Al-Sarira
  • Home
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • Bahrain
  • Yemen
  • Qatar
  • Afghanistan
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Syria
  • Lebanon
  • Palestine
  • Israel
No Result
View All Result
Al-Sarira
  • Home
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • Bahrain
  • Yemen
  • Qatar
  • Afghanistan
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Syria
  • Lebanon
  • Palestine
  • Israel
No Result
View All Result
Al-Sarira
No Result
View All Result

Arabian Peninsula Opposition Coalition Urges ‘Comprehensive Change’ on al-Nimr Anniversary

Sondoss Al AsaadbySondoss Al Asaad
January 15, 2022
in Lebanon, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Society
0
Arabian Peninsula Opposition Coalition Urges 'Comprehensive Change' on al-Nimr Anniversary

Ayatollah al-Nimr was arbitrarily murdered in January 2016. Photo: AFP

On the 6th anniversary of the execution of Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, Beirut-based Saudi opposition figures held a conference, in the southern suburb of Beirut, entitled “Meeting of the Arabian Peninsula’s Opposition”.

The conference was attended by Saudi opposition figures including Fouad Ibrahim, Abbas Sadeq, Hamza al-Hassan and Sheikh Jasem Mahmoud Ali, who blasted the Saudi royal family for Ayatollah al-Nimr’s extrajudicial killing.

Ayatollah al-Nimr was arbitrarily murdered in January 2016, during a mass execution of 47 people in the kingdom. He was an outspoken anti-government critic, and a key leader of Shiite protests, in eastern Saudi Arabia, demanding fundamental rights and fair treatment.

Abbas al-Sadiq pointed out that “what the country (Hejaz) is witnessing the level of political rights is unprecedented”. Al-Sadiq stressed that “keeping the situation as it is doubles the responsibility of every free and honorable person to raise the voice,” adding, “This meeting aims at confront the brutal policies of the Saudi regime,” noting that “this meeting has an Islamic political identity and seeks to achieve justice.” Al-Sadiq affirmed that “attention to the nation’s issues is our top priority, and at the forefront of that is the Palestinian cause, and we announce our rejection of normalization.”

Sheikh Jasem Mahmoud Ali also stressed that “what the Arabian Peninsula is going through are existential threats,” adding that ” the MBS era has distorted Islam through its intelligence, media and cultural apparatus,”. He added, “Inspired by the legacy of martyr Ayatollah Al-Nimr, we announce the launch of our coalition.

In turn, Dr Fouad Ibrahim stressed that “what is required is a comprehensive change,” explaining that “change is the task of a people, who only has the right to decide the form of the system”.

As for the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, slammed Saudi Arabia for interfering in the internal affairs of the Arab country, noting that “Riyadh blatantly interferes in our country and we ask it not to incite the Lebanese against each other”.

Minutes after Sayyed Safieddine finished his speech, Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Waleed Bukhari tweeted that “he painful truth is that the terrorist Hezbollah is acting above the state”.

Sayyed Safieddine’s remarks come amid tensions between Beirut and Riyadh. Last Oct, Saudi Arabia expelled Lebanon’s ambassador and banned its imports following old televised interview by a Lebanese Cabinet Information Minister George Kordahi, who commented that the war in Yemen was futile and called it an aggression by the Saudi-led coalition.

In early December, Kordahi, resigned from his post but the move did not ease the tense relations and the war of words between Hezbollah and Saudi officials, but the rift is still ongoing. And in late December, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman called on the Lebanese in a speech to end the terrorist Hezbollah’s control” of Lebanon.

Sayyed Safieddine also stressed that the Saudi attempts to subjugate Lebanon are to no avail, adding, “I tell America, the West and Saudi Arabia that you have not known the nature of this resistance, the strength of its people and faith so far”. “We want best relations with Saudi Arabia but Saudi Arabia should stop the policy of bullying” in the region, Sayyed Safieddine said, “Those who target us will get a response”.

For his part, head of the Arab Progressive Front, Najah Wakim, said that “the suffering of the people of the Arabian Peninsula is no less than the suffering of the Palestinian people,” adding, “To those who might accuse us of attacking Saudi Arabia, I say stop Saudi Arabia’s aggression against Lebanon,” noting that “Saudi Arabia took from Lebanon more than $45 billion in interest and gave us $1 billion only as a deposit”.

Besides, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees in the Assembly of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Ghazi Hanina, said that “many clerics have been firm, have sacrificed, so they got immortalized in history,” noting that “the stance today is a stance with the Prophet’s approach, which the late Sheikh Al-Nimr embodied”.

Tags: al-NimrHezbollahHuman rightsSaudi ArabiaSheikh al-Nimr

Related Posts

Is the Saudi King living his final days?
Politics

Is the Saudi King living his final days?

May 17, 2022

After King Salman underwent tough medical tests in Jeddah hospital this week, doubts about his chance of surviving have risen....

Independents Reinforce Foothold in Lebanese Parliament
Politics

Independents Reinforce Foothold in Lebanese Parliament; Hezbollah Retains the Lead

May 17, 2022

Lebanese parliament elections ended with no group, party, or coalition securing a majority. Hezbollah movement managed to keep its grip...

Nakba Day, the Story of Ethnic Cleansing and Resistance for 74 Year
Israel

Nakba Day, the Story of Ethnic Cleansing and Resistance for 74 Year

May 16, 2022

Sunday marked the 74th Nakba Day and people in Palestine commemorated this historical day in a big rally in Ramallah....

Shireen Abu Akleh; Inside US Biased Policy on Israel
Politics

Shireen Abu Akleh; Inside US Biased Policy on Israel

May 15, 2022

The murder of Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli raised the arguments about US assistance for terrorism in America society. Rights...

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

POPULAR POSTS

  • Independents Reinforce Foothold in Lebanese Parliament

    Independents Reinforce Foothold in Lebanese Parliament; Hezbollah Retains the Lead

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Hide and Act; UAE still Prefers Military Activism

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Drones Hit Mossad Headquarter in Iraqi Erbil with Three Rockets

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Dubai Expo 2020; Leaked Document Narrates a Multi-Billion-Dollar Failure

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Yemen War Turns to Achilles Hill for Saudi Arabia and UAE Over Iran

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Next Post
An Emerging Power Bloc in the East; Iran and China Launch Comprehensive Cooperation

An Emerging Power Bloc in the East; Iran and China Launch Comprehensive Cooperation

al-sarira
Contact Us
About Us

© Copyright 2021 - All rights reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • Bahrain
  • Yemen
  • Qatar
  • Afghanistan
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Syria
  • Lebanon
  • Palestine
  • Israel

© 2022 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.