Saudi Arabia shuts office of TV channel for fomenting sectarian tension

Saudi Arabia shuts office of TV channel for fomenting sectarian tension

March 22, 2016

zawya.com - Home» News Article Nov 05 2014 more articles from Photo Credit:Reuters/Fahad Shadeed DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has closed down the offices of a religious television channel accused of fomenting sectarian tension, after at least eight people were killed in an attack on Shi'ite Muslims marking a major religious anniversary. Wesal TV has long been accused of broadcasting programmes against Shi'ite Muslims, a minority that lives in the eastern and southwestern areas of mainly Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia.

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