Oppression of Shia
Discrimination against Shia Muslims in Bahrain is severe and systematic enough for a number of sources (Time magazine, Vali Nasr, Yitzhak Nakash, Counterpunch, Bahrain Center for Human Rights, etc.) to have used the term “apartheid” in describing it.
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