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They also have a common custom — taqqiya.

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In the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the HEART of the petroleum/natural gas fields, many Saudis are Shi'ites. They live there amid the Sunnis.

The only time there is trouble is during the Shi'ite times when the YOUNG Shi'ite man beat up on themselves in penitential fervor. It is FROWNED on and FORBIDDEN by the Saudis so...the soldiers come in and beat the living tar outta the Shi'ites in Saudi Arabia.

Then, it's over and done with.
My boss was a Shi'ite.

There are TONS of holy sites for BOTH Shi'ites and Sunnis in and around that area.