On 17 December 2010 , the Saudi Wahhabi forces prevented Shiites in Qatif to hold a Poetry Festival ( The Poets of al-Taf ) in the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain during the holiday of Ashura which is held every year in the mosque of Imam Jawad in Qal\'a district in Qatif and are joined by many poets.
In the same day , the administrator of the mosque of Imam Jawad was asked by the al-Mabaheth al-`Amma to present himself at the center of al-Mabaheth and forced him to sign an undertaking not to hold the Festival .
The General Intelligence justifying their measure on the grounds of not obtaining permission from the authorities in advance and the order of ( Abdulla al-Othman ) the governor of Al-Qatif .
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