Aal-e Khalifah forces raze recently reconstructed mosque to ground
The Aal-e Khalifa regime in Bahrain has razed to the ground a recently reconstructed Shia Muslim mosque without any prior warning as part of a heavy-handed crackdown on dissent in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
According to reports, bulldozers accompanied by security forces from the Aal-e Khalifah regime on Sunday destroyed Imam Hassan al-Askari mosque in Hamad town, southwest of the capital Manama.
The destruction of the mosque came after it had been painstakingly rebuilt by local residents.
The structure was among dozens of religious gathering places that were initially demolished during the onset of Bahrain’s uprising in 2011.
Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the country in mid-February 2011.
They are demanding that the Aal-e Khalifah regime relinquish power and allow a just system representing all Bahrainis to be established.
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