On 16 December 2010, under the order of ( Badr bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Jalawi Al Saud ) the governor of Al-Ahsa , the General Intelligence al-Mabaheth al-`Amma of Al-hsa and al-Mutawwa\'in (the members of the Committee to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice) , launched a campaign to shut down at least 21 Hussaini Memorial gatherings \"Majlis,\" , held by Shiites in Hussainiyas (gathering places) or in private homes .
Al-Mabaheth al-`Amma of Al-Ahsa summoned the religious scholar (Sayyid Yousif al-Ali , the teacher Mohammad al-Isa , Sayyid Hassan the son of the notable Sayyid Naser al-Ali and the businessman Hassan Isa al-Ali ) from the eastern town of Rumailah in Al-Ahsa and forced them to sign pledges declaring they would never again participate in such religious activities in future under an allegation that they had no permission to hold as these gatherings . They were also obliged not to held feminine Hussaini Memorial gatherings \"Majlis,\" , in private homes .
Al-Mabaheth al-`Amma also summoned Sayyid Mohammad al-Hassan the administrator of the Hussainiya of al-Fatimiyah and the administrator of the Hussainiya of al-Zahra in Rumailah town , told them to close their Hussainiya at 12 P.M .
Shiites in Saudi Arabia are subject to officially sanctioned religious and economic discrimination. The Saudi authorities put restrictions on Shi\'a religious practices and do not permit a freedom to Shiites in the Eastern Province city of Qatif, al-Hasa and Dammam .
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