Shiaphobia

Bahrainis mark Eid al-Adha with anti-regime rallies

Sep 12, 2016 10:26

Bahraini people have marked the Muslim occasion of Eid al-Adha with rallies in solidarity with country's prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
Aal-e Khalifa regime adjourns trial of three Bahraini religious scholars

Sep 09, 2016 01:45

Judiciary officials have postponed the trial of three Bahraini religious scholars amid the Aal-e Khalifah regime’s heavy-handed crackdown against prominent figures and followers of the majority religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
Islamic World varsities draw UN Chief’s attention to Bahrain crisis

Sep 04, 2016 09:42

The AhlulBayt International University of Tehran, on behalf of Presidents of Universities of the Islamic World, has written a strongly-worded letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his unexplained silence on the atrocities of the repressive Aal-e Khalifa minority regime against the citizens of Bahrain.
Amnesty urges Bahrain to stop repression of opponents

Sep 01, 2016 16:08

Amnesty International has called on the Bahraini regime to suspend its heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful critics and opposition figures as Manama keeps up its policy of repression.
Manama regime systematically targeting Shia religious scholars: HRW

Aug 23, 2016 12:16

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Bahraini regime of systematically targeting religious leaders of the country’s Shia Muslim community and violating the scholars’ right to freedom of expression and gathering.
UN experts urge Bahrain to end crackdown on Shia Muslim community

Aug 16, 2016 11:46

A number of United Nations-appointed independent experts have called on the Bahraini regime to halt its heavy-handed crackdown on the country’s Shia Muslim community, stressing that it is in violation of basic human rights in the tiny Persian Gulf island.
Bahrain arrests, charges 12 over Sheikh Qassim rallies

Aug 11, 2016 00:56

Bahrain has arrested and charged 12 people for taking part in protests held outside the home of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.
Sectarianism; Aal Khalifa’s tool for repressing Bahrainis

Aug 08, 2016 04:43

The popular uprising of the people of Bahrain continues despite the vain attempts of the regime to repress the revolutionaries, including torturing, jailing and killing many of them. The Aal-e Khalifa minority is now resorting to another dirty trick in an attempt to avert the inevitable, that is, the end of its illegal rule.
Bahrain regime force arrest senior religious leader

Jul 30, 2016 02:54

Bahraini regime forces have arrested yet another senior Muslim cleric as the ruling Aal-e Khalifa regime continues a heavy-handed crackdown on the Shia community in Bahrain.
Bahrain Broke Int’l Law by Revoking Top Religious Leader’s Citizenship?

Jul 26, 2016 05:14

It is now well over a month since the repressive Aal-e Khalifa regime in yet another illegal move against the country long suppressed majority, revoked the citizenship of senior religious leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, worsening the 5-year crisis in the Persian Gulf island state.