The Economist, Volume 378, Economist Newspaper Limited, 2006, ... Activists from the 200,000-strong Ismaili Shia community in the remote province of Najran, for instance, complain of gross under-representation in all branches of government, the deliberate settling of Sunni Bedouins in the region, and ritual humiliation in courts and schools that are uniformly run by Wahhabists ...
Religious Freedom in the WorldArchived 2017-10-12 at the वेबैक मशीन, Paul A. Marshall, pp. 348, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, ISBN 978-0-7425-6213-4, ... In 2000, the authorities closed an Ismaili mosque in the southwest region of Najran on charges of 'practicing sorcery' and imprisoned those involved with the mosque ...
The faces of Islam: tradition and terror, Nau Nihal Singh, Anmol Publications, 2006, ISBN 978-81-261-2706-1, ... In 2001, four Shia high school students in Najran aged 16 and 17 were arrested after a fight with a Wahhabi instructor who insulted their faith: They received two to four years in jail and 500 to 600 lashes ...
Annual report on human rights 2009, Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, pp. 144, The Stationery Office, 2010, ISBN 978-0-10-178052-0, ... In the southern region of Najran, relations with the Ismaili religious minority improved in 2009 with the appointment of the King's son as the new governor. Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah has made a point of meeting Ismaili leaders ...
Guidelines for Dialogue Between Christians and Muslims, Maurice Borrmans, pp. 13, Paulist Press, 1990, ISBN 978-0-8091-3181-5, ... Dialogue between Muslims and Christians began dramatically at the Mubahala of Medina (631 AD) (Qur'an 3:61) when the Christians of Najran submitted to the authority of the young Islamic state and accepted its pact of 'protection' (dhimma) ...
The Jews of Yemen: Studies in Their History and Culture, Joseph Tobi, pp. 4, BRILL, 1999, ISBN 978-90-04-11265-0, ... In 897, a pact was signed between the founder of the Zaydi Kingdom, the Imam Yahya al-Hadi, and the Jewish and Christian communities in Najran, the broad, fertile oasis in north of the country ...
Religious Freedom in the WorldArchived 2017-10-12 at the वेबैक मशीन, Paul A. Marshall, pp. 348, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, ISBN 978-0-7425-6213-4, ... In 2000, the authorities closed an Ismaili mosque in the southwest region of Najran on charges of 'practicing sorcery' and imprisoned those involved with the mosque ...
