AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Almanar
Saturday

19 March 2011

8:30:00 PM
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Bahrain's Most Influential Cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim: The King Never Breaks Our Souls

Sheikh Issa Qassim, Bahrain's most influential cleric, said in his Friday sermon that Gulf troops would have been better off helping Palestinians in Gaza than entering Bahrain and thanked those who died or resigned in the uprising.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "The violence of the authorities has created a deep, wide and dangerous wound between the government and people," he said. "The government wants to break our will so we give up our calls for substantial and meaningful reforms, but they will never break our will. They can use tanks and planes to smash our bodies but will never break our souls and our will for reforms."

No troops or police could be seen as thousands of worshippers stood outside Draz mosque after Qassim's sermon, calling for Gulf troops to leave and vowing to fight what they called this "corrupt and oppressive regime."

"Peninsula Shield Out," they called, and "Bahrain is free."

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