According to the sources, security forces raided the home of Allameh Sayyid Hashim al-Shakhs on Monday and took him into custody.
The security forces had encircled the entire neighborhood before raiding the cleric’s house.
Al-Shakhs is an eminent and cleric revered in the Eastern Province.
Also on Monday, it was reported on Monday that the Riyadh regime razed to the ground a mosque in the town of al-Awamiyah in Eastern Province without any prior warning.
The Saudi forces razed the Imam al-Hussein (AS) Mosque in al-Zarah, south of the town of al- Awamiyah, after surrounding it in the morning, Al-Ahed news website reported.