(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Shia Muslims held Friday prayers at Imam Sadiq (A) Mosque, the largest mosque in the village of Diraz, after a six-week ban imposed by the Al Khalifa regime.
Bahrainis challenged the six-week regime ban on observing Friday prayer in Diraz in the west of the capital Manama, demonstrating against the restrictions imposed by the authorities and performing the key religious duty, al Manar reported.
Prominent cleric Sayyed Mohsen Ghorayfe managed to enter Diraz and led the prayer at Imam Sadeq (P) mosque, asserting that the move seeks the national interests.
In his sermon, Sheikh al-Gharifi urged the regime to retreat from its decisions against religious scholars in the country.
“We all aim at attaining this country’s benevolence, and we reject what inflicts damage and evil upon it,” his eminence said.
Sayyed Ghorayfe demanded that the authorities protect the religious positions and undo their decisions against the clerics and all the loyal for the sake of the national interests.
He also described the sermons at Imam Sadiq (A) Mosque as the voice of guidance that invites to reform and proximity among people, rejecting accusations that it incites to sedition, according to Iqna.
The Manama regime’s security forces prevented worshipers from reaching the Imam Sadiq Mosque for two months.
They have arrested a number of citizens trying to reach the mosque.
The move has been part of the regime’s crackdown on the Shia people and clergy that has intensified in the past few months.
It includes revocation of the citizenship of Sheikh Isa Qassem, Bahrain’s top Shia cleric in June.
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