Why Bahrain was Chosen as Venue of Palestine’s Sellout?

By: Kayhan Int’l 

The Persian Gulf island state of Bahrain, ruled by the repressive Aal-e Khalifa minority regime of pirate origin, is making world headlines these days – both in the so-called mainstream media of an increasingly isolated US, and the independent media of the free world – mainly because of two gatherings.

One is "in Bahrain”, whose rulers desperately cling to the American apron for survival in vain, and the other is "on Bahrain”, whose long suppressed majority, inspired by the model of freedom presented by the Islamic Revolution, is aspiring to be masters of its own destiny – on the pattern of Iraq following fall of the Ba’th minority dictator, Saddam.
The one in the Bahraini capital Manama starts today under the deceptive theme ‘Economic Investment and Peace for Prosperity in Palestine’ as part of the so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ drafted by US President Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner for the grand sellout of the Palestinian people as permanent thralls to the usurper Zionist entity.
The other started last night in holy Qom, with scholars of various countries in attendance under auspices of Bahrain’s senior-most religious figure, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qasim – in exile in Iran – and titled: "The Youth Resistance Movement & Commemoration of the Martyrs of Bahrain.”
At the Manama gathering attended mainly by reactionary and unrepresentative Arab regimes, the delegates are being entertained to Trump’s vision of the future for Gaza City, which looks like Tel Aviv: a bustling metropolis with casinos, bars, discos, and scintillating beaches for barely clad men and women, beckoning tourists from around the world, and of course, immune from any Israeli airstrikes for having traded national and Islamic values for the decadent culture of the West.
And Trump’s or more properly Jared the Jew’s vision doesn’t stop there. It draws an imaginary picture of a free to travel 5-billion-dollar highway and railway connecting Gaza with the West Bank of Jordan River, without the current Israeli roadblocks, and major international investors injecting billions of dollars of capital into the Palestinian economy (fifty billion dollars over a ten-year period), doubling GDP and removing all vestiges of poverty.
But wait, the Americans, the Zionists, and the oil-rich Persian Gulf potentates are not dangling this dazzling bait for nothing. They mean business and they want the Palestinians to part with Islam’s third holiest city, Bayt al-Moqaddas, including the sacred al-Aqsa Mosque, which Israel will convert into a Jewish temple.
Moreover, there will be no more talk of any Palestinian state, neither the return of the Palestinian refugees from other countries to their ancestral homes, nor any mention of the term ‘Palestinian citizens’, who henceforth will be known as ‘Israeli Arabs’ having second class status to their Zionist overlords.
All it needs for implementation is the signature of the Palestinian Authority (PA), whose assent means legal sealing of the ‘Deal of the Century’ that will grant powers to the Zionist regime, with approval from the UN, the active involvement of the US, and the tacit support of the reactionary Arab regimes, to brutally crush Hamas, Islamic Jihad and all other Islamic/nationalist organizations refusing to sell their homeland.
For the moment Mahmoud Abbas has decided to boycott the Bahrain meeting, but is under intense pressure from both elements inside his PA for making money (which actually does not exist) and the Arab states, especially the Wahhabi cultish regime of Riyadh – the milk cow which slavishly serves the US and now its newfound Zionist cousins.
It is clear to anyone with an iota of intelligence that only a fool will fall for the ‘Conspiracy of the Century’. It means those pushing forward this deal, from Trump to his trumpeters among the Arabs, are living in a fool’s paradise. They haven’t reckoned the resolve of the Resistance Front, which is growing stronger by the day and is determined to liberate Palestine – against heavy odds and no matter the cost.
But the question is: Why, of all Arab states, Bahrain was chosen as the venue for this scandalous gathering?
The answer is obvious. A rootless regime, not even having any clan pretensions to continue its repressive rule, and depending for survival on the US 5th fleet, is the exact replica of Israel. The Aal-e Khalifa pirates who with British help seized Bahrain in early 19th century, is depopulating Bahrain of its original inhabitants and like the Jewish influx to Palestine from around the world, is settling people of all other countries in order to change the island state’s demography.
Thousands of Bahrainis are living in exile, while thousands linger in prisons, and so far 800 citizens have been stripped of their nationality.
The reign of terror in Bahrain makes the conference in holy Qom all the more important, and holds out high hopes of liberation – Insha Allah (God Willing) sooner than that of Palestine. 
It is only the iron resolve of the Youth Resistance Movement and the sacred blood of the martyrs that have the power to triumph over tyrants – as the Saudi clan will also soon find out to the perpetual dismay of the US and Britain.  

World Mosque Day

August 21 is marked as International Mosque Day since 2003 AD, following Iran’s initiative at the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), and its approval by the OIC Foreign Ministerial Meeting.

On this day in 1969 AD, exactly 49 years ago an arson attack was launched by the Zionists on Islam’s former Qibla (focal point of prayer), the al-Aqsa Mosque in Bayt al-Moqaddas. The usurper regime of Israel attributed the fire to Australian tourist, Denis Michael Rohan, and detained him, but a court in Tel Aviv released him on the pretext of being mentally ill. Muslims throughout the world held protest rallies, compelling heads of Muslim states to establish the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) the next year, to counter the threats against Islamic sanctities.

As we said, in 2003 on the proposal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the OIC designated August 21 as World Mosque Day in order to arouse international conscience towards the sanctity of mosques. Thus, every year, the International Mosque Day is observed in the Islamic Republic of Iran and other countries, on the anniversary of the arson attack on al-Aqsa Mosque in the Zionist occupied Islamic city of Bayt al-Moqaddas – Islam’s third holiest site. The goal is to arouse amongst Muslims the importance of mosques, and their role in promoting religious, ethical, cultural, social and various other morally-upright activities.

This was not the only crime of the Zionist entity against the sanctity of al-Aqsa Mosque. In March 1968, the Zionist had started excavations underneath al-Aqsa on the pretext of unearthing traces of what they called Solomon’s Temple. Since then a tunnel has been dug underneath the mosque, and goal is to destroy this sacred site of Islam and replace it with a Jewish temple. The Zionists, along with an outfit in the US called the Christian Zionists, believe that destruction of al-Aqsa Mosque and its replacement by a temple will speed up the advent of the Jewish Messiah. Today, Zionist warplanes are criminally targeting mosques in the besieged Gaza Strip.

All religions have their own particular places of worship, and regard them as sacred. The Christians have the church; the Jews have the synagogue, while the Zoroastrians and other creeds have the temples. Islam, as the culmination of the message of monotheism preached by all Prophets of God all over the world since the beginning of creation, has the mosque, which is considered the house of God. This is a symbolic reference, since the Almighty Creator is One and Only, and is everywhere. He is neither confined to any particular place nor has a shape or size to be perceived by the human eye. He is far too glorious to be encompassed by the imagination of the creatures.

Thus, He could be worshipped everywhere, but in order to hold congregational worship and to provide believers with an adequate place to assemble for fulfilling rites and rituals, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny) instructed the building of a special place of worship called mosque. The Arabic term for mosque is ‘masjid’, which means a place of prostration, and hence it is necessary to protect the sanctity of the place where the believers manifest their humbleness before the Majesty of God. An important point to note is that mosques are the supreme symbol of monotheism and should not be tainted by obeisance to anyone else than God. In view of this fact, the Almighty says in ayah 18 of Surah Jinn of the holy Qur’an:

“The places of worship belong to Allah, so do not invoke anyone along with Allah.”

The mosques should thus be clean and neat places, and the worshippers should also be ritually clean when they enter it. For this reason, God says in ayah 31 of Surah A’raf:

“O Children of Adam! Put on your adornment on every occasion of prayer,”

This ayah means to say that the word adornment here is not just a reference to apparels, but to moral virtues as well. In view of this fact, the Prophet of Islam has said: “Whoever builds a mosque, God will build a house for him in Paradise.”

The Prophet once addressing his loyal companion Abu Zar Ghaffari said: O Abu Zar as long as you are in the mosque, for each breath you take God Almighty will raise a degree for you in Paradise and the angels will salute you. The Prophet’s 6th Infallible Heir, Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS) has said: Go to the mosques since the mosques are houses of God on the earth.

In view of the importance of mosques and their high status, God Almighty says in ayah 114 of Surah Baqara:

“Who is a greater wrongdoer than him who denies access to the mosques of Allah lest His Name be celebrated therein, and tries to ruin them? Such ones may not enter them, except in fear. There is disgrace for them in this world, and there is for them a great punishment in the Hereafter.”

Mosques in Islam, besides functioning as religious centres, carry out cultural, social and educational activities for the benefit of Muslim youth and for the sound and ethical development of Muslim societies. It is worth noting that the Prophet Mohammad used to deal with various affairs of the Islamic state from his headquarters in the mosque. That is why, the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (God bless his soul), used to say that mosques are the trenches of our society.

During the 8-year war that the US had imposed on Iran through Saddam in the 1980s, mosques functioned as recruiting centres for enthusiastic combatants marching to the frontlines for the defence of their faith and homeland. It is unfortunate that in India, frenzied vandals in 1992 destroyed the historic Babri Mosque. In Myanmar, it has become the habit of the Buddhist terrorists to attack and burn down mosques. Even in Muslim countries the Godless regimes ruling them, are targeting mosques.

For instance, the regime in the Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan, which is Muslim in name only, recently closed down or destroyed several mosques, while granting permission to the Zionist entity to build synagogues in the capital Baku and in other cities. In Bahrain, the repressive Aal-e Khalifa minority regime periodically attacks and destroys mosque and even burns copies of the holy Qur’an. In Saudi Arabia also mosques are occasionally destroyed by the Wahhabi cult.

In Syria and Iraq the Takfiri terrorists frequently desecrate and destroy mosques and other Islamic religious sites. In the so-called free and democratic societies of the US and Europe, there are many restrictions for Muslim concerning mosque attendance. This explains for the support of the US for the criminal Zionist entity and for the Aal-e Khalifa regime of Bahrain, as well as for the Wahhabi cult of Saudi Arabia and for the Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere.

In short the mosque is the bastion of Islam, and therefore it is essential for us to protect its sanctity.