Shiite Saudi clerics warned Sunday against taking up arms against the authorities in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, in the wake of sporadic violence that has rocked the country's Shiite-dominate east. Demonstrations in Eastern Province, where most of the kingdom's two million Shiites live, erupted simultaneously with a protest movement in neighbouring Bahrain in 2011. The 10 influential clerics from Eastern Province said in the statement received by AFP that "using violence and arms against the state is rejected and condemned". They also warned Shiite Muslims in the kingdom from "being lured into violence and extremism... which complicates matters and serves enemies." The clerics insisted that religion demands achieving "security and stability in the country" and that "political violence destroys the nation".
03-25-2014, 12:07 AM
Shiite Saudi clerics warn against violence
Shiite Saudi clerics warned Sunday against taking up arms against the authorities in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, in the wake of sporadic violence that has rocked the country's Shiite-dominate east. Demonstrations in Eastern Province, where most of the kingdom's two million Shiites live, erupted simultaneously with a protest movement in neighbouring Bahrain in 2011. The 10 influential clerics from Eastern Province said in the statement received by AFP that "using violence and arms against the state is rejected and condemned". They also warned Shiite Muslims in the kingdom from "being lured into violence and extremism... which complicates matters and serves enemies." The clerics insisted that religion demands achieving "security and stability in the country" and that "political violence destroys the nation".
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