Bahrain's King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, issued a royal decree on 31st January 2015 to strip 72 Bahrainis of their nationalities. This included 50 opposition supporters and activists, as well as 22 of those who joined the extremist ISIS organization and other terrorist organizations that fight in Syria and Iraq. As a result, the reactions of those Bahrainis' who were stripped of their nationalities differed.
On the one hand opposition activists and supporters proudly proclaimed their Bahraini origin and belonging and confirmed in several ways that stripping them of their nationalities will never change the truth of them being Bahrainis and will not remove their genuine Bahraini identity. Conversely, the Bahrainis who joined the extremist ISIS group said that Al Khalifa's nationality is under their feet and they released a hash tag; #Al Khalifa_nationality_is_under_my_foot.
Omar Bozboun, a Bahraini extremist fighting for ISIS, posted a photo while putting his Bahraini passport under his foot. This photo reached one of the Bahraini tweeters through the social media program, WhatsApp. Bozboun affirmed that he is number 53 in the stripped of their nationalities list.
Bozboun made fun of the decree confirming that he does not need this nationality and that he will not return to the country using this passport, he expressed. "They did not know that we are the Caliphate soldiers. They did not know that we don't want their nationalities. They lost their minds when they thought that we will enter Bahrain using this passport. They see it afar off, but we see it quite near," he said threatening to enter Bahrain and add it to the states of the "Islamic Caliphate".
Bin_hamada: As I promised you yesterday, O.J.B published last night a photo while stepping on the Bahraini passport after being stripped of his nationality. O.J.B who was stripped of his nationality for joining ISIS communicated with the Bahrainis via WhatsApp.
Yusuf Al Mannai (number 71 of the list), is also a Bahraini fighter in ISIS group. He posted a photo on his twitter account showing a foot stepping on the Bahraini passport and repeated Bozboun's words "They lost their minds when they thought that we will enter Bahrain using this passport".
لقد تاهت عقول ضنت انا سندخل بهذا ( انهم يرونه بعيدا ونراه قريبا ) #جنسية_آل_خليفة_موضوعة_تحت_قدمي pic.twitter.com/S71LSiHEQq
— يوسف المناعي (@bu_y3goop) January 31, 2015
Yusuf Al Mannai
They were totally wrong when they thought that we will enter Bahrain using this passport. They see it afar off, but we see it quite near.
# Al Khalifa_nationality_is_under_my_foot.
31 January 2015
In another tweet, Al Mannai posted a verse of poetry for the Bahraini extremist ISIS preacher, Turki Al Binali, "to the worshipers of land and sea...your nationalities indicate degradation". Al Binali is number 17 of those stripped of their nationalities, but the most important extremist in this list. The news of dropping Al Binali's nationality was widely spread in news agencies and international media outlets.
الى عباد يابسة وشاطي ** جناسيكم تنم عن انحطاط كلمات شيخي #تركي_البنعلي #جنسية_آل_خليفة_موضوعة_تحت_قدمي #البحرين pic.twitter.com/cduUNabHjm
— يوسف المناعي (@bu_y3goop) January 31, 2015
Yusuf Al Mannai
To the worshipers of land and sea...your nationalities indicate degradation
My Sheikh words# Turki_Al Binali## Al Khalifa_nationality_is_under_my_foot # Bahrain
1 February 2015
As others, Abu Al Baraa, a nickname for another Bahraini fighter for ISIS, threatened to break into Bahrain by cannons rather than passports and to return to Bahrain with his head up. Threatening to behead him, Abu Al Baraa described Bahrain's king, Hamad bin Isa, as a deceiver tyrant.
@aboalbara_bh @bu_y3goop يالله عسا دقمه تدك المقرات بارض المنامه بالتينيت ودافع يا زينها هذي الشهادة ليا جات واصير بالجنة وللاهل شافع
— أبو هاجر العنزي (@albtar12) January 31, 2015
Abu Hajar Al Anzi
May the bombed cars bombard Al Manama centers
With TNTs and may I offend
For my good fortune, martyrdom has come to me
To go to heaven and intercede for my family
31 January 2015
@albtar12 @bu_y3goop طاغوتهم ياخوك راعي مطمات راعي الخنا حمود ماهوب (يافع) بنجز راسه هالعفن بالمجزات تصبروا ياخوك والصبر نافع #البحرين
— ابو البراء #خلافة (@aboalbara_bh) January 31, 2015
Abu Al Baraa #Caliphate
Your tyrant, my brother, is the sponsor of calamities
He is the sponsor of shame, we don't fear Hamad
He is to be beheaded
Wait my brother, patience is useful
#Bahrain
@bu_y3goop @albtar12 هو يحسب انا نقتحم بالجوازات مايدري إنا نقتحم بالمدافع حنا هل التوحيد وأهل المروات لبحريننا بنعود والراس رافع
— ابو البراء #خلافة (@aboalbara_bh) January 31, 2015
Abu Al Baraa #Caliphate
He thinks that we will break into Bahrain via passports
He is unaware that we will break into it via cannons
We are the people of monotheism and we have honor
We are returning to our Bahrain with our heads high
Abu Hajar Al Anzi @albtar12 mocked the dropping of nationality decree, describing the ruling family as "stupid" if it thought they will return to Bahrain using their nationalities. Al Anzi threatened that he will return with sword and blood. He added that he has no faith in this nationality and that he had disavowed it before the ruling family disavowed him. He posted a photo of him while aiming his weapon towards his passport.
#البحرين #المنامة #وزارة_الداخلية_البحرينية #Bahrain #المحرق #جنسية_آل_خليفة_موضوعة_تحت_قدمي pic.twitter.com/7mEekMqNy5
— أبو هاجر العنزي (@albtar12) January 31, 2015
Abu Hajar Al Anzi
@albtar12
#Bahrain #Manama #Bahriani_Interior_Ministry# Al Muharraq Bahrain# Al Khalifa_nationality_is_under_my_foot
31 January 2015
Abu Hajar Al Anzi
@albtar12
ما فقهوا الاغبياء اننا لن نعود لهم بجناسيهم بل عودتنا بسيوفنا ودمائنا وستعلمون ذلك فالايام المقبلة #جنسية_آل_خليفة_موضوعة_تحت_قدمي
— أبو هاجر العنزي (@albtar12) January 31, 2015
The stupid royals did not realize that we will not return using their nationalities, but we will return by our swords and blood
You will notice that soon
#Al Khalifa_nationality_is_under_my_foot
31 January 2015
Abu Hajar Al Anzi
@albtar12
الحمد لله الذي جعلنا ان نتبرأ منهم قبل ان يتبرؤوا منا كفرنا بجنسياتكم ونحن في بطون امهاتنا #جنسية_آل_خليفة_موضوعة_تحت_قدمي
— أبو هاجر العنزي (@albtar12) January 31, 2015
I am thankful for you God for making us disavow them, before they themselves do We had no faith in your nationalities since we were in our mothers' wombs
#Al Khalifa_nationality_is_under_my_foot
31 January 2015
Another Bahraini fighter who fights for ISIS appeared in a video early in May 2014 while tearing his Bahraini passport and threating to kill Al Khalifa and cut them into pieces to devour them for god, he announced. He continued that neither he nor his group will rest before hammering the last nail in Al Khalifa coffins and that he does not recognize his Bahraini nationality. This fighter is Salman Alayan Turki, number 35 of the stripped of their nationalities list.
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