Bahrain: Aal-e Khalifa regime forces detain another religious scholar

Regime forces in Bahrain have detained another religious scholar as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah dynasty presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown against members of the religious community during the mourning month of Muharram.

Rights activists, requesting anonymity, said Bahraini officials ordered the arrest of Sheikh Mohammed al-Reish after he underwent an hours-long investigation at a police station in the Hoora district of the capital Manama, Arabic-language Lualua television network reported.

The report came only two days after religious scholar Sheikh Majid al-Sahlawi was arrested, and the public prosecutor's office ordered him to be detained for 15 days pending investigations.

There are no reports yet on the charges of the cleric.

Earlier, Bahraini troopers had arrested Sheikh Hani al-Banna and Sheikh Yassin al-Jamri, and took them to the police station in the coastal town of al-Budaiya.

Bahraini regime forces have removed stalls set up to provide food and drinks to the mourners as well as Ashura signs across the country.

Meanwhile, Bahraini regime forces have attacked dozens of Shia Muslims marking Ashura.

On Thursday, dozens of people took to the streets in the village of Nuwaidrat, located about 10 kilometers south of Manama, carrying banners in commemoration of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husain (AS) and pictures of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has been stripped of his citizenship.

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