AhlulBayt News Agency - Bahraini regime forces have stormed into the office of leading Shiite cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, who was recently stripped of his citizenship.
Bahraini media reported that the regime troops raided the headquarters in the northern village of Karranah on Tuesday and broke the doors of the building.
They also searched the office, even its top floors that belong to citizens and students of religious science, Press TV reported.
On Monday, Manama revoked the nationality of Sheikh Qassim, with Bahrain’s Interior Ministry accusing the clergyman of seeking the “creation of a sectarian environment” through his connections with foreign powers.
The move has raised fears of further unrest in the tiny Persian Gulf island which is already the scene of regular anti-regime demonstrations.
In another development on Tuesday, dozens of supporters of the prominent cleric gathered at his home in the village of Diraz to protest Bahrain’s removal of Sheikh Qassim’s citizenship.
Some of the protesters were wearing white shrouds signaling their readiness to die.
The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has denounced Manama’s move as “silly” and “dangerous,” warning that it will trigger a harsh response from the Bahraini people.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has also condemned the decision as “a Saudi plot,” saying it will fuel the flames of “Bahrain’s Islamic Revolution” against the ruling family.
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source : Press TV
Wednesday
22 June 2016
4:25:09 AM
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Bahraini regime forces have stormed into the office of leading Shiite cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, who was recently stripped of his citizenship.