In Bahrain, Worries Grow of Violent Shiite-Sunni Confrontation -- New York TimesMANAMA, BAHRAIN — Mohammed Ibrahim, 19, a Shiite student at the University of Bahrain, says he has gotten used to the tear gas the police use to disperse protests, which he and his friends attend every Friday.
Suspended for several months after the violent suppression of last year’s pro-democracy movement, he recently was allowed back on campus.
“They had suspended me because I participated in demonstrations on the campus and there had been fights with some Sunni students,” Mr. Ibrahim said in an interview last week.
Now he is back in school, but the situation between Shiite students like him and Sunni students is very “tense,” he said.
Read more ....
My Comment: The trend is in that direction .... a Sunni-Shiite confrontation. As the anniversary date for the uprising approaches, clashes are intensifying and detainees are dying in prison .... and many are now bracing for the worse.
No comments:
Post a Comment