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Every year Shia in Saudi Arabia celebrate the tenth day of the first month (Muharram) of the Hijiri year (The Islamic Calendar).

Mainly, Shia gather in the Eastern side of Saudi, specifically, in Al-Ahsa, and some scattered in Najran, Madina, and Riyadh cities.

It is ironic that I was not able to find any official source that I can rely on to understand the real percentage of the Shitte population on Saudi Arabia.

However, I found couple of sources indicate that the Shitte create about  3.3% of Saudis. Again, the lack of the official resources made so many websites speculate the real percentage.

Public Broadcasting Service mentioned on Pilgrimage to Karbala episode the Shitte population is about %5.

Again, today is Ashura where all Shia Continue reading →