Bahrain denaturalization of Sheikh Qassim Saudi plot: IRGC
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This file photo taken on May 17, 2013 shows Bahrain's most senior Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, giving a speech to worshipers during the Friday prayers at a mosque in west of the capital, Manama. © AFP
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has denounced Bahrain’s revocation of the citizenship of the country’s most senior Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, saying the move was masterminded by the Saudi regime.
According to Press TV, in a statement on Tuesday, the IRGC said the “inhumane” measure by the “bloodthirsty and racist” Ale Khalifah regime stands in contradiction to citizenship rights, Islamic principles and values, recognized international norms and regulations as well as the dignity of the people of the Arab world, including the Bahrainis.
It added that revoking the cleric’s citizenship is “a product of the anti-Islamic strategy and policies of the hegemonic system and Zionism and is considered a Saudi plot.”
"There is no doubt that the unwise measure of Ale Khalifah against a character who is a prominent symbol of the grand Shia clerical society will fuel the flames of Bahrain’s Islamic Revolution and formation of a sweeping uprising against the dependent and ruling regime of this country,” the IRGC pointed out.
The statement said the “illegitimate and rotten” Bahraini regime is suffering from “political osteoporosis” and is committing crimes against the innocent Bahraini people backed by the Pharaonic ruthlessness of the Saudi regime.
It further warned that if the leaders of the Ale Khalifah regime do not renounce their Zionist-pleasing adventurism and surrender to the rightful demands of the Bahraini people, they will face a fate similar to that of the slain dictators of other Muslim countries.
Bahrain on Monday revoked the citizenship of Sheikh Qassim, accusing him of sowing "sectarianism and violence."
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