Weekly Position Statement: Husayni Steadfastness in Bahrain’s Ashura Foiled the Tyrant Hamad’s Reliance on the American-Zionist Project
Issued by the Political Council of the February 14 Youth Revolution Coalition, the weekly position statement reads as follows:
In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
On the occasion of Ashura and the tragedy of Karbala, the Political Council of the February 14 Youth Revolution Coalition extends its heartfelt condolences to all Muslims, the esteemed religious authorities and scholars, and to the Leader of the Muslims, Sayyid Ali Khamenei (may God protect him). We also offer condolences to the loyal people of Bahrain, who answered Imam Husayn’s (peace be upon him) call to reject humiliation and domination. They stood firm in the face of the Al Khalifa regime’s threats and its criminal assaults on Husayni rituals, once again raising their voices in defiance, declaring their unwavering commitment to supporting truth, and affirming that terrorist threats will not deter them from their values, principles, and authentic identity. The success of this year’s season lay in preserving the commemoration of Ashura and the revolution of Karbala as Imam Husayn (peace be upon him) intended, maintaining steadfastness on the front of resistance, and proclaiming disavowal of tyrants and arrogant powers everywhere.
On this occasion, we record the following points in our weekly position statement:
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1. The broad campaign of repression and intimidation against this year’s Ashura commemorations is a direct implementation of the threats issued by the Al Khalifa regime’s Interior Minister, Rashid Al Khalifa, whom we consider the “Minister of Terror and Religious Persecution.” We reiterate our call for legal action against him at all levels. At the same time, we affirm that this criminal is a mere servant and executor of American-Zionist orders, and that the tyrant Hamad bears primary responsibility for these crimes—renewing the demand for his overthrow and prosecution for his documented crimes against faith and identity. The tyrant’s recent remarks at the close of Ashura only confirm that he is the very embodiment of the ruin and affliction suffered by Bahrain and its noble people, and that there can be neither safety nor stability in this country so long as he remains in power.
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2. This year, the tyrant Hamad and his criminal regime chose to escalate their targeting of Ashura rituals, expanding their campaign of repression and intimidation against preachers, matam owners, reciters, and the Husayni public. Their goal was to send a direct message to the Americans and Zionists that they remain committed to serving their malignant alliance, and to reassure them that they will not hesitate to implement whatever orders they receive to advance their project of silencing every slogan and position that supports truth, resistance, and opposition to arrogance. This confirms that the regime’s brutal targeting of Ashura rituals is part of the broader American-Zionist aggression, and is aligned with plans for a new phase of normalization and domination under the so-called “Zionist Middle East” dream.
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3. The American-Zionist project takes careful account of every site and arena that raises the banners of truth and resistance, and it plans day and night to eliminate them through its ruling clients in the Gulf colonies. They know well that Bahrain’s arena is one of the steadfast fronts in confronting this malicious project, given its people’s commitment to their history of struggle and their preservation of an authentic identity that gives them strength and resilience in this confrontation. The commemoration of Ashura and the practice of religious rituals are a primary source of this strength and vigor, renewing the resounding popular stance with chants against the Americans, Zionists, and tyrants, and sustaining the path of the resistance fighters and the spirit of Karbala. This is why there is a continuous plan to infiltrate and hollow out these rituals of their authentic meanings under the pretext of “keeping processions apolitical.” This plan is managed by American, British, and Zionist actors and implemented directly by the evil Al Khalifa regime.
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4. The arrests and summonses targeting activists involved in Ashura commemorations confirm that our people in Bahrain will not relinquish their identity, faith, or rituals, no matter the threats and assaults. This Husayni steadfastness has already reached those who need to hear it—in the regime’s intelligence dens and in the palaces of the tyrant and his mercenaries. We believe this steadfastness will have a significant impact in scattering the conspirators’ plans in the region and will thwart the tyrant’s hopes of leveraging American-Zionist aggression to undermine the resistance and its honorable axis. No one should underestimate the value of this year’s massive Husayni presence in Bahrain, nor the powerful impact of the chants of “Death to America, Death to Israel” in the heart of the capital, Manama, where the banners of dignity and resistance and the images of its martyred leaders, especially the master of the ummah’s martyrs, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah (may God sanctify his noble secret), were raised. All of this ruined the plan to hijack the Ashura commemorations and dealt a crushing blow to the tyrant Hamad, who had hoped to deliver to his American and Zionist masters a major service this year by silencing support for the resistance in Bahrain and ensuring success in draining Ashura of its content, infiltrating the matams, and turning the commemoration into a mere traditional carnival attended by Rashid Al Khalifa’s notorious torturers with their black history.
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5. The message of the people of Bahrain in the Ashura of Imam Husayn (peace be upon him) is that this country will never be a den for arrogant powers and criminals to carry out their projects against the ummah and the resistance, nor will it offer a foothold for American, Zionist, or Khalifa terrorism. It will remain, with its proud people, in the honorable front supporting the resistance in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and the Islamic Republic. It will not bow to humiliation, arrogance, intrigues, or sedition. Its unwavering choice is dignity, honor, and martyrdom in the path of Imam Husayn, his family (peace be upon them), and his righteous companions. The criminal Rashid and the tyrant Hamad have seen firsthand that our people are resistant to subjugation and surrender, and that killing and terrorism will only deepen their faith and determination to defend their creed and identity. Whatever plots and conspiracies they devise to prevent the commemoration of Ashura as an event of faith, dignity, and revolution will bring them nothing but failure and disgrace. For Ashura is the voice of the free and the resistant, and it will remain so until the tyrants are defeated and the occupiers and normalizers are expelled from our land, from dear Palestine, and from the entire region, God willing.
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Political Council – February 14 Youth Revolution Coalition
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Occupied Bahrain
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