Bahrain's Shia are Throttled

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Bahrain's Shia are Throttled

Will You Take a Stand?

The situation of the Shia in Bahrain has deteriorated in the past few years, to the extent that is has now become a threat to their existence. The continued wave of arrests, torture, kidnapping, sacking, withdrawal of housing provided by the government from anyone who opposes the regime, have all become tools of repression against the Shia. The recent attack is not the first and will not be the last between the natives (the majority of whom are Shia) and the ruling family which had occupied the land in 1783. Shia had been there since the early days of Islam, to the extent that they had refused to pay the religious dues after the demise of the Holy Prophet, and were accused of becoming “transgressors or mutadd”. They were fought against for refusing to pay the religious dues and were called “mutaddoon”. Over the years their loyalty to Ahlul Bayt continued. They never retracted or changed their faith. There were many scholars who had been part of the Shia religious movement. When Shah Abbas transformed Iran to the Shia school of thought he summoned scholars from Lebanon and Bahrain to help in the transformation.

Over the past 30 years, Bahrain’s Shia became focal in their opposition to the regime. Many were martyred in the eighties and nineties, many more were injured or maimed by police brutality. The movement for change continued with the hope that a political recognition would materialize. Nothing has happened. The following is a brief account of the Shia ordeals since the year 2000:

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Brothers and sisters are kindly requested to raise awareness on the plight of the suffering Shia in Bahrain by way of sharing this material with others.

 

Wa Min Allah Al-Tawfiq.

Wasalaamu Alaikum