Bahrain (48)
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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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WorldBahraini Scholars: Nation's Husseini Spirit Crushed All Attempts to Undermine Religious Identity
Bahraini scholars have declared that the revival of the rituals commemorating Imam Hussein (AS), his holy household, and his loyal companions is an act of veneration inseparable from the piety…
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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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WorldBahrain's Al-Wefaq Calls for Release of Clerics and Prisoners, End to Security Measures Against Shia Citizens
Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has called for a review of military and security agreements between the Kingdom of Bahrain and foreign powers, as well as what it described as "fundamental"…
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WorldSystematic Suppression: Bahrain Ramps Up Crackdown on Shias, Shuts 50 Husseiniyas and Jails Clerics
The Bahrain Human Rights Society has called on the Manama regime to immediately halt all restrictions on religious observances and mourning processions.
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World"How Dare You Speak for Islam?": Bahraini Scholars Unleash Crushing Response to Ruler's Anti-Iran Tirade
Bahraini scholars have issued a scathing rebuke of the country's ruler over recent remarks targeting Iran, accusing him of feigning ignorance and attempting to monopolize divine favor while persecutin…
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WorldBahraini Cleric: Making Pilgrimage Conditional on State Permission Is a Sin Against God
Prominent Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Adel al-Shala has stressed that the rite of pilgrimage to the shrines of the Infallible Imams (PBUT) is unlike other religious rulings; it is a great religious…
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WorldBahrainis' Lament This Arbaeen: Forgive Us, We Could Not Come with Flags This Year
As Arbaeen approaches, the Bahraini regime has yet to retreat from its oppressive decision to ban flights to Iraq, offering no convincing legal or security justification for the collective measure.…
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WorldKing of Bahrain Launches Operation to Eliminate Shia Presence
The unprecedented campaign of repression targeting virtuous scholars inside Bahraini prisons, exposed by the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, is unbearable for any sound mind. These actions…
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WorldRights Violations in Bahrain Have Become Organized Policy Targeting Shias: Sheikh Adel al-Shala
A prominent Bahraini Shia cleric has stated that the ongoing violations of the rights of Shia citizens in Bahrain have escalated beyond political or security restrictions into a direct assault…
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WorldBreaking the Chains of Silence: Bahraini Processions Rise Against State Crackdown on Muharram
The bans and circulars issued by Bahrain’s "Jafari Endowments Administration" no longer deceive any of the country's Shia population. In truth, they never did from the very beginning, and the…
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WorldBahrain's Sectarian Show Trials: Justice on the Executioner's Block
No matter how vigorously the ruling regime in Bahrain attempts to cloak the imprisonment of dozens of Shia clerics and scholars under the manufactured label of "treason" — a calculated effort…
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WorldBahrain Dictator Launches Trial of Shia Clerics
The first sessions of a sectarian trial, presided over and supervised by the head of the judiciary, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, have commenced.
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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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WorldAshura in Bahrain: Hussaini Rituals as Guardians of Social Identity
The Hussaini rituals in Bahrain are not merely a religious occasion; they constitute one of the most vital institutions of "social memory," which has helped preserve local identity throughout…
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WorldBahrain FM's 'Tolerance' Charade Exposed Amid Ruthless Crackdown on Shias
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani has put forward a ludicrous claim that his country is championing respect for religious diversity, even as the Manama regime presses ahead with…
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WorldBahrain Regime Intensifies Siege, Violent Crackdown on Shia Community
Paramilitary forces have reinforced their presence around the Imam Sadiq Mosque since Friday morning, June 19, 2026, in a bid to prevent popular processions marking the holy month of Muharram.…
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WorldStop Targeting Shiites: Bahrain Scholars Issue Ultimatum to Al Khalifah Regime Over Muharram Ban
Bahraini scholars have issued a stark warning over the consequences of continued policies targeting and restricting the Shiite community, denouncing a ban on certain preachers and eulogists as…
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WorldFear Fails, Faith Prevails: Sanabis Mourners Shatter Bahraini Regime's Intimidation Campaign
With the arrival of the season of sorrow and the commencement of mourning for Imam Hussain (PBUH), all eyes turned to the mourning gatherings and Hussainiyas of Bahrain, which, as in previous…
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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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WorldBahrain Intensifies Brutal Crackdown on Shiites Amid Mass Protests
Despite a heavy security siege, mass protests have erupted across numerous areas of Bahrain. Demonstrators at these gatherings have demanded the immediate release of all Shiite religious scholars…
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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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World"Crush them? They rise stronger: Bahrain, Lebanon's Shia majority now an ‘unstoppable force’ after US defeat"
Shia communities across West Asia have emerged from decades of marginalization to become a formidable political, military, and geopolitical force — a "nightmare" for the American-Zionist axis…
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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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WorldAyatollah Qassem Slams Bahrain Regime's Seizure of Shia Endowments as Betrayal of Islam
The leader of Bahrain's Islamic Movement has condemned the ruling regime's seizure of Islamic endowment assets, particularly the properties and estates belonging to Bahraini Shia institutions.
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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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WorldBahrain Crackdown: Regime Forces Attack Mourning Shia Inmates in Jaw Prison
This heavy-handed crackdown is directed against prominent figures and followers of the majority religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
