Bahrain (43)
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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.
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SCHOLARSBahraini Scholars Meet Ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani; Ramadan War Dealt Severe Blow to Al Khalifah’s Image
A delegation of active Bahraini scholars met with Grand Ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani to brief him on the situation of Shia Muslims in Bahrain, particularly in the aftermath of the Ramadan War,…
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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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WorldBahrain’s Crackdown on Shia Citizens Raises Rights Concerns
Shia Rights Watch (SRW) expresses deep concern over the continued escalation of repression carried out by the Bahraini authorities against members of the Shia community. Over recent months, dozens…
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HOWZAHCrackdown on Shiites Is a Desperate US-Zionist Plot to Crush Resistance Axis, Qom Clerics Warn
The Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom has issued a scathing condemnation of several Persian Gulf Arab states, denouncing the ongoing persecution of Shiite communities as a “mercenary” act carried…
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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…
