Tear Gas on Protesters at Manama Holy Landmark
Anti-government protesters marched to Manama’s Pearl Square clashed with security forces firing tear gas and rubber bullets this Wednesday. As the religious holidays of Ashoura draw near, opposttion supporters gathered in Shiite villages around the capital Manama for this religious procession. They were intersected by heavily guarded forces, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. This square in Manama carries a symbolic value to the people of Bahrain that security forces brutally prevented the protesters on reaching this square. Bahrain’s security forces stormed the opposition supporters at this landmark square in March 2011 after the government declared martial law to suppress a wave of anti-government demonstrations and marches. The Bahrain Health Ministry declared that a 27 year old woman that sustained head injuries during Novembers riots died in the hospital due to the metal rod head injury.
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Ashoura marks the anniversary of the death in the seventh century of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. His death in a battle outside Karbala sealed Islam’s historical Sunni-Shiite split, which still bedevils the Middle East.
Comment:
Ashoura marks the anniversary of the death in the seventh century of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. His death in a battle outside Karbala sealed Islam’s historical Sunni-Shiite split, which still bedevils the Middle East.
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