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Prince [[Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud]] has been the Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia since 1975.<ref>[http://in.reuters.com/article/2010/11/21/idINIndia-53060320101121?pageNumber=1 FACTBOX - Prince Nayef one of most powerful Saudi princes], Reuters, 21 November 2010.</ref> | Prince [[Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud]] has been the Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia since 1975.<ref>[http://in.reuters.com/article/2010/11/21/idINIndia-53060320101121?pageNumber=1 FACTBOX - Prince Nayef one of most powerful Saudi princes], Reuters, 21 November 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | The BBC's Bill Law reported in March 2011 that Prince Nayef was a key player in Saudi Arabia's intervention against a wave of protests in neighbouring Bahrain: | ||
| + | ::Two weeks ago, I was told by a source in Riyadh close to the interior minister Prince Nayef, that the ruling House of Saud simply would not allow the Khalifahs to fall. | ||
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| + | ::The Saudi royals are increasingly worried that if the Khalifahs give in to the pro-democracy movement, a Shia-led government will come to power in Bahrain. | ||
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| + | ::That would put further pressure on the House of Saud to ease discrimination against Shia in the country's oil-rich Eastern Province.<ref>Bill Law, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12760883 Splits inside Bahrain's ruling al-Khalifah family], BBC News, 16 March 2011.</ref> | ||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
Revision as of 19:26, 16 March 2011
Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud has been the Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia since 1975.[1]
2011 Bahrain protests
The BBC's Bill Law reported in March 2011 that Prince Nayef was a key player in Saudi Arabia's intervention against a wave of protests in neighbouring Bahrain:
- Two weeks ago, I was told by a source in Riyadh close to the interior minister Prince Nayef, that the ruling House of Saud simply would not allow the Khalifahs to fall.
- The Saudi royals are increasingly worried that if the Khalifahs give in to the pro-democracy movement, a Shia-led government will come to power in Bahrain.
- That would put further pressure on the House of Saud to ease discrimination against Shia in the country's oil-rich Eastern Province.[2]
External Resources
- Who's who: Senior Saudis, BBC News, 30 October 2007.
Notes
- ↑ FACTBOX - Prince Nayef one of most powerful Saudi princes, Reuters, 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Bill Law, Splits inside Bahrain's ruling al-Khalifah family, BBC News, 16 March 2011.
