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Sectarian Backfire? Assessing Gulf Political Strategy Five Years after the Arab Uprisings

Shia Weekly News #41

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer

The Shii dimensions of this story (the Hubail brothers are both Shii) are detailed in a 2011 Yahoo News story, cited herein, and available at: https://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-footballers-pay-price-protesting-090600012.html

Bahrain: Milad Sentenced to Two Years for Expressing Opinion – Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s manifesto for change in the face of rumours of coup plots

Bahrain

On harassment of Muharram commemorations in Bahrain by security forces, see http://www.adhrb.org/2015/10/attacks-on-muharram-ceremonies-in-bahrain/

For the March 2015 report on discrimination against the Shia in Bahrain, see http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/7419

Code of conduct & responsibilities during Muharram – The Express Tribune

The author is chair of the Pakistan Ulema Council, on which see http://www.puc.org.pk/. In 2014 the Council declared ‘that no Islamic sect will be declared ‘kaafir’ (infidel/non-believer). See http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/224383-No-Islamic-sect-to-be-declared-kaafir-Ulama-Cou

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in October 2015

Painful Archaeology: Excavating Saddam’s Mass Graves