Saudi Arabia’s execution of top Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr has drawn angry reactions from Muslim bodies in India.
Some figures in India have also blasted the Saudi regime for putting the leading Shia figure to death despite international calls for Riyadh to overturn his death ruling.
In Kashmir Minister of State and President of All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association Moulvi Imran Reza Ansari expressed his view that “I condemn in strong words the state murder of Sheikh Ayatollah Baqir nimr al nimr by tyrant regime of Aale Saud family the exporter , supporter and financier of terrorism in world.imran reHis only crime was peaceful protest against tyrant rule devoid of any respect for human rights. This murder is a deliberate attempt on the behest and orders of anti Muslim islamophibic Zionism to create unrest and animosity among peaceful Muslims. I mourn the martyrdom of Ayatollah Nimr and offer condolence to whole Muslim world and his family.”
Senior clerics from Lucknow Dr Kalbe Sadiq have condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr despite international calls on Riyadh to revoke the religious figure’s death verdict. He said on Saturday the execution is in line with a litany of crimes committed by the Al Saud regime from the onset of its creation.
Senior member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulna Kalbe Jawad said Shafaqna that the killing of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr may spark new unrest among Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority.
In the reaction of Execution of Shiekh Al-Nimr Protests have taken place in all over India.