{"id":4829,"date":"2017-09-30T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4829-bahraini-forces-continue-purging-diraz-of-ashura-displays\/"},"modified":"2017-09-30T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T14:20:10","slug":"bahraini-forces-continue-purging-diraz-of-ashura-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4829-bahraini-forces-continue-purging-diraz-of-ashura-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahraini forces continue purging Diraz of Ashura displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bahraini security forces are continuing to engage in the forcible removal of all Ashura displays in the kingdom\u2019s northwestern village of Diraz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Bahraini security forces are continuing to engage in the forcible removal of all Ashura displays in the kingdom\u2019s northwestern village of Diraz.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Security forces have also started removing all portraits in the lead-up to the annual Ashura commemorations, which marks the martyrdom of the grandson of Islam\u2019s Prophet Mohammad, Imam Hussein, and is widely observed by Shia Muslims worldwide.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Since the start of Bahrain\u2019s popular uprising in 2011, Manama has enforced strict restrictions on the commemoration of the Shia religious occasion.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahraini security forces are continuing to engage in the forcible removal of all Ashura displays in the kingdom\u2019s northwestern village of Diraz.\u00a0 \u00a0 Bahraini security forces are continuing to engage in the forcible removal of all Ashura displays in the kingdom\u2019s northwestern village of Diraz.\u00a0 Security forces have also started removing all portraits in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[54,867,752,712],"class_list":["post-4829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-bahrain","tag-diraz","tag-kingdom","tag-village"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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