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Qabalan calls for “rescuing” Bahraini people
September 7, 2011 – NOW Lebanon

Vice President of the Higher Shia Islamic Council Sheikh Abdel Amir Qabalan on Wednesday called on the Arab people to take action “to rescue the people of Bahrain from the genocides” committed by their government.

“The Gulf Cooperation Council must also resolve the situation [in Bahrain] in a way that satisfies the people without resorting [to violence],” Qabalan added in a reference to the Shia-led pro-democracy protest movement that was crushed earlier this year.

He also questioned “the silence of Arab and Islamic states toward the oppression and killings” of the Bahraini people, the National News Agency reported.

“The people of Bahrain are peaceful and we must protect them.”

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