He warned public and private agencies on 18 November 2011 that he would monitor service projects carried out in the province and take punitive action against negligent companies and officials.
[13] On 22 December 2013, Mishaal was appointed governor of Mecca Province, replacing Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud in the post.
As a result, the Ismailis thought that it was under siege and began to arm itself in case of an attack upon its religious leader, Da’i al-Mutlaq (the Absolute Guide), at his home in Najran.
Moreover, the Saudi government pursued a policy of naturalising Yemeni Sunnis from the Hadramawt region of Yemen, providing them with land plots, letting them to carry weapons and allegedly turning a blind eye to attacks upon Ismailis.
[17] On 27 March 2012, Mishaal bin Abdullah was reported to ask the ministry of culture and information to investigate the programs of a satellite TV channel which allegedly provoked sectarianism and harmed the national unity due to the fact that the channel aired a program that allegedly aimed to divide the residents of the region along sectarian lines.
A speaker on the related TV channel made negative comments against the people of Najran Province along sectarian lines.
[19] Then Saudi minister of culture and information, Abdul Aziz Khoja, declared that such provocations of sectarianism were against national unity and cannot be tolerated.
[3] He secondly married Princess Nouf bint Bandar bin Abdullah Al Saud on 10 May 2012,[24] and has twin daughters, Seeta and Mashael.