{"id":2389,"date":"2016-02-14T11:16:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T11:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2389-rallies-in-qatif-marking-the-40th-day-after-sheikh-nimr-s-execution\/"},"modified":"2016-02-14T11:16:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T11:16:24","slug":"rallies-in-qatif-marking-the-40th-day-after-sheikh-nimr-s-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2389-rallies-in-qatif-marking-the-40th-day-after-sheikh-nimr-s-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"Rallies in Qatif marking the 40th day after Sheikh Nimr\u2019s execution)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">protest was held in Qatif in the restive Eastern Province, where protestors chanted \u201cDeath to Al Saud\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">Thousands <a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>of people hold rallies in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to mark the 40th day since the execution of prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi regime.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">Reporting from Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA), <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">A protest was held in Qatif in the restive Eastern Province, where protestors chanted \u201cDeath to Al Saud\u201d and \u201cDown with the House of Saud\u201d to denounce the ruling Saudi family for the execution.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The protest came a day after Sheikh Nimr\u2019s family called on Saudi authorities to hand over his body.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">The Saudi regime executed Sheikh Nimr on January 2, defying international calls to release him. The execution sparked international condemnations and angry protests in many countries.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/> <span style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">Shia Muslims have long complained of discrimination in a country where the official Wahhabi ideology condones violence against them.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">The Shia-dominated Eastern Province has been the scene of peaceful protests since February 2011. Protesters have been demanding reforms, freedom of expression and the release of political prisoners. 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