1947 anti-Jewish riots in Manama
| 1947 anti-Jewish riots in Manama | |
|---|---|
| Part of Jewish exodus from the Muslim world | |
| Location | Manama |
| Date | December 5th 1947 |
| Target | Bahraini Jews, Foreigners, Christians |
| Deaths | 1 Jewish Woman |
| Injured | 20 |
| Perpetrators | Baharna rioters |
| Motive | Anti-Zionism, Labor Disputes, Antisemitism, Bahraini Nationalism |
| Part of a series on |
| Jewish exodus from the Muslim world |
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| Background |
| Antisemitism in the Arab world |
| Exodus by country |
| Remembrance |
| Related topics |
Contemporaneously with the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, a riot against the Jewish community of Manama, in the British Protectorate of Bahrain, on December 5, 1947. A mob of Iranian and Trucial States sailors ran through the Manama Souq, looted Jewish homes and shops, and destroyed the synagogue. One Jewish woman died; she was either killed or died from fright.