scholars
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Bahraini Scholars: The Al Khalifa Regime Has Taken an Anti-Religious Path
Bahraini scholars warned that the ruling system has taken an anti-religious path, one that threatens the religion, beliefs, rituals, and other religious dimensions of the people with acceleration and a dangerous approach.
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Bahraini Cleric: Al Khalifa Regime Trying Shia Scholars on Charges of Believing in Velayat-e Faqih
Sheikh Adel al-Shula said in his Friday sermon in the city of Qom that the Al Khalifa regime, using its hostility toward the Islamic Republic of Iran, is accusing and trying dozens of Shia scholars of accepting the idea of Velayat-e Faqih.
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Trial of Religious Scholars in Bahrain, "Weak Spectacle" Devoid of Justice
The Deputy Secretary-General of Bahrain's Al-Wefaq Society described the trial of religious scholars as a weak spectacle, in which the weakness and its distance from justice become more apparent with each passing stage.
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Alarm Bell for Religious Freedom in Bahrain; Scholars, Husseiniyas, Religious Rites in Crosshairs
A Bahraini activist, criticizing the trial process of dozens of Shia scholars and clerics in Bahrain, has claimed that the measures taken by the country's authorities in recent years have gone beyond the arrest and trial of individuals and have extended to restrictions on preachers, eulogists, imams of mosques, husseiniyas, processions, and Shia religious rites.
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Bahraini Cleric: Tried Scholars of Bahrain Will Remain Symbols of Honor in Hearts of People
The Deputy Secretary-General of Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stated that no matter how long the trials of the scholars drag on and no matter how many more chapters of what he called "political shows" are held, they will remain symbols of integrity, honor, and honesty in the hearts of the Bahraini people, and security files cannot erase their standing among the people.
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Trial of Scholars, Waiting for Witnesses; Behind Scenes of Court Session in Bahrain
The holding of a trial session for a number of scholars in Bahrain, according to the account of one of the defense witnesses, was accompanied by the presence of a group of clerics, seminary students, preachers, and religious activists; witnesses who waited for hours to testify in support of the detained scholars, and according to the narrator, the proceedings turned into a protracted session that he described as "the trial of a sect and a community."
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Unclear Testimony in Bahraini Court; When Security Narrative Faces Judicial Test!
A session lasting more than 12 hours in the case of charges against a number of Bahraini Shiite scholars, with the testimony of a security officer who had concealed his face, became a stage for challenging the security narrative of the case.
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Documented Reports of Assault, Insults Against Detained Shiite Scholars in Bahrain
The Salam Organization for Democracy and Human Rights, condemning documented reports of mistreatment of a number of detained Shiite scholars in Bahrain, including assault, sectarian insults, threats of sexual assault, threats of revocation of citizenship, and coercion to sign interrogation minutes, called for an immediate, independent, and impartial investigation into these cases.
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Confronting Attacks on Religion, Scholars, Inevitable Responsibility: Bahraini Cleric
The spiritual leader of Bahrain's Shiites, warning about the consequences of governments' neglect of religion and human dignity, emphasized, "Targeting religious scholars and attempting to distort religious teachings makes it necessary for followers of the faith to defend their beliefs and lives."