AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: Matam ol Azaa, or a mourning gathering, to mark the Tragedy of Samarra that occurred on 22 February, was held in Al-Qatif on Thursday night.

Large number of scholarly figures, dignitaries, notables, thinkers and intellectuals from Tarout, Al-Qatif and Ad-Dammam including judge of Al-Jafariyah Court for Endowment in Al-Qatif Sheikh Ghalebbin Hasan Aal-i-Hammad participated in the majles that was organized at husseiniyyah As-Senan.

Engineer Sayyed Lo’iyee Al-Awami opened the majles with recitation of Quranic verses followed by Said Ali Al-Ma’atik and Sheikh Abdelkarim Al-Habeyl who recited dirges and delivered sppech respectively to condemn the tragedy.

Others who recited and addressed included poet Ma’tok Al-Ma’tok, Sheikh Jafar Aal-i-Ribh and Sheikh Abdur-Rasul Al-Basarh.