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Bahrain’s Shiites Establish Committees to Protect their Mosques
2015-06-09
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s Shiites have began establishing committees dedicated to protecting their mosques across the country since Friday (June 5, 2015). Meanwhile, Bahrain’s ministry of interior deployed its security forces to the perimeter of large Shiite mosques across the island kingdom.
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Bahrain's Jaffaria Endowment: Interior Minister Approves Stepping Up Security around Shiite Mosques
2015-06-04
The Jaffaria Endowment administration office stated (Friday, May 29, 2015) that the Bahraini ministry of interior approved increasing security around mosques, after the bomb attacks that targeted two Shiite mosques in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
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Acquitting Tarek Al-Amer of Disdaining the Shiite Sect
2015-05-30
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court acquitted today (Wednesday, May 27, 2015) the author Tarek Al-Amer, who wrote an article in Al-Bilad newspaper (on April 22, 2014) through which he insulted the rituals of the Shiite sect, that constitutes the majority of Bahrainis.
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A Cousin of Al-Qadeeh Massacre Executor Threatened the Shiites: You Will Soon Witness a Dreadful Conflict
2015-05-26
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A commemoration was held for Al-Qadeeh massacre executor by one of his cousins called Saleh Abdulrahman Al-Qashami during which he threatened the Shiite citizens in Saudi Arabia, promising them that they’ll witness a dreadful conflict.
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AFP: IS Suicide Bomber Attacks Saudi Shiite Mosque, killing 21
2015-05-23
AFP: An Islamic State group suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, killing 21 people and wounding 81 in an assault that threatens to fan sectarian tensions.
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Bahrain Expels a Shiite Cleric and a Shiite Academic from the Country
2015-05-15
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court on Thursday (May 14, 2015) ruled that two Shiites be expelled from the country, after stripping them of their citizenships (on January 31, 2015) along with 72 others, who most of them are Shiite dissents.
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The Bahraini Cleric Sheikh Jalal Al-Sharqi: I am a Takfiri and I Have an Authorization
2015-05-12
What is the Bahraini government waiting for to stop the extremist cleric, Jalal Al-Sharqi? It is waiting for nothing. Last March, he declared that the Lebanese author, Joumana Haddad, is an infidel. He also decided that she should be killed.
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Bahrain: The Regime Forces Surround a Shiite Mosque, Confiscate Speakers and political Banners
2015-05-09
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Eyewitnesses told Bahrain Mirror that on the afternoon of Friday, May 8, 2015, members of the Bahraini regime forces raided Diraz, west of Manama, surrounded Al-Sadeq Mosque and confiscated a number of speakers and political banners, in addition to the Bahraini flags the prayers use in their protests every week after Friday prayer.
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US Commission on International Religious Freedom: Continuous Abuses Against Shiites in Bahrain
2015-05-06
Bahrain Mirror: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom confirmed that Shi’a Muslims continued to be detained and arrested arbitrarily. The commission urged US government to press on the Bahraini government to implement fully the BICI recommendations
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Bahraini Shiite Cleric Sentenced to Two Years in Prison over Charges of "Unauthorized Fundraising"
2015-04-30
The family of detainee Dr. Ali Al-Ekri was allowed to visit him on Monday (April 27, 2015) after being deprived of a visit for almost two months since the attack on Jaw Prison detainees that took place on the 10th of last March.
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Bahrain Ruling Family: We Insult our People Freely
2015-04-26
Those who know Bahrain's Minister of Justice & Islamic Affairs, Khalid Bin Ali Al Khalifa, say that he is has a big interest in reading books. It is a good trait no doubt, but his problem is that he is conceited and his language is obscene.
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Western Critics Mock Bahraini King's Claims to "Fighting Sectarianism": A Head of State that has Demolished Shia Religious Centers
2015-04-17
The king of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, presents himself as a defender of national unity in the gulf kingdom; four years after the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry issued a report, which accused the regime of targeting and discriminating against the Shia, whether in the workplace, streets or inside prison
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Bahraini Journalist: Obama is a sectarian “Shiite” and his name reflects something
2015-04-16
Bahrain Mirror: Hisham Al-Zayani, a regular columnist in Al-Watan newspaper funded by the Bahraini Royal Court, wrote an article in which he described Obama as a Shiite. Tweeters and Bahraini activists seized this opportunity to launch a series of jokes.
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Accreditation row hurts young Bahrainis
2015-03-18
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s government abruptly suspends the accreditation of more than 100 Chinese universities. Sources say Shia account for almost all of the students going into Chinese medical schools from Bahrain and suggest this was a way for the authorities to punish a community they blame for the ongoing unrest in the kingdom.
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Hashem Al Alawi is among 400 imprisoned Shiite children subjected to the "Devil's" procedure
2015-03-04
Bahrain Mirror: "He was not aware of the general situation he is in. I am telling you...he is young". By these words, Diyaa' Al Alawai, mother of the 16-year-old Hashem, describes his situation after visiting him in the Dry Dock prison.