13th and 14th November 2013

BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

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Bahrain policeman hurt in petrol bomb attack: Ministry

A petrol bomb hurled at a Bahrain police patrol on Wednesday left one policeman wounded, the interior ministry said. A "terrorist group" targeted the patrol in the suburb of Juffair, the ministry said, using a term usually employed to refer to Shiite

"The terrorist group also burned a motorcycle that belonged to a restaurant, and vandalised a car parked in the area," the ministry said in a statement. Attacks on police have become frequent in the Sunni-ruled Gulf monarchy that has a Shiite majority, while protesters frequently clash with security forces in Shiite villages. Read More

Bahrain Interior Minister warns against politicisation of religious platforms

Bahrains Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa warned against the danger of politicising religious platforms, stressing the need to insulate such venues from any sectarian rhetoric.

The Interior Minister urged a separation between politics and religion and condemned the use and exploitation of places of worship to attack certain political opinions and views. "Politics is not banned, but it should be conned to political societies who express their views through the media. Places of worship should be left to focus on Islamic values and national principles that support different opinions and points of view," he said Read More