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Islamic State Seeks to Divide Saudi Arabia Into Five Parts

© AFP 2023 / Tauseef MUSTAFAKashmiri demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza
Kashmiri demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza - Sputnik International
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Representative of the Saudi Interior Ministry’s Bureau of Investigation Gen. Basam Attiyah said that the ISIL militant group aims at driving a wedge between people of different confessions in the kingdom to divide it into five parts.

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MANAMA (Sputnik) — The Islamic State jihadist group (ISIL) aims to divide Saudi Arabia into five parts, representative of the Saudi Interior Ministry’s Bureau of Investigation Gen. Basam Attiyah said Sunday at a press conference.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives during prayers at a Shia mosque in the village of Qadeeh, Qatif governorate, killing 21 people and injuring more than 100 on Friday. Saudi branch of the ISIL militant group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing.

"This terrorist organization aims at driving a wedge between people of different confessions in the kingdom to divide it into five parts," Attiyah said.

The general added that the IS began building up its cell in Saudi Arabia four months ago, actively recruiting young people and children through social networks.

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According to the ministry, the suicide bomber who attacked the mosque was a local 20-years-old student, linked to the ISIL radicals.

Immediately after the explosion, Qadeeh’s residents organized a spontaneous protest, blaming the Saudi authorities for the failure to ensure the security in the Saudi Eastern Province, populated by the country’s Shiite minority.

The Qatif governorate of the oil-rich Eastern Province was a center of protests against Shia minority’s discrimination in 2011.

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