LUCKNOW: Outraged over execution of leading Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and his three associates by Saudi Arabia government , the Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind (MUH), an all India organization of Shia clerics, and the All India Shia Muslim Personal Law Board (AISMPLB) on Saturday gave call for a nationwide peaceful protest on January 4.Condolence meetings were also held on Saturday in which Shia clerics demanded India and the UN to intervene for stopping atrocities on Shias in different parts of the world including Saudi Arab and Nigeria. The MUH will protest at Hazrat Abbas Dargah in Lucknow. The Shia Personal Law Board will hold protest in Lucknow and Mumbai on January 4 and outside Saudi Embassy in Delhi on January 7.Sheikh Nimr was a central figure in 2011 Arab Spring-inspired peaceful protests in the eastern parts of the Sunni-ruled Saudi Arab. He raised voice against atrocities on Shia minority community in his country. Nimr (56) was among a group of 47 convicts executed on Saturday on charges of supporting terrorism. Nimr did not deny the political charges against him, but had said that he never carried weapons or called for violence.Addressing a gathering in Lucknow, Shia cleric and MUH general secretary Maulana Kalbe Jawad described Sheikh Nimr as martyr and that his execution proves that the Saudi monarchy cannot tolerate any dissent. "The killings are not only un-Islamic but will also have serious consequences and eventually bring about the end of the Saudi kingdom," he said.Giving a call for countrywide protest on January 4, Jawad said there is uproar and condemnations pour in from across the world, whenever there is a terror attack in any western country. However, he added, the majority in the world community today has chosen to turn a blind towards atrocities being committed on Shias in Saudi Arab and Nigeria. He also questioned the silence of India Muslim leaders, particularly Sunnis, on the issue.Shia Cleric and AISMPLB spokesperson Maulana Yasoob Abbas said that the execution of Sheikh Nimr shows that the intolerance of the Saudi monarchy, which has been funding and supporting terror outfits across the world, towards Shias and political reforms. He also said that all peace loving countries should break their ties with Saudi government. He informed that AISMPLB chairperson Mirza Mohammad Athar will lead protests in Mumbai and Delhi.