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When [[Al Saud]] came to power, Shi'ites who were limited and scattered in Mecca were put under huge pressure and religious restrictions. [[Wahhabi]] muftis also issued [[fatwa]]s by which the life and properties of Shi'ites were put at risk. Gradually they were forced to exercise [[Taqiyya]] especially in Mecca where Shi'ites performed their religious rituals at home and behind closed doors while they acted as Sunni Muslims in public. | When [[Al Saud]] came to power, Shi'ites who were limited and scattered in Mecca were put under huge pressure and religious restrictions. [[Wahhabi]] muftis also issued [[fatwa]]s by which the life and properties of Shi'ites were put at risk. Gradually they were forced to exercise [[Taqiyya]] especially in Mecca where Shi'ites performed their religious rituals at home and behind closed doors while they acted as Sunni Muslims in public. | ||
In the late 2012 Saudi soldiers arrested Shaykh Badr | In the late 2012 Saudi soldiers arrested Shaykh Badr Al Talib and Shaykh Muhammad al-'Atiyya, two Shi'ite clergymen in Mecca and Jeddah. | ||
==New Constructions== | ==New Constructions== | ||