Alwaght- Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, the prominent Islamic scholar killed by the suppressive Saudi regime in the beginning of January, defended all people oppressed by the Riyadh regime, his son says.
In an interview with RT, Mohammed al-Nimr, the son Sheikh Nimr said: "He spoke for all the people; he didn’t speak only for the Shia [community]. He asked the [Saudi] government to release all political prisoners. They got mad because he defended everyone who was oppressed by this government." He pointed out that many people looked up to his father when he started talking about human rights thus infuriating Saudi rulers.
Sheikh Nimr, described by his son as an "honest and a gentle man," was a staunch critic of the oppressive Saudi monarchy.
"Most people who know about my father will act in a human way. They are sincere. They’re seeing the truth, what is really going on," Mohammed al-Nimr noted, adding that while "political activists and politicians... are aware of what is going on [in Saudi Arabia], the media here is not focusing on human rights very much." He pointed out that the ruling Al Saud dynasty acts as if it is still living in the 20th century.
"Saudi Arabia still thinks its 1980 and there is no internet, there is no international news. It’s like they are living in a small box, but the whole world is watching what is going on there. They are the only ones not seeing what is going on outside that box," he said. Mohammad al-Nimr said while Saudi rulers are "trying to prove themselves" to be a strong government by showing people "a strong fist," they have no right to do so "by killing their people."
He narrated the violent arrest of his father by saying: "He told us exactly how he was arrested. He was driving his car and they followed him, they bashed his car from behind, so the car hit a wall. Then they went to his car and pulled him out. His seatbelt was on. The policemen pulled him out of the car very roughly. Even the buckle of his seatbelt came out of the car. They shot him at close range four times, hitting his leg. He was not armed." Mohammed al-Nimr added.
He said his father wasn't given proper treatment for his injuries, adding that because his father had been deprived of sufficient pain medication, "he couldn’t sleep for basically one year" suffering from pain.
He was tied with six chains to his bed, even though he couldn’t walk. They left one bullet in intentionally so it would stay in his thigh and bother him all the time," Mohammed al-Nimr said. After the man's execution, his family was not given the body for a proper burial, but it was instead hidden by the Saudis, his son said.
"He didn’t back out. He didn’t change his opinion. He kept asking for justice. My father knew that they would kill him in the end. And he said that many times: 'Our blood is a cheap price to pay for our beliefs'," Mohammed al-Nimr noted.
The unjust and illegal execution of Sheikh Nimr sparked global outrage and international condemnation apart from escalating tensions in the West Asia region.
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