title: yes the religious right warns witchcraft could decide this election
text: persian gulf this photo shows antiregime protesters taking part in a demonstration in the village of musalla bahrain on november   
  bahrainis have taken to the streets in several villages and towns in support of senior shia cleric sheikh isa qassim 
  on friday a mass protest was held near imam sadiq mosque in the village of diraz the hometown of the cleric 
  the demonstrators condemned manamas continued ban on holding friday prayers in the village 
  on june  bahraini authorities stripped the yearold cleric of his citizenship less than a week after suspending the alwefaq national islamic society the countrys main opposition bloc and dissolving the islamic enlightenment institution founded by qassim and the opposition alrisala islamic association 
  people in the villages of shakhoura and abu saiba also demonstrated in solidarity with sheikh qassem and the political detainees despite tightened security measures 
  similar antiregime demonstrations were held in the villages of maameer karbabad shahrakan sehla aljanoubia and musalla as well as the town of aali and the island of nabih saleh 
  the protesters also condemned the al khalifah regime for its persecution of the shia community 
  thousands of antiregime protesters have held numerous demonstrations in bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the country on february   the protesters demand that the al khalifah dynasty relinquish power 
  scores of people have lost their lives and hundreds of others sustained injuries or got arrested as a result of the regimes crackdown loading