And they're retaliation proof.

Lastly, widows and orphans were protected by the law, even though that protection might be undermined by family circumstances.

That doesn t mean that Bahrain should not put on its proactive hat and take necessary safety measures to ensure that mosques and people are protected from any potential attack.

It is thus alarming that, according to published reports and photographs, various detainees protected under the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions were subjected by nationals of Occupying Powers to treatment amounting to torture under the jurisprudence of human rights bodies.