Ahlul Bayt News Agency -ABNA- Before Muharram mourning rituals being started, Al Khalifa mercenaries have started their violation against the rights of religious freedom of the Shia population in Bahrain.
Al Khalifa security forces raided the village of Damstan and started to seize the flags and placards of Muharram, Manama Post reported.
This violating act has provoked severe criticism from the people of this area. They said that this action indicates the terroristic nature of the Bahraini regime.
Muharram is well-known because of historical significance and mourning for the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali (AS), the grandson of Muhammad (PBUH).
Shias begin mourning from the first night of Muharram and continue for ten nights, climaxing on the 10th of Muharram, known as the Day of Ashura.
The last few days up until and including the Day of Ashura are the most important because these were the days in which Imam Hussein and his family and followers (including women, children and elderly people) were deprived of water from the 7th onward and on the 10th, Imam Hussain and 72 of his followers were martyred by the army of Yazid I at the Battle of Karbala on Yazid's orders.
