At least 3 dead in suicide attack at Saudi mosque: State TV
Reuters | Oct 26, 2015, 10.23 PM IST
The Najran region (highlighted by map pin) where a blast took place inside a mosque.
DUBAI: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Najran in southern Saudi Arabia on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding several others, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported.
The attack on the al-Mashhad mosque occurred during evening prayers, and authorities were investigating the bombing, a Saudi news website reported, without giving further details.
A video shared by daily newspaper al-Watan showed panicked worshippers fleeing the scene and a child falling to his knees as sirens wailed and dust filled the street.
On August 6, a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in an attack on a mosque used by members of a local security force in southwest Saudi Arabia, an assault that an online statement said was carried out by Islamic State.
In May, two suicide bomb attacks on Shi'ite Muslim mosques in Saudi Arabia were claimed by Islamic State. The first on a mosque in Qatif in the east of the kingdom killed 21 worshippers, and another four died in a bombing a week later at a mosque in Dammam.
Another bombing claimed by Islamic State on a Shi'ite mosque in Kuwait in June killed 27 people.
The militant group, bitterly opposed to Gulf Arab rulers, is trying to stir sectarian confrontation on the Arabian peninsula to bring about the overthrow of the states' ruling dynasties. It has urged young Saudi Sunni Muslims in the kingdom to attack targets including Shi'ites.
There was no immediate word on the religious affiliation of the mosque. Ismaili Shi'ites are a majority in the Najran area but a minority in mainly Sunni Saudi Arabia.
Response:
This article does a short recap of what happened, and also reflects on other bombings this past week. For the conclusion, it defines the connection between the attacks and the two sub-religions. The author does a really good job of not showing bias, if there is any. You can't see if it's from a western perspective or not. Also, the publisher is from India, so they bring a unique perspective. I think that this gap in Islam is getting worse, considering the encouragement of fighting and number of lives being lost. I mean, the situation wasn't pretty in the first place, but tensions build up over time and eventually people do attack. I think this argument is the same way. Sunni's are getting restless, and therefore things like this are beginning to happen more often.
Citation:
The militant group, bitterly opposed to Gulf Arab rulers, is trying to stir sectarian confrontation on the Arabian peninsula to bring about the overthrow of the states' ruling dynasties. It has urged young Saudi Sunni Muslims in the kingdom to attack targets including Shi'ites.
There was no immediate word on the religious affiliation of the mosque. Ismaili Shi'ites are a majority in the Najran area but a minority in mainly Sunni Saudi Arabia.
Response:
This article does a short recap of what happened, and also reflects on other bombings this past week. For the conclusion, it defines the connection between the attacks and the two sub-religions. The author does a really good job of not showing bias, if there is any. You can't see if it's from a western perspective or not. Also, the publisher is from India, so they bring a unique perspective. I think that this gap in Islam is getting worse, considering the encouragement of fighting and number of lives being lost. I mean, the situation wasn't pretty in the first place, but tensions build up over time and eventually people do attack. I think this argument is the same way. Sunni's are getting restless, and therefore things like this are beginning to happen more often.
Citation:
Reuters. "At Least 3 Dead in Suicide Attack
at Saudi Mosque." The Times of India. Times Internet, 26 Oct. 2015. Web.
26 Oct. 2015. <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/At-least-3-dead-in-suicide-attack-at-Saudi-mosque-State-TV/articleshow/49543670.cms?>.
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