{"id":1691,"date":"2015-10-10T15:16:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1691-bahraini-forces-insult-and-take-down-ashura-flags-and-banners\/"},"modified":"2015-10-10T15:16:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:16:40","slug":"bahraini-forces-insult-and-take-down-ashura-flags-and-banners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1691-bahraini-forces-insult-and-take-down-ashura-flags-and-banners\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahraini forces insult and take down \u201cAshura\u201d flags and banners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-size: 9.12px; line-height: 11.856px;\">The activists posted photos of the civil defense forces accompanied by a large number of Interior Ministry security<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Activists on social media said that the Bahraini authorities took down flags and banners for Ashura season which the Shia majority in Bahrain commemorates on the onset of the Hijri year of the Islamic calendar.<\/h4>\n<h4>The activists posted photos of the civil defense forces accompanied by a large number of Interior Ministry security forces roaming through the streets of Eskan A&#8217;ali to take down any banner or flag related to Ashura.<\/h4>\n<h4>Bahrain&#8217;s Shia majority complains about the discrimination and marginalization exercised against them. 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