Saudi Arabia: Execution of Nimr Al-Nimr forces the sectarian divide ever wider


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Issue 1007 - 07 Jan 2016 | 8 minute read

The execution of 47 Islamist militants the authorities had linked to terrorism was filled with symbolism: for Riyadh it marked the kingdom’s determination to show zero tolerance of terrorism and extremist Sunni or Shia takfiri (deviant) ideology; in Iran it was seen as yet another provocation against the region’s Shiite populations, leading radicals to invade Saudi legations in Tehran and Mashhad.

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