Hawzah News Agency- In a strongly worded statement, Al-Wefaq declared the action a violation of religious rulings, a breach of the constitution, and an assault on established norms protecting religious freedoms in the country.
The society stated that this approach represents an unprecedented transgression—unseen in Bahrain or any other nation for hundreds of years. According to Al-Wefaq, the regime has exploited regional conditions, conflicts, and war to confiscate and attack the authorities, figures, institutions, and assets of the Jafari school of thought through violent methods rooted in intimidation and fear. Laws are being altered to impose a reality that contradicts religion, Qur'anic and Sharia texts, sectarian identity, and both public and private freedoms.
Al-Wefaq asserted that these measures constitute a blatant and unforgivable infringement of religious norms, accompanied by security crackdowns and an atmosphere of terror designed to prevent citizens from protesting.
The society pointed out that the regime had paved the way for these illegal steps by imposing conditions resembling a state of emergency and intensifying the security climate.
According to Al-Wefaq's statement, this climate began with the martyrdom of Sayed Muhammad al-Musawi under torture—his body handed over bearing visible signs of abuse—followed by the stripping of citizenship from entire families, forced displacement, and the arrest of dozens of scholars from various provinces and regions across Bahrain, with their images published in what the society described as an act of vengeance. The statement further cited the emptying of dozens of mosques of their prayer leaders, as well as the closure of religious schools, seminaries, and pulpits.
Al-Wefaq maintains that these actions demonstrate that what has unfolded is a prelude to an assault on religious and social reality: closing institutions, confiscating assets, and replacing their management with a "repressive security administration" run along sectarian lines, devoid of any adherence to religious, social, legal, or humanitarian standards.
The society stressed that Decree No. 31 of 2026 is a dissolutionist political decision imposed by coercion, targeting not only an authentic entity within Bahrain but seeking to enforce a violent and forcible change that will create a deep crisis with century-old roots. History will record this step as the gravest error of Bahrain's ruling regime, Al-Wefaq declared, insisting that this situation cannot be reconciled with human nature, religion, freedom, or law.
Al-Wefaq further stated that this coercive decree amounts to the betrayal and usurpation of thousands of endowments designated under specific titles and mechanisms—endowments that are not subject to manipulation or politicization.
The society emphasized that a waqf cannot be altered by a government decree or decision, and that all measures taken are null and void, lacking both legal and religious legitimacy. Al-Wefaq called on the regime to rescind this decree and abandon its authoritarianism, stubbornness, and insistence on advancing a project that can only be sustained through force, intimidation, and defiance of Sharia rulings.
Al-Wefaq believes that the targeting of both Shia and Sunni endowments—through the imposition of a reality that is religiously unacceptable—confirms the necessity of redefining the country's political structure, which has lost the components of partnership, legitimacy, and coexistence. The society called for the drafting of a "new social contract" based on legal and popular principles that would provide the necessary guarantees for individuals and groups and foster confidence in their reality, future, identity, and freedoms.
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