Removal Instructions of All Celebration Features in Qatif
Rasid - 13 / 8 / 2009 - 9:59 am
Top secret and urgent instructions from Eastern Province Governor House were sent to security forces and municipalities in Shia areas to immediately remove all sorts of celebration and festival decorations meant for Imam Al-Mahdi Day of Remembrance which Shia celebrated last Friday.
Sources informed Rasid that removal instructions were given mid of the week to the custodians of the artificial gates meant for distribution candies and sweets.
Sources described the instructions as "Top Secret and Urgent".
Witnesses informed Rasid that supervisors of the artificial gates in Al-Jish village, West of Qatif, were told on Monday to remove all artificial gates and monuments made for the celebration.
Several supervisors ans custodians of the celebration in Safwa city, North of Qatif, were told to present themselves to local police stations.
Unlike Al-Jish and Safwa, there were no news regarding removal instructions in other parts of Qatif district.
Shia cities and villages in Qatif district celebrated on last Friday Imam Al-Mahdi Day of Remembrance with festivals and fireworks all over the district's mosques, public squares and religious houses.
Normally, custodians and supervisors of the artificial and decorated gates keep these gates installed for a month which the date for the other festival of Imam Al-Hasan Day of Remembrance which corresponds to mid of Ramadan each year.
This year's mid of Ramadan corresponds to September 5.
Security authorities had instructed custodians and supervisors in Al-Hasa village of Bani Maan to remove all sorts of fixtures and road decorations meant for Imam Al-Mahdi Day of Remembrance otherwise they will be imprisoned.
Saudi official and public media neglect these events which more than 2 million of Shia