Bahrain's crackdown (11)
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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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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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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…
