Al Khalifa Regime (19)
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WorldAl Khalifa Using Torture, Intimidation to Extract Forced Confessions from Bahraini Scholars
Bahraini regime's 'illegal' court postpones final defense hearing in trial of detained Shia clerics to October 11; lawyers report evidence of torture, intimidation, and gross violations of fair…
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WorldBahraini Cleric Slams Manama's Crackdown on Shia Scholars as 'Tyranny'
Bahraini Shia cleric Hojatoleslam Sheikh Adel al-Shula has condemned the Al Khalifa regime’s policies against the Shia community, saying what Bahrain is experiencing amounts to a form of tyranny…
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WorldBahraini Citizens Condemn Systematic Targeting of Shia Religious Freedoms
Manama, Bahrain — Residents across Bahrain have issued popular statements condemning government interference in religious affairs, accusing authorities of systematically restricting scholars,…
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WorldBahrain Court Jails Shia Scholar in Israel-Backed Drive to Wipe Out Shia Islam
MANAMA – A Bahraini court has sentenced prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Abdulnabi al-Nashaba to one year in prison on trumped-up charges, in the latest episode of a widening crackdown on the kingdom's…
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WorldBahrain's Al-Wefaq condemns new regime move to silence Shia voices
Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has condemned a Justice Ministry decision to re-regulate licenses for preaching, religious guidance, speeches and eulogy recitation, calling it a new…
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WorldBahrain regime's new plot: Intelligence control of Shia religious centers
Bahrain's sectarian government is pursuing a new scheme against the country's Shia majority, using individuals appointed by the regime to head Shia religious endowments as tools to undermine…
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WorldItalian Think Tank: Bahrain's Internal Divisions Deepen Following Regional War
An Italian research institute has said Bahrain may shift toward a more neutral policy on Iran as it adapts to a new regional order taking shape in the Persian Gulf following the failure of American…
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WorldBehind the Silence: 41 Shia Scholars Held in Unknown Sites as Bahrain Stages Show Trial
Exclusive details have surfaced about the case of 41 religious scholars detained in Bahrain since May, revealing a systematic campaign of legal violations, fabricated cross-border accusations,…
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WorldBahrain regime wages sweeping crackdown on Shias; practicing faith now a 'crime'
The Al Khalifa regime in Bahrain has left no avenue for reconciliation or coexistence with the country's Shia majority, severing the last remaining threads of communication and doubling down…
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WorldAl Khalifa regime bares its sword to crush Shia Muharram rituals
Bahrain's interior minister has once again summoned heads of Hussainiyas, religious congregations, and mourning ceremony organizers ahead of the holy month of Muharram to issue a fresh set of…
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WorldBahrain's Shias Under Siege: Arrests, Revocations, and Forced Loyalty
The latest wave of arrests, citizenship revocations, and political and religious prosecutions in Bahrain has sparked widespread debate over the nature of the phase the country is currently undergoing.
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World"They Are Putting Islam on Trial": Al-Wefaq Exposes Manama's War on Shia Faith
Bahrain's main opposition movement, the Al-Wefaq Islamic Society, has issued a thunderous denunciation of the Manama regime, declaring that the recent statement by the public prosecutor's office…
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WorldSilencing the Elegy: Bahrain Jails Eulogist and Worshipers Ahead of Sacred Month
Manama – Bahraini authorities have continued their campaign of repression, carrying out a wave of arrests targeting a number of citizens as the regime's security apparatus escalates its war against…
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World"Gravest Error in History": Al-Wefaq Slams Bahrain Regime's Forced Seizure of Shia Endowments
Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has condemned what it describes as a "dangerous and coercive" move by the ruling regime to dissolve the Jafari Endowments Institution and merge it…
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WorldCriminalizing a Faith: How the Al Khalifah Regime Is Trying to Delete 1,400 Years of Shia Islam
The Islamic National Accord Society of Bahrain, the country's leading opposition movement, has issued a scathing indictment of the Al Khalifah regime, declaring that Manama's systematic criminalizatio…
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WorldAhlulBayt Assembly Slams Bahrain's "Flagrant" Stripping of Citizens' Nationality
The Ahlulbayt World Assembly has issued a statement strongly condemning the Al Khalifa regime's revocation of citizenship from dozens of Bahraini nationals and the arrest of several Bahraini…
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WorldWhy does Al Khalifa regime crush Shia scholars? Bahrain human rights chief speaks
The head of the Bahrain Human Rights Society has stated that Bahraini security authorities, encouraged by the United Arab Emirates, are seeking to destroy the Shia community—detaining prominent…
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WorldBahrain's Amal Society Calls for Peaceful Expression of National Outrage
The Islamic Action Society (Amal) has called upon the noble people of Bahrain to express their open national anger across the country, urging an escalation of peaceful national movements to oppose…
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WorldBahrainis demand US military exit as Arab regimes detain Shia citizens on false pretexts
A Bahraini rights activist says the US Fifth Fleet's presence in Bahrain is illegitimate and faces widespread public opposition, as the Manama regime continues to crush dissent and detain Shia…
