Bahraini protesters stage rally to denounce Khalifah regime’s detention, trial of Shia scholars

Amid a heavy-handed crackdown by the ruling Al Khalifah regime on Bahrain’s Shia Muslim community, dozens of people have staged a demonstration in the Persian Gulf kingdom to express their resentment over the dramatic rise in violations of civil rights, particularly the detention and trial of eulogists and preachers.

The protesters took to the streets in Sanabis village, located in the suburbs of the capital Manama, late on Wednesday, condemning the ongoing abduction campaigns targeting Shia scholars and strict restrictions on observation of religious rituals.

They held up the portraits of a number of arrested clerics, voiced unwavering solidarity with them, chanted slogans against the Al Khalifah regime and demanded the release of clerics and political prisoners.

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.

Top Bahraini cleric denounces Arab states for serving US-Israeli agendas to deepen regional divisions

The leader of Bahrain’s Shia community denounces regional Arab and Muslim states for contributing to US and Israeli efforts to deepen divisions across the region.

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 about 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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