Bahraini Cleric Calls for Continuation of Peaceful Protests
Delivering Friday prayers sermons at Manama’s Imam Sadeq (AS) Mosque yesterday, Ayatollah Seyed Abdullah al-Qarifi also criticized the Al Khalifa regime’s crackdown on the Bahraini people, Manama Post reported.
He stressed that repressing protests and cracking down on citizens will not make the government popular.
Ayatollah al-Qarifi also urged for political maturity and said political maturity in the country will lead to justice, reform and security.
Since mid-February 2011, thousands of protesters have held numerous rallies in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.
Scores of people have been killed and hundreds more injured or imprisoned in the regime crackdown.
On January 31, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry issued a statement saying that 72 people were stripped of their citizenship because they failed “in their allegiance duties toward the kingdom” and “harmed its interests.”
Bahraini courts have sentenced more than 200 activists to long-term prison sentences on charges of involvement in terrorist activities and acting against national security. At least 70 activists have received life imprisonment since the uprising began in 2011.
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