Saudi authorities have executed a young Shia man from Qatif over allegations of involvement in terrorist activities in part of the crackdown of the political dissents.

Al Saud in recent years has launched a project for razing down Shia mosques under vain pretexts in a bid to eliminate the cultural and religious heritage of the minority group in the Arab kingdom leaving behind one of the ugliest faces of sectarianism in interaction with the Shia community.