Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets across the country to condemn the arrest of another Shia Muslim cleric as the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty ramps up its crackdown and persecution of the members of the religious community in the...
Read More »Shaykh Isa Qassim Slams Participation in Parliamentary Election as ‘Betrayal’
Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric has reiterated the call to boycott parliamentary elections, saying participation in the elections amounts to betrayal....
Read More »Hundreds of Bahrainis Rally in Solidarity with Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim
Hundreds of Bahrainis have rallied in the island’s northwest in solidarity with the country’s most prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, and his cause for pro-democracy reforms in...
Read More »Bahraini Civil Society Comes under Renewed Pressure
Bahraini authorities are tightening their grip on civil society by targeting the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS), one of the leading rights organizations in the...
Read More »Oppression and Coercion Will Not Persist: Ayatollah Khamenei
The Leader of Iran Islamic Revolution— Ayatollah Khamenei—stated, with reference to this incident that: Oppression and coercion will not persist, and the decision and willpower of the nations will...
Read More »Sheikh Isa Qassim Censures Bahrain’s Plan to Host Israeli Delegation
Bahrain’s top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim has denounced the Manama regime for a plan to host an Israeli delegation later this month, describing it as a step on the path to....
Read More »Sheikh Isa Qāssim Meets Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in Qom +Photos
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qāsim, the leader of the Shi‘as of Bahrain, paid a visit to Ayatollah Makarem Shiraiz in his office and had a talk with this religious authority. In his meeting with Sheikh Isa Qāsim, G. A. Makarem Shirazi was given the latest news regarding the course of treatment …
Read More »Shaikh Isa Qassim Hospitalized in Tehran
Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim was admitted to one of the hospitals in Tehran, Iran to complete the...
Read More »Sheikh Isa Qassim Arrives in Iran’s Mashhad
Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has arrived in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad after visiting the revered Iraqi city of Najaf...
Read More »Bahrain Court Uphold Life Sentences for Sheikh Ali Salman
Al-Wefaq secretary-general Salman and two senior al-Wefaq leaders Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Alaswad were sentenced to life imprisonment in November. The verdicts issued Monday are final and...
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