Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Editor's Choice

News

Most Viewed

Day Week Month

In Focus

Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
New node

New node

Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on
alwaght.net
News

Bahraini Regime Attacks supporters of Detained Leader

Sunday 3 December 2017
Bahraini Regime Attacks supporters of Detained Leader

Alwaght- Bahraini regime's security attacked supporters of Shiites' spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, whose life is in danger under a prolonged house arrest.

According to local media, the west-backed Al Khalifa regime dispersed the protesters who attempted to gather outside Ayatollah Qassim's residence in the northwestern village of Diraz on Saturday night.

Demonstrations were also held elsewhere in Bahrain in solidarity with the clergyman.

Manma regime revoked citizenship of Sheikh Qassim last June accusing the prominent Shiite leader of allegedly collecting funds illegally and money laundering. The charges emanate from the collection of an Islamic tax called Khums, which in Shiite Islam is collected and spent by a senior cleric in the interests of the needy.

Since then, Sheikh Qassim who is in his 70s has been confined to house arrest, resulting in the deterioration of his health condition.

Earlier this week, human rights groups raised the alarm over Qassem's worsening health condition.

 “The Bahraini government holds the full responsibility of Sheikh Isa Qassim’s well-being, as it imposed the house arrest and controls his access to medical treatment,” said Sheikh Maytham al-Salman, a prominent Bahraini rights defender.

In May this year, Sheikh Qassim was given a one-year suspended sentence on charges of illegal fundraising and money laundering, which his supporters denounced as a sham prosecution.

Over the past months, the Bahrainis have staged numerous sit-ins in front of Qassim's house in Diraz which is under the siege of the regime forces.

Daily anti-regime rallies have been held in the tiny Persian Gulf country since the popular uprising began in February 2011.

The demonstrators are demanding that the Al Khalifah family relinquish power and let a just system representing all Bahrainis be established.

Scores of people have been killed and hundreds of others wounded or detained amid Manama’s crackdown on dissent and discrimination against the country’s Shia majority.

Tags :

Bahrain Sheikh Isa Qassim Protest House Arrest

Comments
Name :
Email :
* Text :
Send

Gallery

Photo

Film

Gaza schools are the targets of the Zionist regimes attacks

Gaza schools are the targets of the Zionist regimes attacks