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Anti-Shi'ite sectarianism condemned at Saudi Arabia bomb victim's funeral

2015-05-31 24 Dailymotion

Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims in Saudi Arabia turned out on Saturday for the funeral of the latest victim of the country’s deadliest bomb attack in years.<br /><br /> Mansour Fateel died from his wounds sustained in the previous day’s suicide bombing at a mosque in the village of al-Qudeeh.<br /><br /> His death took the number of victims to 22.<br /><br /> The attack was one of two on Friday which the Sunni Islamic State group said it carried out.<br /><br /> The second, at a Shi’ite mosque in nearby Dammam killed four people, according to the authorities. <br /><br /> ISIL’s suicide bomber targeted worshippers at Friday prayers, but Saudi officials said he had failed to reach the mosque itself.<br /><br /> Most of Friday’s victims – all men and boys – are buried in a cemetery next to the mosque, each grave marked with a photo.<br /><br /> Mourners condemned sectarianism, several blaming TV channels for portraying Shi’ites as heretics. <br /><br /> “The biggest reasons behind this (the suicide bomb attacks) are the sectarian TV channels and they are making Shi’ite

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