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Bahraini Shiites protest Iraq shrine bombings for second day

Jun 14, 2007, 16:19 GMT

Manama - Bahraini Shiites Thursday marched in several protests for a second day to protest Wednesday's bombings at Iraq's Golden Mosque in Samarra. In a protest called for by the Islamic Scholars Hoza (School) protesters marched through the streets of Nouaim, on the outskirts of Manama, chanting 'death to America' and 'death to Israel'. The protesters, who included a large number of women, also shouted slogans blami ng the US and the Takfeereah groups, factions that paint Muslims who differ with them as infidels. The Hoza scholars in a statement issued following the march described the attacks as an assault on all Muslims, particularly Shiites. Shiites make up more than 60 per cent of the Gulf island's population and have reacted sharply to regional developments affecting Shiites particularly in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. Bahrain's Shiite opposition group Al Wefaq Islamic Society, which has a 17-member bloc in parliament, said that the attacks should raise vigilance about plots that threaten to undermine the unity and cohesion of Muslims at religious and national levels.© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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