Saudi Ayatollah Nimr Al-Nimr Dares Saudi Regime to Attack Iran and Declares: We Are Loyal to Allah, Not to Saudi Arabia or its Royal Family.

We submit to the authority of Allah, His Messenger, and his family, and that's it. we do not submit to the authority of a ruler. Never. No ruler, whoever he may be, has authority over us. [Political] power does not grant a ruler legitimate authority. The legitimacy of authority emanates from Allah. Authority is bestowed by Allah, and He does not bestow it upon the unjust.

We are not loyal to other countries or authorities, nor are we loyal to this country. What is this country? The regime that oppresses me? The regime that steals my money, sheds my blood, and violates my honor? What does a country mean? The regime? The Ruling clan? The soil? I don't know what a country means. Loyalty is only to Allah! We have declared, and we reiterate, that our loyalty is to Allah, not the Saud clan. Our loyalty is to Allah, not to this country. Our loyalty is to Allah, not to any foreign country. Our loyalty is to Allah and to those whom Allah grants authority. That's it.

If they are worth their salt, they should use their "iron fist" against the country that has led the people astray, or so they claim. You assault the weak people? Go crush the head of the serpent. Let's see you. Your media is going on and on, saying "we will crush Iran." Go ahead and crush Iran, so no one leads us astray anymore. Relieve us of them. Strike them with an iron fist. Why is that iron fist directed against us and against Bahrain? Source.