Saudi authorities physically assault and arrest Canadian

Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has received various eyewitness statements that well-known Canadian cleric Shaykh Usama Al-Atar [1] was arrested this morning after Fajr (morning) prayers in the Holy City of Madina (approximately 06.30 KSA time).

A silent vigil by about 60 hujjaj (pilgrims) from various countries has just been reportedly dispersed from outside the Central Madina police station where the Shaykh was being held. This dispersal was reportedly the result of advice from the British Embassy to protestors.

The Shaykh was taken away, with reports that he will be charged tomorrow for breaking the arm of a member of the religious police, a claim vehemently denied by the eyewitnesses. The Shaykh was reportedly reciting Ziyarat [2] with a small group of about 10 hujjaj in Jannatul Baqi [3] when guards, and then religious police became involved in trying to silence them. The harassment from the guards and religious police resulted in the group leaving the Baqi and continuing their recitation outside the cemetery.

Another set of religious police continued the harassment, and the group closed their prayer books and left the Baqi going through the Prophet’s Mosque. It was at this time that a member of the religious police called out that the Shaykh was a ‘thief’ which resulted in him being detained by security guards and concerned locals until the police arrived. Whilst being held in a kiosk at the edge of the Prophet’s Mosque complex, the Shaykh was reportedly manhandled.

One eyewitness, Mohammed Hayward who saw the events transpire, said:

“They manhandled him badly, he had blood on him. They forced him to sit under an air conditioning unit, and squashed him until he was blue in the face.”

He added:

“The situation here generally has been very tense. There has been a sense that Saudi [security personnel] are out to target people. I’ve been hearing abuse from them levelled at different groups. It’s very provocative.”

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Glad you like it.

Thoughts are that Wahhabis are **** for brain cowards.

A summed up less confusing version..?

So, they even persecute Muslims, who are the only ones who can even practice their religion in the country? I guess you can't expect much from the only country where a crucifix is illegal but crucifixion isn't.

Seems according to this that he left the grave after the Saudi religious police harassed his group, then one of the police offered to shake his hand, but then screamed out thief. That's when police got violent.

So they basically tricked him into getting beaten up by offering a hand-shake.

This is according to his companions though, guess we'll know soon enough.

Not the first time they've done this :




^^^listen to what the guy says at the end.

Were they shia?

No wonder Iran scares the Saudis ****-less.

Makes sense then.

The Saudis are really backwards.

They are destroying all the historical Islamic sites and levelling graves of pious companions.

Then they impose their extreme law and oppress the people. They are an intolerant, ignorant backward, oil-rich, lost in power, evil bunch.

And they think themselves as true Muslims. Why don't they use their oil-rich wealth to help their poor brothers in the Middle East and around the world?

No, instead they sell their souls to the West and help them to kill their own brothers.

At the other end of the Grand Mosque complex, the house of the Prophet's first wife Khadijah has been turned into a toilet block.