Bahraini Forces Prevent Muslims from Performing Friday Prayers in Diraz
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Bahraini security forces on Friday prevented Muslims in Diraz village near the capital, Manama, from holding Friday prayers, political activists said.
Al Khalifa regime forces blocked streets near the venue of Friday prayers in Diraz and prevented the religious gathering, Bahraini activists said on social networks, according to the Arabic-language Al-Ahed news website.
Earlier this month, Bahrain’s Muslim scholars reaffirmed their commitment to pursuing the goals of the country’s popular uprising in a peaceful manner until they are fully achieved.
In a statement on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the February 14 revolution in the Persian Gulf country, the Bahraini clerics described the revolution as a popular movement aimed at battling corruption, improving the country’s underdeveloped situation, ending dictatorship and allowing people to have a role in ruling the country via a democratic system.
They also stressed that the revolution will go on in a peaceful manner until its legitimate and just goals are achieved.
Since mid-February 2011, thousands of anti-regime protesters have held numerous demonstrations on the streets of Bahrain, calling on the Al Khalifa family to relinquish power. Scores of Bahrainis have been killed and hundreds of others injured and arrested in an ongoing regime crackdown on peaceful demonstrations.
