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Nimr Baqr al-Nimr,〔 commonly referred to as Sheikh Nimr ((アラビア語:نمر باقر النمر) or Nimr Baqir al-Namr,〔 Nimr Bakir al-Nimr,〔 and Nemr Baqir al-Nemr)〔 is an independent〔 Shia Sheikh in al-Awamiyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.〔 He is popular among youth〔〔 and critical of the Saudi Arabian government.〔 He claimed that he was beaten by Mabahith when arrested in 2006.〔 In 2009, he criticised Saudi authorities and suggested secession of the Eastern Province〔 if Saudi Shias' rights were not better respected.〔〔 A warrant for his arrest was issued and 35 people were arrested.〔〔 During the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests, al-Nimr called for protestors to resist police bullets using "the roar of the word" rather than violence,〔〔 predicted the overthrow of the government if repression continued,〔 and was seen by ''The Guardian'' as having "taken the lead in () uprising".〔 On 8 July 2012 al-Nimr was shot by police in the leg and arrested, in what police described as an exchange of gunfire.〔〔 Thousands of people protested in response in several protests〔〔 in which two men, Akbar al-Shakhouri and Mohamed al-Felfel, were killed by police bullets.〔 Al-Nimr started a hunger strike and appeared to have been tortured.〔〔〔 The Asharq Center for Human Rights expressed concern for al-Nimr's health during his hunger strike on 21 August, calling for international support to allow access by family, lawyer and human rights activists.〔 On 15 October 2014, al-Nimr was sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for "seeking 'foreign meddling' in (Arabia ), 'disobeying' its rulers and taking up arms against the security forces"〔 and his brother, Mohammad al-Nimr, was arrested on the same day for tweeting information about the death sentence.〔〔 == Religious career == Al-Nimr has been a Shia Sheikh in al-Awamiyah since 2008 or earlier.〔 He studied for about ten years in Tehran and also studied in Syria. He initially followed Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussaini Shirazi and , followed Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi.〔 , he was independent of the two main political groups in the Eastern Province Shia community, Islahiyyah (''the Shirazis'') and Hezbollah Al-Hejaz (''Saudi Hezbollah'').〔 Al-Nimr has been the Friday prayers leader in al-Awamiyah since 2009 or earlier.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sheikh Nimr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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