Qabalan calls for \u201crescuing\u201d Bahraini people
\nSeptember 7, 2011 – NOW Lebanon <\/p>\n
Vice President of the Higher Shia Islamic Council Sheikh Abdel Amir Qabalan on Wednesday called on the Arab people to take action \u201cto rescue the people of Bahrain from the genocides\u201d committed by their government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Gulf Cooperation Council must also resolve the situation [in Bahrain] in a way that satisfies the people without resorting [to violence],\u201d Qabalan added in a reference to the Shia-led pro-democracy protest movement that was crushed earlier this year.<\/p>\n
He also questioned \u201cthe silence of Arab and Islamic states toward the oppression and killings\u201d of the Bahraini people, the National News Agency reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people of Bahrain are peaceful and we must protect them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Protests calling for political reform broke out on February 14 in the Sunni-ruled, Shia-majority Gulf state. Saudi-led Gulf forces entered the country in late March, freeing up Bahraini troops to crush the uprising. ….more<\/a><\/p>\n