Al-Wasat newspaper stated that "social media accounts have discussed news about the arrest of the ISIS Senior Cleric Turki Al-Binali's brother, as he attempted to escape from Bahrain using his friend's passport."

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain's King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, issued a royal decree on 31st January 2015 to strip 72 Bahrainis of their nationalities. This included 50 opposition supporters and activists, as well as 22 of those who joined the extremist ISIS organization and other terrorist organizations that fight in Syria and Iraq. As a result, the reactions of those Bahrainis' who were stripped of their nationalities differed.

Bahrain Mirror: Until August 2014, Sheikh Adel Hassan Hamad, one of the pillars of the jihadi movement in Bahrain, continued to deliver his weekly sermon which was authorized by the authorities, from his pulpit at the Al-Nosf Mosque in Riffa, south of Manama. Has stated in one of his sermons delivered on Friday in 2013, "Encourage people to head for Jihad in Syria, fight the Magi of this nation, the Rafidis (Shiites) everywhere.

Bahrain Mirror: The name of Bahraini figure, Turki Al-Binali, has been mentioned in a great deal of news reports and news coverage of the advances made by ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Now, he is considered one of the most prominent Muftis in the terrorist group which declared the establishment of a “caliphate”, and one of the most influential Jihadists of the new generation. He is accused of recruiting dozens of Bahraini youth and sending them to frontlines outside the country. Some of the stages of his life are as follows:

Bahrain Mirror: In September 2014, the Saudi authorities froze the Bank accounts of a Syrian preacher living in their country, Sheikh Adnan Al-Aroor, over charges related to “funding terrorism.”

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The re-arresting of Nabeel Rajab, Director of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, for his tweet, in which he described the Bahrain security institutions as an “ideological incubator” of ISIS, brought to light the dominant combat doctrine in this institution that forms “a passage” for several Bahraini fighters found within “ISIS” in the conflict areas in Syria and Iraq.