Bahraini scholars urge Islamic authorities, bodies to condemn anti-Shia crackdown
Bahraini scholars have called on Islamic authorities and organizations worldwide to intervene amid the ruling regime’s crackdown on the country’s Shia community.
The scholars issued an urgent appeal regarding the existential threat to Shias and the broader Muslim identity in Bahrain.
They called on the Grand Ayatollahs, seminaries, and Islamic institutions to stand in solidarity with the Bahraini people and scholars in order to protect their religious freedom, faith, and identity.
They also denounced a recent campaign of arrests in Bahrain targeting senior Shia clerics and jurists who have dedicated their lives to teaching Islamic jurisprudence and maintaining social cohesion.
The true intent behind the arrest campaign is to “paralyze Islamic outreach, disrupt the religious infrastructure, and create a spiritual vacuum within society,” the scholars said.
The abductions are not spontaneous actions, but part of a pre-planned project seeking to “marginalize, weaken, and dismantle the scientific and social structures” of the Shia community in the Persian Gulf Arab country, they added.
They further rejected as “fabricated” the accusations leveled by Bahraini authorities at those forcibly detained.
Meanwhile, the scholars stressed that their appeal is driven strictly by religious and legal responsibility, rather than political motives or conflict agendas.
The ruling Al Khalifah regime, they asserted, views the Shia religious identity as a threat marked for eradication.
The regime in Manama, which has long been persecuting Shia Muslims and pro-democracy activists in Bahrain, has stepped up its repressive measures following the recent illegal US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran.
Earlier this month, Bahrain's Interior Ministry said it had arrested 41 people allegedly linked to Iran.
Last month, Bahraini authorities revoked the citizenship of 69 nationals after accusing them of “expressing support for Iran (retaliatory) attacks” against American and Israeli military assets across West Asia.
Bahrain, home to the US Fifth Naval Fleet, allowed the United States and the Israeli regime to use its soil and airspace to launch anti-Iran attacks during the war of aggression that began on February 28 and stopped on April 8 under a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire.
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