Bahrain is poorer than I thought

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Yanyuur

Bahrain has no major oil and gas fields like their neighbors. They do have few oil fields. To make matters worse for their economy, 75% of Bahrain’s are Shi’a and are excluded from the economy like government jobs and contracts. The majority of them live in poverty (not like in Africa) and all the jobs and government contracts are reserved for the 25% Sunni Bahrains. Even in institutions like the police, army, health, education and the petroleum sectors that can’t be filled by Bahraini Sunnis, they are given to Sunni foreign workers. Too many government red tapes for Shias to start their own business. The poverty is a government discriminatory policy directed towards the Shias.
 
Yanyuur

Bahrain has no major oil and gas fields like their neighbors. They do have few oil fields. To make matters worse for their economy, 75% of Bahrain’s are Shi’a and are excluded from the economy like government jobs and contracts. The majority of them live in poverty (not like in Africa) and all the jobs and government contracts are reserved for the 25% Sunni Bahrains. Even in institutions like the police, army, health, education and the petroleum sectors that can’t be filled by Bahraini Sunnis, they are given to Sunni foreign workers. Too many government red tapes for Shias to start their own business. The poverty is a government discriminatory policy directed towards the Shias.
But shias are the majority. Why don't they do something about it?
 
But shias are the majority. Why don't they do something about it?

yanyuur

They’ve attempted many times but each time, the Saudi tanks rolled in (20-30 minutes away from Saudi Arabia) and their demonstrations were swiftly and brutally dealt with. They are also the majority in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia (Dhahran & Damam) where all the Saudi oil wells are located. Every time, they protest, thousands are killed, maimed and arrested to be sentenced to death with the major powers and the rest of the world ignoring these atrocities. Early this year, the mufti of the Shias in eastern Saudi Arabia was executed for crimes against the state? Have you heard about him?
 
yanyuur

They’ve attempted many times but each time, the Saudi tanks rolled in (20-30 minutes away from Saudi Arabia) and their demonstrations were swiftly and brutally dealt with. They are also the majority in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia (Dhahran & Damam) where all the Saudi oil wells are located. Every time, they protest, thousands are killed, maimed and arrested to be sentenced to death with the major powers and the rest of the world ignoring these atrocities. Early this year, the mufti of the Shias in eastern Saudi Arabia was executed for crimes against the state? Have you heard about him?
nope haven't heard that except for the Kashogi guy
 
nope haven't heard that except for the Kashogi guy

yanyuur

Here is his story.

Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr: Saudi Arabia executes top Shia cleric

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Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the interior ministry said.

He was among 47 people put to death after being convicted of terrorism offences, it said in a statement.

Sheikh Nimr was a vocal supporter of the mass anti-government protests that erupted in Eastern Province in 2011, where a Shia majority have long complained of marginalisation.

Shia-led Iran said Saudi Arabia would pay a "high price" for the execution.

A foreign ministry spokesman said Riyadh "supports terrorists... while executing and suppressing critics inside the country".

Iranian state TV reported that the Saudi charge d'affaires in Iran had been summoned to the foreign ministry.

Iran is the main regional rival of Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia.

At least one protest march was held in Qatif, in Eastern Province, where security has been raised.

Protesters shouted the slogans "The people want the fall of the regime", and "Down with the al-Saud family", reminiscent of the 2011 protests.

The BBC understands that among those executed was a man convicted of shooting dead a freelance cameraman on an assignment for the BBC, Simon Cumbers, in 2004.

Adel al-Dubayti was sentenced in November 2014 for his role in multiple al-Qaeda attacks including the one in the capital Riyadh in which Cumbers was killed and which also left reporter Frank Gardner critically injured.

The executions were carried out simultaneously in 12 locations across Saudi Arabia.

Those also put to death include Sunnis convicted of involvement in al-Qaeda-linked terror attacks in 2003. Of the 47 executed, one was a Chadian national while another was Egyptian. The rest are Saudis.

Saudi Arabia's top cleric, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, defended the executions, calling them a "mercy to the prisoners" as it would prevent them committing more crimes, Associated Press reported.

Analysis: BBC World Service Middle East regional editor Alan Johnston
As they moved in to arrest Sheikh Nimr, the Saudis were well aware that this was a case that would cause ructions.

Here was a prominent, outspoken cleric who articulated the feelings of those in the country's Shia minority who feel marginalised and discriminated against. This was a figure active on the sensitive Sunni-Shia sectarian fault line that creates tension in the Kingdom and far beyond.

As the Shia power in the region, Iran takes huge interest in the affairs of Shia minorities in the Middle East. And it was inevitable that Tehran and Riyadh would clash over the treatment of Sheikh Nimr.

The Iranians had warned that the death sentence handed to him should not be carried out. But one of the principal concerns of the Saudis is what they see as the growing influence of Iran in places like Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. So perhaps it is not so surprising that they were not going to be swayed by Iranian pressure in this most sensitive case in their own backyard.

The international rights group Reprieve called the executions "appalling", saying at least four of those killed, including Sheikh Nimr, were put to death for offences related to political protest.

Protests broke out in early 2011 in the oil-rich Eastern Province in the wake of the Arab Spring.

Sheikh Nimr's arrest in the following year, during which he was shot, triggered days of protests in which three people were killed.

Who was Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr?

  • In his 50s when he was executed, he has been a persistent critic of Saudi Arabia's Sunni royal family

  • Arrested several times over the past decade, alleging he was beaten by Saudi secret police during one detention

  • Met US officials in 2008, Wikileaks revealed, seeking to distance himself from anti-American and pro-Iranian statements

  • Emerged as a figurehead in the protests that began in 2011 inspired by the Arab Spring
His death sentence was confirmed in October 2014, with his family saying he had been found guilty among other charges of seeking "foreign meddling" in the kingdom.

Sheikh Nimr's supporters say he advocated only peaceful demonstrations and eschewed all violent opposition to the government.

The cleric's nephew, Ali al-Nimr, who was 17 when he was arrested following the demonstrations and also faces execution, was not listed as one of those killed.

His brother, Mohammed al-Nimr, said he hoped any reaction to the execution would be peaceful.

Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for "angry demonstrations in front of Saudi sites and interests", but said protests should be peaceful.

Lebanon's Shia council called the execution a "grave mistake" while the Hezbollah militant group said it was an "assassination".

Police in Bahrain, which has seen tensions between the majority Shia population and its Sunni rulers, fired tear gas on protesters angry at the execution.

Saudi authorities deny discriminating against Shia Muslims and blame Iran for stirring up discontent.

Saudi Arabia carried out more than 150 executions last year, the highest figure recorded by human rights groups for 20 years.


  • Said to have a particularly strong following among Saudi Shia youth
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@AussieHustler all the Arabs are against the Sauds when the oil runs out, America will turn against them who will come to their rescue? No one

yaanyuur

Saudi Arabia built a human wall better than Donald Trump's Mexican wall and itt's called Salafism. They will appeal to these Salafis and they will be coming to their aid with their A.K 47's from Somalia, Sweden to Sao Paolo to defend their Saudi Salafi brothers from "Rafidah" Shias. Other Sunnis will be dragged in and it will become the war that was supposed to have been waged and won 1400 years ago.
 
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yaanyuur

Saudi Arabia built a human wall better than Donald Trump's Mexican wall and itt's called Salafism. They will appeal to these Salafis and they will be coming to their aid with their A.K 47's from Somalia, Sweden to Sao Paolo to defend their Saudi Salafi brothers from "Rafidah" Shias. Other Sunnis will be dragged in and it will become the war that was supposed to have been waged and won 1400 years ago.
this is bad :wowsweat:
 

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yaanyuur

Saudi Arabia built a human wall better than Donald Trump's Mexican wall and itt's called Salafism. They will appeal to these Salafis and they will be coming to their aid with their A.K 47's from Somalia, Sweden to Sao Paolo to defend their Saudi Salafi brothers from "Rafidah" Shias. Other Sunnis will be dragged in and it will become the war that was supposed to have been waged and won 1400 years ago.
Many Sunnis sheep have awoken to evil Salafism they couldn’t brainwash people forever
 
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