Bahraini protesters stage rally to condemn Khalifa regime’s trial of Shia scholars
Large crowds of people have demonstrated in Bahrain to protest a surge in civil rights abuses under the Al Khalifa regime, including mass detention of preachers and eulogists and a continued crackdown on the Shia community.
On Friday night, demonstrators took to the streets on Sitra Island of the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom, situated approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) south of the capital Manama, denouncing the ongoing abduction campaigns targeting Shia scholars.
The protesters argued that Bahraini authorities conduct unfair trials, and scholars are usually convicted of trumped-up charges.
They called for an end to human rights violations and the release of political detainees.
This comes as Bahrain Mirror online newspaper, citing informed sources speaking on condition of anonymity, reported that dozens of Shia scholars have recently stood trial. The last trial session was held on August 19 and purportedly lasted 13 hours.
Over the past few months, Bahraini officials have gone to great lengths to clamp down on any sign of dissent, rounded up numerous Shia Muslims and imposed multiple religious restrictions.
Last May, Bahraini regime forces raided Shia-populated neighborhoods nationwide, abducted a number of clerics and religious activists without a judicial warrant, and took them away to unknown locations.
Bahrain’s most prominent cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, has voiced serious concerns for the untenable situation of Shia Muslims in Bahrain, stressing that Bahraini religious institutions are desperately worried about the state of affairs.
The cleric warned about the state of the political and civil rights of Shias in Bahrain, emphasizing that Shia Islam, its preachers and religious foundations are facing a severe existential threat in the kingdom.
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