Bahrainis mark Eid al-Adha with anti-regime rallies

Bahraini people have marked the Muslim occasion of Eid al-Adha with rallies in solidarity with country's prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Bahrainis held the Eid prayers in front of the house of Sheikh Qassim in the northwestern village of Diraz and then staged a rally in support of the cleric.

They also voiced support for the participants in a sit-in that has been ongoing outside the residence of the distinguished religious figure since the revocation of his citizenship by the Manama regime.

Meanwhile, people also took to the streets in al-Musalla Village on the western outskirts of the capital, Manama, holding portraits of Sheikh Qassim as well Bahraini flags.

Similar anti-regime protests also took place in the villages of Abu Saiba and Shakhura west of the capital.

The demonstrators also condemned the prosecution of Shia Muslims in Bahrain.

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