Nimr was accused of ascribing to “takfiri” ideology, in which Muslims accuse other Muslims, in this case members of the Saudi government, of being apostates, a serious crime in Islamic law.
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Nimr’s family said they were shocked but did not want it to result in further bloodshed.
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State television also reported the executions, posting mugshots of all those who were executed while playing solemn music, the Associated Press reported. The lawyer spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
In Bahrain, police fired teargas at several dozen people protesting against the cleric’s execution, a witness said.
Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Shi’ite Council called the execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimr a “grave mistake”, and the Hezbollah group termed it an assassination.
He was arrested in 2012 following what Saudi authorities described as a auto chase in which he rammed a vehicle used by security forces and resisted arrest.
Activists in the Shia district of Qatif have warned of possible protests in response to the executions.
Nimr, the imam of a mosque in a majority Shiite area of eastern Saudia Arabia, was an outspoken supporter of anti-government protests that broke out in 2011 – part of the “Arab Spring” uprisings that swept across northern Africa and the Middle East.
Both were convicted on charges related to anti-government protests in eastern Saudi Arabia, where the Shiite minority is centered.
Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced that it has executed 47 terrorists and takfiris, 45 of which were Saudi nationals, one Egyptian, and a Chadian national.
His nephew, Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, was sentenced last year to death by crucifixion for participating in the protests while he was 16 or 17 years old, also drawing widespread worldwide condemnation.
In Bahrain, a Sunni-ruled island kingdom allied to Saudi Arabia, protesters clashed violently with police. The executions took place in the capital, Riyadh, and 12 other cities and towns, the Interior Ministry statement said.
The deaths come amid a growing war of words between Saudi Arabia and the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which called for attacks in the kingdom.
Justice ministry spokesman Mansur al-Qafari said “interference in the kingdom’s judiciary is unacceptable”.
The execution “will destroy the Saudi dynasty’s injustice”, the statement said. Almost all executions carried out in Saudi Arabia are by beheading with a sword.
In announcing the verdicts, Saudi state television showed mugshots of those executed.
He said Nimr’s execution had “opened the gates of hell”, in comments broadcast on al-Ghadeer, his group’s television channel.
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But Al Nimr was arrested for completely different reasons in 2012.
