Bahrainis pour into streets to protest arrest of renowned religious scholar

Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets across the country to condemn the arrest of another Shia Muslim religious scholar as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah dynasty ramps up its crackdown and persecution of the members of the religious community in the Persian Gulf island state.

Bahrain's main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, wrote in a post published on its Twitter page that a large number of Bahraini regime forces surrounded the house of Sheikh Muhammad Sanqour, the Friday Prayer Leader of Imam al-Sadiq Mosque in Diraz village, on Monday and handed him a summons for interrogation.

He was transferred to Public Prosecution soon after showing up a local police station.

People poured into streets and staged rallies as the news of Sheikh Sanqour’s detention broke.

Protesters rallied in the village of Sanabis to show solidarity with the prominent religious scholar, and demand his immediate release.

Worshipers also converged at al-Fallah Mosque of the village, which lies in the suburbs of the capital Manama, and chanted slogans in a show of strong support for him.

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