November 26, 2016

LET OUR PEOPLE GO:

Bahraini protesters support senior Shia cleric Sheikh Qassim (Press TV, 11/26/16)

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Bahrain to vent their anger at the ongoing crackdown by the ruling Al Khalifah family on dissent, demanding the immediate lifting of a regime ban on Friday prayers.  

The protesters staged a rally in the northwestern village of Diraz, situated about 12 kilometers west of the capital Manama, on Friday, expressing their solidarity with senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.

On June 20, Bahraini authorities stripped the 79-year-old cleric of his citizenship, less than a week after suspending the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the country's main opposition bloc, and dissolving the Islamic Enlightenment Institution, founded by Qassim, and the opposition al-Risala Islamic Association.

Protesters planned to convene in front of Sheikh Qassim's residence, but security forces prevented them from approaching his house.

Similar anti-regime demonstrations were held in a number of other villages, where the protesters condemned the Al Khalifah regime for its persecution of the Shia community.

The Shi'a are the majority, not a community.

Posted by at November 26, 2016 9:33 AM

  

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