Shiite mosques demolished in Bahrain crackdown
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Bahrain's main opposition party says authorities have demolished 16 mosques as part of crackdown on Shiite dissent in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom over the past month. Al Wefaq says 30 Shiite places of worship - including 16 mosques - have been destroyed since martial law was declared last month.
A statement Saturday said the government has no legal justification for attacks on Shiite holy places and suggests that the destruction is a punishment for weeks of anti-government protest by Bahrain's Shiite majority against minority Sunni rulers. (AP)
