17 November 2012 - 20:30

On 16 November, the Saudi Wahhabi security authorities in Awwamiyah town removed the Hussaini banners, posters, black flags, signs, fixed on the walls on the celebration of the Shia holiday of Ashura the martyrdom of Imam al-Hassian (A).

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - On 16 November, the Saudi Wahhabi security authorities in Awwamiyah town  removed the Hussaini banners, posters, black flags, signs, fixed on the walls on  the celebration of the Shia holiday of Ashura the martyrdom of Imam al-Hassian (A). It is worth to mention that the authorities detained in January 2011 six Shia citizens because they fixed Hussaini banners, and black flags and signs on the streets of Rumeilah town. It is for years that Shiite Muslims in Saudi Arabia are under severe pressure and discrimination. Saudi authorities often attack Shia religious places arresting their men and preventing them to perform religious activities and so on... ./129