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Bahrain Authorities Bulldoze Shiite Mosques in Nationwide Crackdown

HeadlineMay 09, 2011

McClatchy Newspapers reports authorities in Bahrain have bulldozed dozens of Shiite mosques and other religious structures as part of a nationwide crackdown on Shiite dissidents. Shiites comprise about 70 percent of Bahrain’s population but are excluded from top government and security posts. The Obama administration has said nothing in public about the destruction of the mosques.

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