1981 Bahraini coup d'état attempt

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After Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in Iran in 1979, Tehran made clear its intention to spread its Islamic Revolution throughout the Muslim world[1][2]. However, the Sunni Bahraini government oppressed its Shia majority long before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran; for example, journalist Saeed Al-Uwainati and medical doctor Mohammed Gholoom were both tortured to death by the regime’s security forces in 1976.[3] Established with the help of the British (Ian Henderson (police officer)), since 1974, State Security Law in Bahrain allowed torture against mass opposition to the ruling regime.

One of the most dramatic manifestations of answer to such strategy was the failed alleged coup d'état by “militants” in Bahrain in 1981. The Bahraini regime alleged they were operating under the auspices of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain,[4] a Shi'ite organisation with ties to Iran.

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References and notes

  1. ↑ ...bring about similar revolutions in the neighboring Muslim states... Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
  2. ↑ https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/26414.htm
  3. ↑ Wilkinson, Robert (1996). Speak Together of Freedom: The Present Struggle for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain. London: Parliamentary Human Rights Group United Kingdom. ISBN 0-9510238-5-3.
  4. ↑ Persian Gulf States Table of Contents U.S. Library of Congress
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