Alwaght- The Bahraini regime has been slammed for violating religious rights of Muslims participating in mourning ceremonies during the first ten days during the lunar month of Muharram.
The department of religious freedom of the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) denounced the Bahraini authorities' ongoing violations of the citizens' religious right to practice their religious rituals during the month of Muharram whose epitome is on the tenth day known as Ashura.
The rights group noted that regime forces attacks against mourners which took place in Karzakan and Al-Malikiya are proof of "the increase of violations of religious freedoms, and illegal measures that restrict the right to express religious beliefs."
The BHRO further stressed that "the Ashura rituals are sacred and have a deep-rooted place in the hearts of Bahrainis of various sects and a long history. It is an occasion respected by all citizens regardless of their ideological, political, social and religious affiliations. What the authorities are doing will have serious ramifications on the country."
The human rights body also noted that taking down Ashura flags and banners that are set up to express grief over the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) in villages, cities, neighborhoods and residential areas commemorating Ashura "is a blatant violation of religious freedoms guaranteed by divine laws and international human rights conventions," calling for "an immediate halt of everything that might violate Bahrain's international commitments and obligations."
Meanwhile Bahrain’s main opposition movement, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, also condemned the Al Khalifa regime’s police for excessive use of force against Shiite mourners commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS).
The condemnation on Wednesday came after regime forces clashed with Shia villagers overnight Tuesday, pulling down Ashura (the day Imam Hussein was martyred) banners set up in what police called "undesignated areas" of villages outside the capital, Manama.
Witnesses said the regime forces attacked protesting villagers and fired buckshots to disperse them, causing casualties.
Al Wefaq censured the "excessive use of force" to remove the banners and added that the move amounts to “suppression of religious rituals.”
Since mid-February 2011, thousands of anti-regime protesters have held numerous marches on the streets of Bahrain, calling for Al-Khalifa family to leave power.
Many Bahrainis have been killed and hundreds of others were injured or arrested in the ongoing crackdown on peaceful protests.
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