Bahraini forces arrest 50 people in Diraz

Bahraini regime forces arrested over 50 people as they prepared for Friday Prayers in the northwestern village of Diraz.

According to the reports, police prevented religious shcolar Sheikh Mohammad al-Sanqour from leading the prayers at Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) Mosque. Worshippers attended the prayers without the cleric.

The move by the regime forces angered the people.

Worshippers demonstrated outside the mosque after the ritual, chanting slogans against the Manama regime.

The protesters were carrying photos of Bahrain's top religious figure Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

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

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