Bahraini authorities continued its brutal campaign against the Shiite-majority in the country, summoning three prominent Shiite clerics for interrogation.

Public Prosecution said it raised against Sheikh Aziz Al-Khadran charges of inciting hatred against “constitutional system” during Friday sermon.

Sheikh Saeed al-Asfour and religious vocal reciter Abdul Jabar al-Dirazi, were detained by authorities on Wednesday.

Top Shia clerics in Bahrain announce that country's Shiite component is being targeted in its very existence.

Bahraini authorities summoned a number of Shiite Clerics for interrogation, as part of a widespread campaign launched by the authorities.

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman said that the Bahraini “Public Prosecution decided to detain cleric Sheikh Mohammed Al-Mansi for a week over charges of inciting hatred and insulting the Ministry of Interior.”

Dozens of Shiite clerics called for equality in Sunni-ruled Bahrain on Tuesday (March 8, 2016), also insisting that there had never been a call for sectarianism by their majority community in the Gulf kingdom.

Clerics in Bahrain condemned the “blatant assault and gunfire that targeted the Al-Marzouq Hussainia in Wadyan village in the island of Sitra, especially that these attacks are being launched repeatedly as the attack against Al-Himla obsequies and another in Damistan without any precautions taken.”

Bahrain Mirror: Clerics in Bahrain issued an official statement categorically refusing any violation of the freedom and independence of religious affairs, as well as the dominance of state authorities over religious affairs in any form whatsoever.

Bahrain Mirror: The clerics of Bahrain denounced the attacks on Ashura rituals such as “tearing and taking down black Ashura banners and flags or attacking Ashura gatherings,” deeming these acts a “blatant violation of religious freedoms.”