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Salamon Alayka Ya Aba Abdellah … Husseini memory in Saudi

AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: Massive Majales Al-Azaiyah, or the mourning sittings, Husseini poetic nights and mourning processions to commemorate the supreme sacrifice presented by Al-Imam Al-Hussein b. Ali b. Abi Talib (a.s.) some 1,400 years ago in the hot desert of Karbala were in continuation in oil-rich Mo’minin-dominated eastern region of Saudi Arabia.

Shun sectarian speeches, Al-Marjaiyah rep to Hajj speakers

HOLY CITY OF MEDINAH, Saudi Arabia: Majalis al-azaiyah to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of the ninth infallible imam from the progeny of Prophet Muhammad (SW), Al-Imam Muhammad Taqi Al-Jawad (AS), were arranged at delegation headquarters of different Ayaat in Holy Medinah, the city of Prophet (SW).

‘City of Prophet (S)’ witnesses Majalis-e-Imam Al-Jawad (AS)

HOLY CITY OF MEDINAH, Saudi Arabia: Majalis al-azaiyah to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of the ninth infallible imam from the progeny of Prophet Muhammad (SW), Al-Imam Muhammad Taqi Al-Jawad (AS), were arranged at delegation headquarters of different Ayaat in Holy Medinah, the city of Prophet (SW).

Madinah second destination for hajj pilgrims

HOLY CITY OF MEDINAH, Saudi Arabia: Though visiting Madinah is not part of the Hajj rituals, the holy city is the second destination that pilgrims visit either before or after Hajj to pay homage to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), pray at his mosque and Baqee Al-Gharqad also known as Jannat-ol Baqee (cemetery of Baqee).

Eastern region celebrates Imam Ridha b-day

AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: To mark the anniversary of birth of A-Imam Ali b. Mussa Ar-Ridha (a.s.), the eighth infallible descendant of Prophet Muhammad (s.w.), on Dholqadah 11 Friday October 30, festivals and celebrations were held in the oil-rich Mo’minin-dominated eastern region of Saudi Arabia.

Shut Shiite mosques, order Saudi circulars

AL-HASA, Saudi Arabia: Saudi authorities have issued a second confidential circular in less than two weeks stressing ban on building mosques for Shia citizens and to close existing ones.

Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk … Saudi wants politics kept out of hajj

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: After Iran’s supreme leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei advised his people to promote the Iranian point of view at hajj, a top Saudi official warned against mixing politics with the forthcoming annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah.

Al-Imam as-Sadeq (a) mourning programs finalized in Saudi Arabia

AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: The anniversary of martyrdom of Al-Imam Muhammad b. Ja’fer As-Sadeq (a.s.) on Shawal 25 will be observed in Saudi Arabia like other countries.

Saudi Shias waiting for royal decree on ‘mosques closure issue’

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: Friday prayer leader in Khobar city Sayed Mohammad Al-Nasser said that Saudi Shias will continue performing Friday prayers whatever the consequences are and that they are waiting for a royal resolution on the closure of Shia mosques.

Arbitrary detentions against Shias continue in Al-Hasa

AL-HASA, Saudi Arabia: Saudi authorities continued their arrest compaign against Shiite Muslims in Al-Hasa, oil-rich Mo’minin-dominated East of the kingdom, as they detained two young Shias in the end of last week for taking part in religious activities during Ashura on last January.

Despite Saudi ban Layali Al-Qadr, Imam Ali remembrance commences

AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: Despite a ban by Saudi authorities to commemorate Layali Al-Qadr (Ramadan 19, 21, 23) in all Shiite cities and areas, the observation began on Tuesday September 8, night between Ramadan 18-19.

Saudi Shiites hail HRW report on injustice against them

NEW YORK, The United States: Saudi Shiite activists have hailed last week’s report of Human Rights Watch in which it said the Saudi government has not done enough to address fair treatment for the Shiite Muslim community.

'Saudi, al-Qaeda helping Yemen fight Shiite'

SAADA, Yemen: Saudi Arabia and terror organization al-Qaeda are helping the Yemeni government in its crackdown on Shiite, according to a dissident Yemeni lawmaker.

Imam Ka'abah says his exclusion not linked to Shia-Sunni rift creating statement

HOLY MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia: Rasid news has reported that the former Imam of Holy Mosque in Makkah Shaikh Adel Al-Kalbani refused to accept that his infidel statements against Shia Muslims were the reason for excluding him from Imam Position in Holy Mosque in Makka this year.

Saudi king frees 17 Shi'ite political inmates

AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia on Monday August 24 freed 17 political inmates from the Ismaili community who had been jailed since 2000, sources said, in a new sign of easing tensions with the Shi'ites based near the Yemen border.

Postcard causes commotion in a Saudi University

DAHRAN, Saudi Arabia: A postcard sent Saturday to about 8000 students and workers in a Saudi university caused a commotion and mixed reactions against Saudi Shia.

Widespread festivals mark Sha'aban 15 in Saudi Arabia

AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Shia celebrated Imam Al-Mahdi day of remembrance on Thursday night with widespread festivals.

Khobar Shiites in meeting with king Abdullah demand sealed mosques opening

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: A representative delegation of Shiite Muslims in Al-Khobar city held a meeting this week with Saudi king Abdullah in wake of closure of Shiite mosques in the city at the hands of authorities.

Saudi authorities award prison, lash for Shiites on Baqee events

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi authorities have ordered imprisonment and lash for a number of Shiite citizens accused of participating in protests against religious police in the holy city of Medinah in last February.

Saudi gives free land to Shiites near Yemen border

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: In a move diplomats say is intended to enhance security and combat crime, the Saudi government has said it will grant free land to inhabitants of a mainly Shiite region near its border with Yemen,.

Saudi Arabia: Shiites exact better rights in Yemen border area

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Shi'ites in Saudi Arabia have asked their government to end discrimination in a remote province bordering Yemen.

Saudi Arabia: Journalists, officials criticize Sheikh Kalbani

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: The government of Saudi Arabia has so far been silent about the outcry provoked by Grand Mosque of Makkah Sheikh Kalbani’s evil statements.

Hurdles on Al-Baqee graves lifted after protests

HOLY CITY OF MEDINAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi authorities have removed hurdles that were put by them around the destructed holy grave of A’immah Ahl-il Beit (AS) in the cemetery of Al-Baqee after rage and strong protest on the side of foreign pilgrims.

Saudi Shiites call for Makkah Grand Mosque Imam dismissal, trial

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Shiites have demanded the government to sack the first black imam of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah Sheikh Adel Al-Kalbani and try him for inciting hatred against their community.

Shiites get more than their right, claims Saudi religious authority

HOLY CITY OF MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia: Imam at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah Sheik Adil Al-Kalbani claimed that Shiite citizens of Saudi Arabia have taken more than their right.

Saudi high official denies bigotry among citizens

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Interior Affairs Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz has rejected existence of any official discrimination among Saudi citizens.

Saudi Shiites voice loyalty to homeland, reject threat to national unity

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Around 60 key Saudi Shiite figures – senior religious dignitaries, clerics, intellectuals, academics, thinkers and businessmen – have rejected “any threat to the national unity” and demanded from the government “release of detainees and an end to the prosecution of the people under investigation” since the start of the protest rallies in the Eastern province of Al-Qatif, in particular in Al-Awamiya after Baqee incident.

Saudi govt cracks down on eastern region

AL-AWWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia: In Saudi Arabia, the Shiite region in the east is the center of the kingdom's oil industry. The region is tense since the Saudi religious police brutally attacked several times Shiite pilgrims in Al-Baqee Cemetery and the holy shrine of Prophet (s) in the holy city of Medinah in February this year.

An Angel over Ka’abah (House of Allah) in Makkah

This picture is a miracle …. During Hajj pilgrimage in 2008, a lady named Doumuoa (Dom) during Fajr prayer wanted to take a picture of the people doing Tawaf... but as she took the picture she saw a bright light- almost like thunder…

Wa Muhammadaa … Saudis grieve Prophet on Safar 28

AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: Demise Anniversary of Ar-Rasul Al-Asdham Muhammad (s) was observed with due reverence in oil-rich Mo’mini-dominated eastern region of Saudi Arabia on Safar 28.

Tensions in Saudi Arabia: govt position on Shiites inconsistent

AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: Tensions are still on escalation in the Shiite-dominated Eastern region of Saudi Arabia, which is the principal headquarters for Saudi Aramco and the centre of the world's biggest oil exporter's energy industry.

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