Book “Denouncing Shiites as Infidels” Published & Sold in Local Bahraini Book Shops
2016-03-24 - 7:35 p
Bahrain Mirror: A Shiite Bahraini cleric, Sayed Abbas Shobbar, revealed that a book, currently published in Bahrain, comprises chapters that declare the followers of the Islamic Shia sect as infidels, adding that the publication is being openly sold in book shops across the country, with the official approval of the authorities.
Shobbar posted on his personal Twitter account photos of the book, which was written by an author named "Abdul Jalil Yassin Al-Tabataba'i Al-Shafi'i".
The book cover read that Sheikh Mohammad Abdul Razzaq Al-Shafi'i, who is the author's grandson and head of the School of Sharia at Kuwait University, along with Sheikh Abdul Raouf Mubarak Juma'a Al Habib, who is an instructor at the Religious Institute in Bahrain.
Bahrain Mirror received information stating that the book is being sold in the National Library, and witnesses said that they managed to find copies of the book in one of the library's branches located at Al-Ma'ared Street.
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