Boy 6, Beheaded In Front Of Screaming Mum In Saudi Arabia 'For Being Wrong Religion'

The child was killed in Medina, Saudi Arabia, while visiting a shrine to the Prophet Muhammad, according to reports
By Joshua Taylor Deputy news editor
21:23, 10 FEB 2019 UPDATED 15:54, 15 FEB 2019

A six-year-old boy was beheaded in front of his screaming mum in Saudi Arabia for belonging to the wrong branch of Islam, according to reports.

The child and his mum were allegedly approached while visiting a shrine to the Prophet Muhammad in Medina and asked if they were Shia Muslims.

The mum reportedly said yes and several minutes later a car pulled up beside them and the child was snatched away from her.

The boy - named locally as Zakaria Al-Jaber - was repeatedly stabbed in the neck with a piece of broken glass until he was beheaded, it is claimed.

His helpless mum could only watch and scream as the horror unfolded.

Saudi Arabia's predominant branch of Islam is Sunni, accounting for around three quarters of the population.

Human rights groups say practitioners of other forms of the faith - including Shia - are persecuted.

The boy's mum could only watch and scream as her son was murdered

Shia Rights Watch, a Washington DC-based campaign group, said: "There was no intervention from anyone and no response from authority thus far.

"The Saudi Shia community came together in mourning and to show solidarity with the parents.

"The community also reported this incident is a result of ongoing violations and lack of protection by the Saudi authority toward its Shia population.

"Saudi Shia have been under military crackdown by their government and many Shia are in prisons and on death toll."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/boy-6-beheaded-front-screaming-13973480

If this could happen among Muslims what hope do Christians have in Saudi Arabia, the most 'holy' country in Islam?

Religion...

This Shia/ Sunni thing is getting out of hand. Its becoming more than Islamic, religious or belief thing. Its more like its about clout chasing and economic benefits from pilgrimage in perspective. These two organizations are not unconnected with acts of terrorism in Nigeria by ISWA and Book Haram. Whatever they say, they didn't kill that innocent boy because of anything written in any book or because of his brand of Islam. They killed him because they are evil men. Evil, pain and sadness awaits these men and their families for the rest of their lifes.

Any God that can't fight for himself is an exaggerated God...

In Nigeria here, Suuni block road every friday and pray, but Shia cant do same. Even as powerful Christianity is, it does force itself down your throat.