{"id":4847,"date":"2017-10-04T06:23:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T06:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4847-thousands-of-bahrainis-gather-in-manama-to-commemorate-ashura\/"},"modified":"2017-10-04T06:23:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T06:23:03","slug":"thousands-of-bahrainis-gather-in-manama-to-commemorate-ashura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4847-thousands-of-bahrainis-gather-in-manama-to-commemorate-ashura\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Bahrainis gather in Manama to commemorate Ashura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the tightened security measures imposed by the Bahraini government to prevent mourners from commemorating Ashura, thousands of Bahrainis gathered in Manama to commemorate the religious occasion.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Despite the tightened security measures imposed by the Bahraini government to prevent mourners from commemorating Ashura, thousands of Bahrainis gathered in Manama to commemorate the religious occasion.<\/h4>\n<h4>The authorities blocked Al-Khawaja mosque in Manama where Shiites used to perform their prayers each year, which led the citizens to perform their prayers on Imam Al-Hussein Street and side streets.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Preachers stressed that the people will continue demanding their legitimate rights, adding that no one can defeat Bahrainis.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the tightened security measures imposed by the Bahraini government to prevent mourners from commemorating Ashura, thousands of Bahrainis gathered in Manama to commemorate the religious occasion. \u00a0 Despite the tightened security measures imposed by the Bahraini government to prevent mourners from commemorating Ashura, thousands of Bahrainis gathered in Manama to commemorate the religious occasion. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15430,"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":[54,473,861,703],"class_list":["post-4847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-bahrain","tag-government","tag-manama","tag-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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