Saudi court sentences Shiite cleric, Al - Qaeda militant to death, Hezbollah threatens retaliation.

Saudi court sentences Shiite cleric, Al - Qaeda militant to death.(Taz).

Saudi Shiite cleric and protest leader Nimr al-Nimr was sentenced to death on Wednesday after a judge found him guilty of “sedition,” Agence France-Presse cited his family as saying.

Nimr led demonstrations in 2011 in the oil-flush east of the kingdom, alongside a Shiite-led protest movement in neighboring Bahrain, Al Arabiya reported.

The cleric was also convicted of seeking “foreign meddling” in the country, a reference to Iran, his brother Mohammed al-Nimr wrote on Twitter.

Nimr, who is in his 50s, had been on trial since March 2013. He was found guilty of “disobeying” the kingdom's rulers and taking up arms against security forces, his brother said.

Nimr's family accused the court of ignoring the sheik's “peaceful and non-violent approach,” saying the case had caused “social and political discontent.”

“The ruling... is political par excellence,” his relatives in the Eastern Province communities of Awamiya and Qatif said in a statement.

They called for a dialogue with officials, “out of concern for our dear country.”

Meanwhile, another court on Wednesday sentenced a suspected al-Qaeda Sunni extremist to death and 21 others to various jail sentences after they were convicted of a range of militant crimes, including setting up training camps and identifying oil locations to hit, state news agency SPA reported.

Riyadh's concern about Islamist militants has increased over the past two years as conflicts in Syria and Iraq have attracted more of its own citizens to travel there to join groups fighting in the name of jihad.

Of the 22 people convicted, the man sentenced to death was a citizen of Chad, SPA said. The rest, which included another Chadian and a someone described as Bengali, were given prison sentences of between five and 28 years.

The group was convicted of embracing militant ideology, the possession of ammunition in their apartment and firing on security services during a raid on their apartment in Mecca, killing one security officer.

Hezbollah Brigade along with few other organizations already threatened to execute all Saudi prisoners/captives if al-Nimr is executed. #pt
— Mustafa Aliraqi (@Iraqism) October 16, 2014

Student Basij Website: The Al-Saud Family Is Of Jewish Origin, And Is The "Sworn Enemy Of Islam And The Muslims"

Student Basij Website: The Al-Saud Family Is Of Jewish Origin, And Is The "Sworn Enemy Of Islam And The Muslims" HT: Memri.


An article titled "The Al-Saud Family – Sworn Enemy of Islam and the Muslims," posted September 7, 2014 on the website snn.ir, which is affiliated with the Student Basij, stated: "A look at history and at how the Al-Saud dictatorship was established in the Saudi peninsula shows that this deviant sect does not even minimally address the slogan of Islam and religion, and that it chose Islam only as a pretext for preserving its illegitimate rule...

"In his 1,040-page book, the well-known Saudi writer Nasser Al-Saeed extensively researched the corruption and moral deviancy of each member of the Al-Saud family, [in order] to prove the Judaism of this family.

"In the first 30 pages, Al-Saeed examined the Al-Saud family tree, and proved that the family's origins are in the Jews of Hejaz and Al-Madina.

Later in the book, Al-Saeed explained how the Jews supported Muhammad bin 'Abd Al-Wahhab, the founder of Wahhabi thought. He then explained the stages of Muhammad bin 'Abd Al-Wahhab's seizure of the religious leadership – and of his transfer of the political leadership of Saudi Arabia to the Al-Saud dynasty, that was planned implemented by the Jews.

"The book also deals with the crimes and massacres perpetrated by the Al-Saud dynasty against Saudi tribes, and as proof, presents several historical photos that confirm that [these crimes and massacres] actually took place.

Later on, the book summarizes the close and profound relationship between the Saudi royal family and the British during the last century, as well as the close clandestine relationship between the Al-Saud dynasty and the founder of the Zionist regime, Ben Gurion, both before and after its establishment. It states: Ben Gurion received direct support from the Al-Saud dynasty in the matter of the establishment of the Zionist regime.

"In light of all this, it is not improbable that the Al-Saud dynasty would take a step harming the nature and essence of Islam. Only alertness and wisdom on the part of the Muslims will prevent the Wahhabi dictators from realizing their filthy goals. Read the full story here.