Bahrain suffers from issues that are not quite similar to any of those found in other conflict zones in the world, as the ruling family has allowed itself to take control over everything, even endowments and cemeteries.

Sheikh Mahdi Al-Hazeem, the Friday preacher at the "Imam Hussein Mosque" in Kuwait, warned of the continued "bad behavior" of some customs officials at the Abdali-Safwan port towards Bahrainis, warning that this "harms Kuwait's reputation and ignites strife."

An ad posted by a Jordanian restaurant in Bahrain caused a wave of anger. A restaurant known as "Hashem Restaurants Jordan" which owns a series of branches in Bahrain posted a photo on its Instagram account that read "Happy Ashura Day".

On the fourth day of Muharram 2021, the Bahraini Interior Ministry continued its crackdown on Ashura commemoration rituals in Bahraini villages and cities as part of an ongoing sectarian approach.

On the third day of Muharram, Bahraini security services continued their ongoing campaign against Ashura manifestations in Bahraini villages and cities as part of a series of systematic and sectarian targeting repeated annually.

On the second day of Muharram, Bahraini authorities continued to target Ashura manifestations in towns and villages, while officials and officers inspected obsequies and met with their heads.

The killing of African-American George Floyd on May 25, at the hands of Minneapolis police and the protests that followed his death brought back the issue of racism and discrimination to the forefront, similarily shedding light on the oppression practiced by the security authorities against a group of citizens (Shia) in Bahrain.

Bahrain Interfaith Center launched the "Charter of Equal Citizenship" in Bahrain at a conference held on Friday in the Lebanese capital, Beirut

It is not the country's indigenous people who are to be told to choose between acquiescing to a corrupt, despotic political system or to emigrate to Iran, Qatar or elsewhere. It is not the people of the country who have to emigrate or leave their land carved by the history of their ancestors and in which the roots of their origins extend to the tribe of Abdul Qais, thousands of years ago.

In April, the King of Bahrain announced a new Royal Directive aimed at embracing Bahraini youth who he describes as "the nations source of strength". Whilst details of what this directive will actually concretely mean are yet to be announced - or indeed whether this is anything more than empty rhetoric - one thing should be certain; the youth of Bahrain are concerned with political reform and until this happens the future of the country will not reflect their aspirations.

Amnesty International called on the Bahraini authorities to release the opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Ali Salman, urging them to quash his conviction.

Amnesty International called on the Bahraini authorities to release the opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Ali Salman, urging them to quash his conviction.

Fawzia Rasheed, who works as a journalist at the local Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper that has close ties with the Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman, claimed that the Shiite denomination has turned into a new religion that "has no relation to true Islam that calls for monotheism, and its rituals have no relation to the Islamic religion's rites as well."

Bahraini citizens complained that the authorities in Bahrain allowed a book, which declares the followers of the Shia sect as infidels, to be sold. They circulated photos of the book on social media, noting that the book was published by a Bahraini publishing house "Bahrain House for Studies and Research".

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Professor of Political Science at the University of UAE Abdulkhaleq Abdullah stated on Thursday (January 7, 2016) that 900,000 anti-Shia tweets were made during two days only.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A research made by Carnegie's Alexandra Siegel confirms that the majority of sectarian Arabic tweets were sent from Gulf countries, mainly Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain Mirror: An Egyptian journalist who worked in Bahrain said that he decided to return home after he discovered that the newspaper he traveled to work for "was established to attack the Shiite majority in the name of the King".

Bahrain Mirror: The Coordinator-General of the Islamic Action Front, Sheikh Zuhair Al-Ju�ayd, said that the increasing sectarian and ethnic discrimination in Bahrain reminds us of South Africa when ethnic discrimination was widespread there.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Ministry of Interior said that �a person has been arrested for insulting a religious group by circulating an audio recording on social media that degrades one of the respected religious sects in Bahrain.�

In response to the threats made by ISIS, Bahrain decided to hold a unified prayer between the Sunnis and Shiites, and install dozens of surveillance cameras on Shiite mosques across the country. Yet, how was the situation during the past few years? It was the complete opposite.