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Reuters: U.S. Criticizes Bahrain's Move to Strip Cleric of Citizenship
2016-06-21
The United States is "alarmed" by Bahrian's decision to revoke the citizenship of the spiritual leader...
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VIDEO: U.S. 'alarm' Over Bahrain Shi'ite Move
2016-06-21
The United States Department of State said that it is alarmed by the Government of Bahrain's decision...
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Brian Dooley: Time for Washington to Act as Bahrain Government Provokes Crisis
2016-06-21
Human Rights First's Brian Dooley said Bahraini government is taking a "risky policy, likely to produce significant instability."
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HRW: Revoking Top Shiite Cleric's Citizenship Takes Bahrain to Darkest Days since 2011 Crackdown
2016-06-21
HRW said decision to strip Sheikh Isa Qassim of citizenship "takes Bahrain into darkest days seen since 2011.
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Washington Alarmed by Bahrain's Arbitrary Decision to Withdraw Sheikh Isa Qassim's Nationality
2016-06-21
US State Department said it's alarmed by Bahrain Government's decision to revoke citizenship of prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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Iran's Soleimani Says Bahrain Will "Pay Price" for Insulting Shi'ite Cleric
2016-06-21
The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned Bahrain's government of armed struggle, after the Gulf kingdom stripped the spiritual leader of its Shi'ite Muslim majority of his citizenship.
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Reuters: Lebanon's Hezbollah Warns Bahrain of Consequences Over Cleric Move
2016-06-20
Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah on Monday called on the people of Bahrain to express anger at the government's decision to strip a leading Shi'ite cleric of his citizenship and said it would bring severe consequences to the country's leadership.
- Hundreds of Bahrainis rallied outside home of top Shiite cleric to protest authorities' decision to strip him of his nationality. 2016-06-20
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BBC: Bahrain Revokes Most Prominent Shia Cleric Isa Qassim's Citizenship
2016-06-20
Bahrain has stripped the kingdom's most prominent Shia cleric Shiekh Isa Qassim of his citizenship.
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AFP: Bahrain Revokes Citizenship of Top Shiite Cleric
2016-06-20
Bahraini authorities have revoked the citizenship of the most prominent Shiite cleric in the Sunni-ruled kingdom...
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Bahrain Strips Top Shiite Cleric of Citizenship over Charges of “Encouraging Sectarianism and Violence”
2016-06-20
Bahraini authorities accuse top Shiite cleric of serving foreign interests and encouraging sectarianism and violence.
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Associated Press: Cabinet Strips Top Shiite Cleric in Bahrain of Nationality
2016-06-20
Bahrain's government on Monday stripped a leading Shiite cleric of his nationality, a move that brought hundreds of protesters into the streets and prompted warnings of unrest.
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Reuters: Bahrain Strips Top Shi'ite Muslim Cleric of Citizenship
2016-06-20
Bahrain has stripped the spiritual leader of the kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim majority of his citizenship, state news agency BNA reported on Monday, and there were reports of a protest outside his house.
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Prosecution: Red Marks around Neck and Bruises on Face of Killed Man in Psychiatric Hospital
2016-06-20
Manama's chief prosecutor Nawaf Al-Awadi said that "the Public Prosecution received a notice about a ...
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Abdollahian: Cruel Practices against Al-Wefaq Complicated Situations
2016-06-20
The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the cruel ...
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Financial Times: Suspending Al-Wefaq amid New Political Clampdown Campaign
2016-06-20
The Financial Times said the Bahraini authorities suspended Al-Wefaq Society within a clampdown that comes ...
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Religious Commission Appointed by King: Shiites' Disrupting Friday Prayers in Mosques Indicates Non-Affiliation to Islam
2016-06-20
A religious commission in Bahrain assigned by the king said that disrupting Friday prayers in mosques by Shiites "indicates non-affiliation to Islam."
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Bahrain: ISIS Inmates Receive First-Class Treatment...Other Inmates Break their Fast on Kushari
2016-06-19
Prisoners in Dry Dock Prison told their families that they wish they receive the same treatment as detainees ...
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Court Jails 35 Suspects Accused of Attacking Security Patrol
2016-06-19
A Bahraini court handed down a 15-year jail term to 13 suspects on Thursday (June 16, 2016), 3 year-jail term to 22 suspects and acquitted 5 others from the charges of killing attempt, assembly and riot.
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Reuters: Bahraini Shi'ite Clerics Warn Against Targeting Muslim Sect
2016-06-19
Senior clerics warned on Saturday against any attempt to target Shi'ite Islam by undermining a pillar of the sect's creed, the Khums tax, apparently following reports that authorities were investigating funds held by Bahrain's top Shi'ite cleric.