Arab Shias On the Rise Across Middle East
The Saudi Shia Muslims marking Ashura in city of
Qatif, Saudi Arabia on December 16, 2010.
Like their Shia brethren across the Middle East, hundreds of black-clad Shias in the small town of Qatif, in Saudi Arabia rose early to join once-forbidden processions to mark the slaying in 680 of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein. The freedom to mark Ashura unhindered in Qatif reagion is a fruit of changes launched by King Abdullah since he ascended the throne in 2005.
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