Bahrain opposition group says police search home of country's leading Shiite cleric
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Bahrain's leading Shiite opposition group says security forces have raided the home of the country's most prominent Shiite cleric in a move that could exacerbate sectarian tensions in the island nation.
Opposition bloc al-Wefaq criticized the search of Sheikh Isa Qassim's house in the mostly Shiite village of Diraz as a "provocative and irrational step."
On its Twitter feed, Bahrain's interior ministry said police searched a house in Diraz after receiving residents' permission as part of a search for a bombing suspect. It did not mention the cleric by name.
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Bahrainis voted Saturday in the country's first full parliamentary elections since widespread protests led by the country's Shiite majority against the Sunni monarchy swept the nation in 2011. Al-Wefaq and other opposition groups boycotted the vote.