Ayatollah Haeri issues fatwa calling on able Muslims to defend Bahrainis

Rasa – A senior Iraqi Islamic scholar based in Iranian city of Qom has issued a fatwa saying it is incumbent on Muslims with the requisite ability to defend Bahraini people.

News ID: 422486

Date: 21 June 2016 - 23:36

RNA – Ayatollah Sayyid Kadhim Haeri, a source of emulation, has issued a fatwa saying that it is compulsory to defend Bahraini Muslims to the extent of one’s ability.

Elsewhere, the Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly has issued a statement condemning the Bahraini regime for revoking the citizenship of Ayatollah Shaykh Isa Qasim.

In a statement, the Assembly noted that contrary to accusation leveled against him including dividing the people, Ayatollah Isa Qasim has never ignited division and sectarianism; rather, in recent years, he has played a significant role to maintain the peacefulness of rallies and protests, preventing the spread of destructive sectarian conflicts.

The statement added that, King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah is not but a puppet and fully obeys the commands of his masters, the United States and the Saudi regime.

On Monday, the Bahraini regime stripped Shaykh Qasim of his citizenship, accusing him of sowing “sectarianism and violence.”

Elsewhere, Iran’s Parliament (Majles) speaker says the recent intensification of a crackdown on Shi’a Muslims in Bahrain signals the looming demise of the Al Khalifah regime.

Ali Larijani on Tuesday repudiated the Bahraini regime’s decision to strip prominent Shi’a cleric Shaykh Isa Qasim of his citizenship as “immature” and “adventurist,” which reflected the political crisis in the tiny Persian Gulf monarchy.

Meanwhile, 251 Iranian Members of Parliament issued a statement, condemning the decision as well as the intentional community’s silence toward it.

“What does this deadly silence in the face of flagrant violation of international law by the ruling reactionary regime in Bahrain mean?” they said in a statement.

The United Nations human rights body has also censured the Bahraini regime’s recent decision to revoke the citizenship of, Shaykh Qasim, denouncing the move as unreasonable under the international law.

Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), made the criticism at a UN briefing in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday.

Shamdasani stressed that the right to nationality, which has been guaranteed under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, cannot be taken away for “arbitrary” reasons.

Referring to the case of Shaykh Qasim, whose citizenship was revoked by Manama, she said, “Given that due process was not followed, it cannot be justified.”

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