Bahrain’s main opposition movement, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has condemned the Al Khalifa regime’s police for excessive use of force against Shia mourners commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (Peace Be Upon Him), the Third Infallible Successor of Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
According to Press TV, the condemnation on Wednesday came after regime forces clashed with Shia villagers overnight Tuesday, pulling down Ashura (the day Imam Hossein was martyred) banners set up in what police called "undesignated areas" of villages outside the capital, Manama.
Witnesses said the regime forces attacked protesting villagers and fired buckshots to disperse them, causing casualties.
Wefaq censured the "excessive use of force" to remove the banners and added that the move amounts to “suppression of religious rituals.”
Bahraini authorities, in reaction, claimed that some banners had political statements that did not have anything to do with Ashura.
Ashura marks the day when Imam Hossein (PBUH), along with 72 of his companions, was martyred in Karbala.
Imam Hussein’s martyrdom is considered by Shia Muslims as a symbol of the struggle against injustice and the need to preserve the purity of Islam.
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source : irib
