Ismaelites Demand Saudi Government to End Apprehensions [Archives:2000/21/Local News]

The Ismaelite sect in Yemen has again appealed to human rights organizations and world public opinion to intervene for putting an end to the arrest campaign carried out by the Saudi government against its members in Saudi arabia.
A sect statement released in Yemen said “What is happening now in Najran contradicts Saudi officials statement. Security forces are still searching mosques, houses and science centers looking for juristic, scientific and intellectual books belonging to the sect and setting them on fire. In addition, persons who were apprehended were being tortured. The statement said that 500 persons were arrested and imprisoned in different jails in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, many people were fired from their jobs and students are still suffering from this treatment for two years now.
Saudi authorities claim that they made these apprehensions because these people practice sorcery. Furthermore, many of the leaders of the Ismaelite group in Saudi Arabia including Sheikhs Hiba Bin Ibrahim and Mohammed Al-Moaeed were convicted of sorcery and given 500 floggings.

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