A brief account of the political and religious Saudi regime

Saudi Arabia calls itself a Sunni country and even has attacked Yemen under the pretext of the defense of the two holy mosques of Muslims located in Saudi Arabia i.e. Kaaba in Mecca and the tomb of Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessing be Upon Him) in Medina.

Now let's see how this regime has come into being and is it really the protector of Mecca and Medina? Does Saudi Arabia defend Sunni Muslims?

The first period: The first Wahhabi regime was established in the summer of 1157 AH (1744 AD) in Diriyah area located on the northwestern outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh (13 KM far away). This event took place at the same time with Bay'ah (oath of allegiance) of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (died in 1206 AH (1792 CE)) with Muhammad ibn Masud whereupon it was agreed that thepolitical power be held in the hands of Al Saud (House of Saud, Royal family) and it has been like this so far; and the religious leadership be kept in the hands of Al Al-sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his generations. They, both the tribes, promised to support each other in any situation.

Unwan al-Majd fe Tarikh al-Nejd, Vol. 1, Page 41


The first regime collapsed because Abdullah ibn Saud was arrested by Ibrahim Pasha (the Uthmani ruler of Egypt) and was moved to Istanbul and was later, in the time of Mahmud Khan Uthmani, beheaded in BaYazid square. Due to that, in the year 1233 AH (1817 AD), Saudi regime was vanished completely.

The second period: Turki bin Abdullah in 1236 AH (1821 AD) was able to occupy Diriyah and re-establish the Saudi regime. But it did not last so long and in 1249 AH (1834 AD), he was killed by his cousin Mushari bin Abdullah. This time the fight for power was intense in Saudi family.

The third period: The Saudi regime re-established by Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman who is usually known outside it as Ibn Saud and was also known as Desert Hawk in 1319 AH (1901 AD). Since then, British government and some other supporters have kept this regimestable.

The religious doctrine of Saudi Arabia, as mentioned before, is the perspective of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab which is called Wahhabism. According to Wahhabism anyone who is against this doctrine is infidel and pagan and has to be killed. Therefore, in the history of this regime, huge massacres can be found. In the following, a number of them are outlined.

Invasion of Mecca

In 1218 AH (1803 AD) Wahhabis started the invasion of Mecca and the war continued till 1220 AH (1805 AD). Wahhabis won the war and the Mecca city was besieged by them. The blockade took a quite long time with situation so worst that the inhabitants of Mecca were forced to eat even dogs and corpses (which is severely forbidden during normal situation in Islam). When the condition arrived to this point, the ruler and scholars (who where Sunnis) had to give up and Mecca was occupied by Wahhabis (this occupation continues to the date).
The Wahhabis forced the Sunni scholars to confess that they were pagans before this and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab converted them to Muslims and anyone disagreeing must find his life and belongings, lawful to the regime (to be confiscated).

Al-dorar Al-Sunniah fe al-rad ala al-wahhabiah
Al-aqaed vol. 1, page 314


Massacring the people of Al Zulfi
In 1188 AH (1774 CE), Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz sent an army to the Zulfi city. When the army won the battle, they massacred all itsinhabitants.

Unwan al-Majd fe Tarikh al-Nejd, Vol. 1, Page 123

Slaughtering of the people of Ta'eef
After the victory, they burned the books of scholars, killed the scholars and slaughtered the other people. The Wahhabis' troops dug up some of the graves of great saints and scholars and converted them to toilets. All of inhabitants were Sunnis. Their violence had no end. They even beheaded a baby in his/her mother's lap. Killed Quran reciters and anybody found over there! They entered to a mosque and slaughtered the innocent people praying there. While it was pretty cold, they forced men and women to strip and took them naked to the desert.

Al-Fajr al-Sadiq fe al-Rad ala al-firqe al-Wahabbia al-Marqah page 18


Butchering the people of Ihsaa'
The Wahhabi troops destroyed the farms, burned the houses. The smoke filled the place completely and pregnant women aborted their babies. They killed, prisoned and exiled every single person they wanted, plundered the properties and burned the gardens. They attacked Ihsaa' one more time in 1280 AH (1863 AD) and committed crimes.

Unwan al-Majd fe Tarikh al-Nejd, Vol. 1, Page 216

Invasion of Riyadh
When Abd al-Aziz entered Riyadh, people (men and women) ran away to desert out of fear and perished due to lack of water and food. This war took 27 years and out of 4000 men in Riyadh, 2300 of them were killed and all of them were Sunnis.

Unwan al-Majd fe Tarikh al-Nejd, Vol. 1, Page 120


Mass murder in Bahrain
On the day of Ashura, Wahhabis attacked Bahrain and slaughtered 2000 men.

Unwan al-Majd fe Tarikh al-Nejd, Vol. 1, Page 258


Tragic slaughter of people of Karbala
In 1216 AH (1801 AD), Wahhabis invaded Karbala city and killed most of people both in market and in their houses. They destroyed both of the holy shrines and robbed every property, weapons, clothes, gold and silver carpets etc. Nobody survived the beheading. About 2000 people were killed.

Unwan al-Majd fe Tarikh al-Nejd, Vol. 1, Page 57

One of crimes of Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad
One of ministers of Saudi Arabia wrote a book in London. It is strange that in the book, it is mentioned that Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad was well-known for being heartless and ruthless. He prisoned a number of Sunni scholars in the area of Mutairy. When some of their elders came to ask for their release, king Saud ordered to behead the prisoners and put their heads in front of those elders and ordered them to eat the heads. When they refuse to do so, he ordered to behead them as well!