The family lived in Saudi Arabia for over ten years.[1] As Shia Muslims, they had to be careful when practicing their faith,[2] disguising a religious service as "dinner" when watching a Shia mullah preach on television, ready to switch it off in case the religious police would raid the house.[7] Rizvi and his parents had little understanding of the Quran nor the daily prayers, since these were in Arabic, a language they barely understood.