Bahraini Regime Blocks Shia Friday Prayers for 35th Week
The regime forces closed roads leading to the Imam Sadiq (AS) Mosque, preventing them from gathering for prayers, Sawt al-Manama website reported.
It was the 35th consecutive week the regime prevents Shia Muslims from performing Friday prayers in the village.
The worshipers then staged a demonstration to express their outrage over the measure.
They chanted slogans against Al Khalifa dynasty, calling for an end to the regime's crackdown on revolutionaries.
Since June last year, Diraz has been witnessing a sit-in held by dozens of citizens in protest against authorities’ decision to strip prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim of his citizenship.
Meanwhile, prominent cleric Sheikh Muhammad Jawad al-Shahabi was released Friday after spending six months in the regime’s jails.
Al-Shahabi, director of Imam Sadiq (AS) religious school, had been detained on charges of acting against the regime.
Anti-regime protesters have staged numerous demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis since February 14, 2011, calling on the Al Khalifa regime to relinquish power.
