Yusuf bin Saleh Al-Saleh, Chairman of the Jaffaria Endowments Council, said that "the administration has completed the procedures for documenting 100 endowments and receiving their ownership documents during the past months."

Bahrain suffers from issues that are not quite similar to any of those found in other conflict zones in the world, as the ruling family has allowed itself to take control over everything, even endowments and cemeteries.

It seems that some are attempting to promote that the royal decree issued by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Wednesday (January 20, 2021) on the Board of Directors of the Jaafari Endowments (Waqf) was in response to recommendations made by the Waqf itself as part of its desire to enhance the efficiency of the Waqf administration.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, considers that citizens are not required to abide by a decision made by the Jaafari Endowments Directorate banning the recitation of the Quran, supplications, and Hussaini Majalis Aza' (elegies) through loudspeakers during the month of Ramadan. He called on the Endowments Directorate to reverse its decision.

The King of Bahrain directed the Jaffaria Endowments Directorate to bear the expenses of the Bahraini nationals stranded abroad. What does this directive mean?

What happened today needs neither explanation, articles nor reports to shed light on the sectarian discrimination and persecution Bahraini Shiites are facing in their country.

In 2019, the government issued 3 decisions dismissing Bahrainis, including head of Jaffaira Endowments Sheikh Mohsen Al-Asfour and two journalists from Al-Ayyam newspaper, and officials from the tourism authority. What makes these decisions significant is that they were all taken by senior members of the ruling family or as a result of their anger.

The Jaffaria Waqf (Endowments) directorate called on the owners of the Husseini obsequies to renew the registration of their obsequies for the season of Ashura 1441 Hijri, corresponding to 2019, as the last day of registration is Thursday (August 29, 2019).

The Jaffari Endowment (Waqf) Directorate said that it followed the vandalism incident of two mosques in Bani Jamra after the video circulated on social media outlets.

Akhbar Al-Khaleej local said that a statistics it prepared showed that there are 1320 mosques and 632 obsequies in Bahrain.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued decree 55 for 2018 setting up and organizing Abdullah bin Khalid College for Islamic Studies. The new college will be affiliated with the Cabinet, under the supervision of the Education Minister who will be responsible for it before the Cabinet and the legislative branch.

The Jaffari Endowments Directorate issued a circular in which it called not to use the mosques and obsequies in the electoral propaganda.

Local Bahraini Al-Ayyam newspaper reported that dozens of muezzins and mosque imams demanded to be returned to their jobs, from which they were dismissed more than three years ago.

The High Administrative Court ruled the annulment of a decision by the Jaafari Endowments (Waqf) issued on January 31, 2015, dismissing a Muezzin (announcer of prayer times).

Detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi blamed the Jaffaria Endowments Directorate (Waqf) for charges raised against him.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Jaffaria Endowments Directorate urged the directorates of Shiite religious centers and obsequies to limit the commemoration of Imam Ali martyrdom anniversary to indoor ceremonies as a precautionary measure, while the BOHR voiced its concern.