Hezbollah chief denounces 'criminal' Saudi Arabia
The head of Lebanon's powerful Shiite movement also accused Saudi Arabia's ruling Al-Saud family of seeking to spark "a conflict between Sunni and Shiite" Muslims.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday slammed the "criminal and terrorist" government of Saudi Arabia after it executed a prominent Shiite cleric.The head of Lebanon's powerful Shiite movement also accused Saudi Arabia's ruling Al-Saud family of seeking to spark "a conflict between Sunni and Shiite" Muslims."The execution (yesterday) of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr reveals to the world the real criminal, takfiri and terrorist face of Saudi Arabia," Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television."This is not something we can ignore," Nasrallah said.Nimr, 56, was a force behind anti-government protests in Saudi Arabia in 2011 in the east of the country. He was executed along with 46 other men - Shiite activists and Sunnis who the Saudi interior ministry said were involved in Al-Qaeda killings. Some were beheaded and others were shot by firing squad.