Saudi Arabia executes Shiite cleric among 47 people including jihadists

[CopyBoy]

RIYADH (Reuters) – When Saudi Arabian security forces arrested Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in July 2012, it sparked days of protests where three people died, a sign of the regard many of the kingdom’s minority sect held for the preacher, who was executed on Saturday.

But by executing him – and three other Shiites – alongside more than 40 convicted al Qaeda attackers, including some of the Sunni jihadist movement’s most vehement ideologues, the Saudi government may have increased chances of internal sectarian conflict.

The executions have provoked protests Saturday (Jan. 2) from Bahrain to London. A prominent cleric with close links to Iran’s ruling establishment denounced the execution and predicted the repercussions would bring down the Saudi ruling family.

religionnews.com/2016/01/02/saudi-arabia-shiite-sunni-jihad/

 

[KathleenGee]

I am reading a Christianized Middle East web site…and the Middle East does not like the Saudis, and Iran is now getting ready to fight them.

Will this commence at the end of the Year of Mercy? We must pray constantly.

 

[McCartney]

I am reading a Christianized Middle East web site…and the Middle East does not like the Saudis, and Iran is now getting ready to fight them.

Will this commence at the end of the Year of Mercy? We must pray constantly.

Can you please post the link to this website.

 

[KathleenGee]

I read various articles from it, www.shoebat.com.

Mr Walid Shoebat is a controversial person. But he is also going through a great conversion.

He is also providing alot of insight into Turkey, that misses many American Christians regarding its history towards Christianity and our nation’s relationship with it.

He also has brought forth articles on cult atrocities committed by drug cartels in Mexico that make ISIS look tame. Yesterday on EWTN, there was a psychiatrist who has worked with people coming out of occult. He also mentioned the cult practice in Mexico of Mother Death, contrary to the Blessed Virgin. They pray to Mother Death to protect their drug activities and income, and when they have the drugs stashed in front of them, they pray the occult into it, so when it is consumed by a drug user, they are also drawing something of the occult.

So there are articles that are pretty graphic. And they relay stories. Where they have gotten in trouble in the past is using a photo from another event but the same type of atrocity. I have learned more about many things and history of Middle Eastern peoples, see more what Christians and other minorities are suffering there, and cannot help but believe they are martyrs in heaven praying for us and the eventual triumph over evil. So I don’t refer people to them.

But I continue to witness what has happened to people there, asking the Lord to give me strength of faith like those who endured in the Lord to the end. So enter at your own risk. Some articles are very tough tor read.