Bahrainis slam Aal-e Khalifah regime
Bahraini peaceful protesters have staged a rally to express their solidarity with the prominent religious scholar, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and other political prisoners, slamming the Aal-e Khalifah minority regime for its heavy-handed crackdown on dissent.
Several dozens of Bahrainis took to the streets of the northwestern Diraz village, situated about 12 kilometers west of the capital Manama, on Friday, demanding the immediate release of political figures imprisoned by the regime.
They also voiced dissent at the regime’s persecution of the Shia Muslim community, denouncing the regime’s decision to impose a ban on holding Friday prayers in the village, which is also hometown to the opposition cleric.
The protesters insisted on their rights to freedom of religion and belief, and condemned the Manama regime’s efforts to restrict them.
On June 20, Aal-e Khalifa regime authorities stripped the 79-year-old religious scholar 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 Sheikh Qassim, and the opposition al-Risala Islamic Association.
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