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Sectarian tensions in Bahrain
Dangerous divisions
Jun 8th 2011, 15:49 by The Economist online
In Manama, a façade of calm conceals ongoing repression of Bahrain's Shia majority. We speak to a government minister and Shia cleric
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"Bahrain's Shia majority" I only want one official statistical source that Shias are 60% of the population.
Refer to this interview (that was aired live) of Sawsan Al Shaer with Deputy Chief of Mission Stephanie Williams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI1OlBCtySY
(from 1:03:34 - 1:08:22)
Ms. Williams admitted that referring to "Sunni ruling minority vs Shia majority" is only based on "historical" information and nothing official! There's no way of getting accurate sectarian statistics of Bahrain because as mentioned in the interview, this information is not written in our passports or anywhere else! Also we all know that demographies all over the world change! But the US and others who insist on using "Bahrain's Shia majority" clearly are the ones who want to divide our unity as Bahrainis.