On 3 January 2011 , the General Investigation \"al-Mabahith al-Amma\" arrested the Shi\'a citizen (Jasim Mohammad al-Ibrahim , from al-Khobar city in al-Ahsa) and informed him that he would serve two weeks prison term . The al-Ibrahim\'s arrest was according to an order of of ( Badr bin Jalawi Al Saud ) the governor of al-Ahsa .
Al-Ibrahim was accused of hiring a hall to perform the communal prayers and called the prominent Shi\'a cleric \"Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Nasir\" to lead the Shi\'a prayers in that hall . This action of al-Ibrahim was considered a violation to a ban on Shiites in al-Ahsa to perform the communal prayers publicly or privately.
The Shi\'a prayers in that hall were led by the prominent Shi\'a cleric \"Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Nasir\"
Sayyid Baqir al-Nasir was threatened previously by the authorities of arrest in case of violating a pledge was forced to sign it not to hold any communal prayers in future .
It is worth to mention that in July 2010, \"Sayyid al-Nasir\" refused to stop his communal prayers in the only Shia mosque in al-Khobar city , and threatened the authorities to perform the communal prayers in the street.
The Saudi Government restricts Shiites to practice their religious rites , it harassed them to build new mosques or Husseinats (religious community halls), where they conduct funeral ceremonies , perform communal prayers and other religious services. It also refuses to grant permission to build new ones.
source : http://abna.ir
