{"id":4801,"date":"2017-09-25T07:31:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T07:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4801-bahraini-authorities-remove-ashura-manifestations-in-diraz\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T07:31:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T07:31:20","slug":"bahraini-authorities-remove-ashura-manifestations-in-diraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4801-bahraini-authorities-remove-ashura-manifestations-in-diraz\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahraini authorities remove Ashura manifestations in Diraz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bahraini security forces are intensifying their clampdown on the religious freedoms of the country\u2019s Shiite majority.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Bahraini security forces are intensifying their clampdown on the religious freedoms of the country\u2019s Shiite majority.<\/h4>\n<h4>The northwestern village of Diraz also witnessed the forcible removal of Ashura manifestations.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Security forces deployed reinforcements, preventing Shias from performing their rituals, before removing all flags and banners associated with Ashura.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Since the start of Bahrain\u2019s popular uprising in 2011, Manama has outlawed Ashura commemorations, which mark the martyrdom of the grandson of Islam\u2019s Prophet Mohammad Imam Hussein and is widely observed by Shia Muslims.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahraini security forces are intensifying their clampdown on the religious freedoms of the country\u2019s Shiite majority. \u00a0 \u00a0 Bahraini security forces are intensifying their clampdown on the religious freedoms of the country\u2019s Shiite majority. 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