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NEWS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 Saudi Shiites defiant after IS attack kills 5 Continued from Page 1 Ashoura, said Sada. Witnesses said the meeting hall, known as a husseiniya, and an adjacent mosque were It lies at the heart of Islam’s divide into Shiite and both targeted in Friday’s shooting. Sunni sects. “We demand more protection and a law that would Jaafar Al-Abbad, the uncle of Buthaina Al-Abbad, 22, criminalize sectarianism,” said Sada. “We are living in a the only woman killed, said she died a “martyr for the place made out of paper, which could catch fire any sake of her beliefs”. “She was about to graduate from uni- minute. People are angry. And these attacks will only versity as a doctor. Now she is a martyr, and this is even make us more attached to our rituals,” she said. “They better,” he said. “People are pouring in to congratulate can’t stop us from practising our beliefs.” her parents,” said Abbad. He echoed other Shiites in say- Security has been tightened at Shiite institutions ing that such attacks “will not deter us from continuing since May, when suicide bombings at two mosques to observe our rituals”. claimed by IS killed 25 people. During Ashoura last year, Romain Caillet, a French expert on jihadists, said the gunmen killed seven Shiite worshippers, including chil- attack poses a double challenge for Saudi authorities. dren, in the eastern town of Al-Dalwa. The interior min- First, they should avoid the risk of “pushing some of their istry said the unprecedented incident had links to IS, (Sunni) citizens into radicalization” by allowing Shiites to which has also targeted police.
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