eight alleged terrorists in a shootout in the predominantly Shiite eastern region of Qatif, a government statement issued late Saturday said. The Interior Ministry said security forces launched a raid against a suspected …

The Saudi Shia: Between an Iranian rock and a Saudi hard place
5 years, 10 months ago

The Saudi Shia: Between an Iranian rock and a Saudi hard place

Al Jazeera  

Last month, Saudi Arabia quietly beheaded 37 people, mostly Shia men from the country’s Eastern Province. In their raids, Wahhabi fighters would often destroy shrines and places of worship belonging to the Shia and Sufi orders; in 1802, an army led by Mohammed’s son Saud even attacked one of the holiest cities for Shia Muslims, Karbala in neighbouring Iraq, looting …

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