RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - violent conflicts between residents of the Saudi holy city of Medina day minority of Shiite Muslims the death reminds erupted from their on the most sacred Saint, a security official said on Saturday.
The official refused, closer to the root cause of Thursday's collisions, but a Shiite news site called Rasid reported that hundreds of Sunni hardliners the participants in the commemoration, known as Ashoura attacked. Day of mourning marked the killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein year 680 in the today's Iraq.
The killing of Hussein a crucial moment in the history of Islam and is contributed to seal the split between the faith of the two main sects, Sunnism and Shiism. In recent years, the attacks by Sunni extremists Ashoura have marred commemorations in Iraq, Pakistan and other parts of the dispute.
Shiites are 10% of the predominantly Sunni Saudi Arabia 22.6 million people. They complain of discrimination, say you are excluded from key positions in the military and the Government and wealth are not given an equal share of the country.
Security forces have been deployed to the masses during Monday's clashes, dispel the security official said.
Rasid website said the predominantly Sunni neighborhood inhabitants of Medina's Asbaa, used sticks and district near stones in their attack against Shiites in the nearby Qabaa, is home to a number of Shiite places of worship.
Several Saudi reported violence newspapers to mention any sectarian element but for the most part without.
Although debt a paper, Al Riyadh, "Young zealots, the black clothes were" in a reference to Shiites, participating in the funeral rituals.
The Saudi Medina, said daily 38 people were arrested, three policemen were injured and 36 cars were damaged.
Al Watan said daily security forces fired to stop shots into the air after otherwise, for two hours to the conflict.
Both religious and political is Sunni mistrust of Shia. The hardliners Wahabi School of Islam the State religion in Saudi Arabia is, Shiites unbelievers.
The Government is to be feared that Saudi is encouraged to Shiites, makes by increasing thought the Shiites in the Iraq since 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein. You are also concerned that Shiite makes Iran fellow Shiites will use to destabilize the Kingdom. AP-TK-18-12-10 1015GMT
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