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Braigh mosque in Bahrain before destruction
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The Braigh mosque in Aali, which local residents said was some 400 years old, is no longer. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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The Mo'men mosque in Nwaidrat was a handsome, simple building, that stood in the same location for generations- until it was bulldozed last month. (MCT)
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The Mo'men mosque in Nwaidrat was a handsome, simple building, that stood in the same location for generations- until it was bulldozed last month. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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The Mo'men mosque in Nwaidrat was a handsome, simple building, that stood in the same location for generations- until it was bulldozed last month. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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Ibn Ali bin Abed Mosque in Saddad village: all the remains of the Ibn Ali bin Abed Mosque is the sign point to the way in, now defaced with a picture of Bahrain's hardline prime minister, and a pile of rubble. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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Ibn Ali bin Abed Mosque in Saddad village: all the remains of the Ibn Ali bin Abed Mosque is the sign point to the way in, now defaced with a picture of Bahrain's hardline prime minister, and a pile of rubble. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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The state has even bulldozed the wall of the Shiite cemetery in the village of Bani Jamrah, a McClatchy reporter discovered Thursday. Locals say the government has also damaged at least one of the most important graves. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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Shiite women's meeting room in Bani Jamrah: Accompanied by police and army troops, work crews, who arrive in four wheel drive vehicles, have been spending a few hours daily taking down this meeting house for Shiite women. As of Thursday, May 5, 2011, it was still a demolition-in-progress. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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The Shaikh Aabed mosque in Sitra was a simple, ramshackle structure that residents said had been there well over a century. Now it's just a pile of rubble. (MCT)
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