AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Press TV
Tuesday

3 May 2011

7:30:00 PM
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Bahrain Mosques Victim of Sacrilege and Vandalism

Saudi-backed forces reportedly continue their efforts to destroy Muslim holy sites in Bahrain, intensifying their crackdown on the popular revolution in the Persian Gulf state.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Eyewitnesses say the forces razed another prayer hall to the ground on Wednesday.

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the over 40-year rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty.

On March 14, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed police and military forces in the kingdom upon Manama's request to help quell the nationwide protests.

Since then, scores of protesters, including children, have been killed and many others gone missing. Regime forces have also raided dozens of mosques, schools, sacred sites and even graves in persisting efforts to suppress all opposition.

According to some reports, Bahraini forces have so far destroyed about 30 mosques with major assistance by the invading Saudi forces.

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