Saudi Arabia Arrests Top Shia Cleric in Al-Ahsa
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior Shia cleric has been arrested by Saudi forces in Al Ahsa Governorate in the country’s Eastern Province, local sources said.
According to the sources, security forces raided the home of Allameh Sayyid Hashim al-Shakhs on Monday and took him into custody.
The security forces had encircled the entire neighborhood before raiding the cleric’s house.
Al-Shakhs is an eminent and cleric revered in the Eastern Province.
Also on Monday, it was reported on Monday that the Riyadh regime razed to the ground a mosque in the town of al-Awamiyah in Eastern Province without any prior warning.
The Saudi forces razed the Imam al-Hussein (AS) Mosque in al-Zarah, south of the town of al- Awamiyah, after surrounding it in the morning, Al-Ahed news website reported.
