MANAMA (Dispatches) – The people of Bahrain staged a large-scale demonstration to condemn the repression of Shia religious scholars, chanting slogans against the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
Following the release of senior cleric “Mohammed Sanqour”, a researcher of Islamic affairs, after four days of detention, the people of Bahrain staged a demonstration after the end of Friday prayers in “Al-Draz” District in the west of Manama.
The demonstrator condemned the repression of Shia religious scholars and chanted anti-Zionist slogans, according to local media.
According to the report of demonstration by Al-Ahed website on Saturday, the Bahraini demonstrators chanted anti-Zionist regime slogans while holding placards and images of Sheikh Sangour.
The report added, that marchers condemned any normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, Meanwhile, they emphasized that they will support Islamic scholars and will not accept the suppression of Shia scholars.
Many Shia scholars accompanied the protesters by attending their march, the report said.
Anti-monarchy demonstrations in Bahrain began on February 14, 2011, and have been held on a regular basis ever since the popular uprising started.
Demonstrators demand that the Al Khalifah regime relinquish power, and a democratic, just system representing all Bahrainis be established.
The Manama regime, however, has responded to demands for social equality with an iron fist, clamping down on voices of dissent.
In March 2017, Bahrain’s parliament approved the trial of opposition civilians at military tribunals in a measure blasted by human rights campaigners as being tantamount to the imposition of an undeclared martial law.
The monarch, King Hamad, ratified the constitutional amendment in April 2017, bringing about further suppression of political dissent on the tiny Persian Gulf Island under the strong influence of the Saudi regime.