BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

23rd July 2014

Bahrain government
disbands country's
largest religious
group
Bahrain's main opposition
group, the Al Wefaq
National Islamic Society,
has accused the
government of denying its
people freedom to belief
and religion after it closed
down the country's largest
religious association.
The group said shutting
down the Islamic Council of
Scholars, which is engaged
in religious education and
awareness in society, sent
the message that dialogue
for a political solution to the
three-year standoff have
been closed, the Ahlul Bayt
News Agencyreported on
July 20.
The group further claimed
that locking out the largest
religious establishment for
Shiites in Bahrain is a
"crime against the
homeland and the unity of
its people."
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Bahraini opposition
launches legal
challenge against
suspension
Bahrain's main Shi'ite
Muslim opposition group
has launched a legal
challenge against the
government's decision to
suspend its activities, the
group said on Tuesday.
Bahrain's Justice Ministry
asked a court on Sunday to
suspend the activities of the
Al-Wefaq National Islamic
Society for three months so
the group could "correct its
legal status", state news
agency BNA reported.
Sectarian tensions remain
in Bahrain, home to the US
Fifth Fleet, three years after
a popular uprising by
majority Shi'ite Muslims was
quashed by the Sunni-
dominated leadership.
The suspension of the main
opposition group threatens
to further polarise the
country which holds general
elections later this year,
which the opposition has
threatened to boycott.
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