Condemnations and criticisms against the Bahraini soldiers’ attack on the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassem in Manama have vigorously dominated over the political scene in Bahrain and the Arab countries

Condemnations and criticisms against the Bahraini soldiers’ attack on the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassem in Manama have vigorously dominated over the political scene in Bahrain and the Arab countries.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society considered the attack was pre-panned and condemned the horrible crime of the Bahraini regime.

In two separate statements, the Islamic Scholars Council and the Bahraini seminaries expressed their commitment to call of the senior religious scholars to participate in the sit-in in Diraz mosque on Sunday.

The Scholars Council described what had happened as “an unforgivable crime,” and asked the government to apologize and to pledge that the crime would not be repeated. Meanwhile, the seminaries recalled the regime’s crimes that extended to reach the greatest religious and political symbol in Bahrain, Ayatollah Qassem.

Three rallies went on Saturday afternoon in Diraz departing from different districts and arriving at Diraz mosque.

The citizens chanted the slogans that condemned the attack against Ayatollah Qassem and expressed complete solidarity with him.

Secretary General of the Islamic Unity Forum and former spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood Kamal Helbawi considered that the attack is a sign of cruelty and brutality. He also called for listing the violations in Bahrain as an item on the schedule of the meetings of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Arab League. Helbawi added that the Bahraini regime is stirring troubles among the Muslims, so they have to unite against all these conspiracies.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani condemned the attack and expressed his solidarity with Ayatollah Qassem. Also Ayatollah Bashir al-Najafi and Ayatollah Jawade al-Amoly expressed their condemnations for the attack and called for solidarity with Ayatollah Qassem and with all the Bahrainis to reach their just rights.

Lebanese Religious and Political Condemnations

In Lebanon, the political and the religious leaders denounced the attack. Hezbollah condemned the attack and expressed his sorrow for “desecrating the religious figures” and declared his solidarity with Ayatollah Qassem.

For his part, the Deputy President of Higher Islamic Shiite Council in Lebanon Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan pointed that this crime is condemned and considered unfamiliar with the Islamic morals. He added that the attack would exacerbate the conflict between the Bahrainis and the regime.

Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Fadlallah denounced the crime and called the Bhraini government to respect the religious symbols and expressed his worries for such a crime might drop the opportunities for the national dialogue.

The Head of Lebanese Qawlona wal-Amal (Say and Deed) Society Sheikh Ahmad al-Qattan considered that the crime is considered an escalation and demanded the Bahraini regime to stop the actions that may cause troubles among the Muslims.

For his part, the Secretary General of the “Umma (Nation) Movement” Sheikh Abdul Rahman Jabri condemned the cowardly crime and called the Islamic and the Arab states to stop such violations.

Iran Condemns

The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the attack exceeded the red lines and demanded Manama to apologize for the violation. He also considered that the crime is regionally, not locally leveled.

Bahraini Indifferent

Responding to the Iranian statements, the Undersecretary for Regional and GCC Affairs at the Foreign Ministry Hamad bin Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Amer said that Iran should know that “Bahrain do not take these threats into consideration.”

“The Kingdom of Bahrain considers that these statements are hostile threats and boldly abuse the direct relations between the Islamic Republic in Iran and the GCC countries. Also, the peace and security in the Gulf region will be seriously affected by these statements,” he added.