Top Bahraini Cleric: Nobody Has the Right to Muzzle People’s Opinion

In a statement, Sheikh Qassim added that “the side that must be considered and counted in reform is the people and the opposition, which represent the people honestly, and are the ones that, with the government, can achieve stability.”

Ayatollah Qassim further noted that “Nobody has the right to muzzle the people’s opinion, and nobody has the right to impose himself as the people’s representative.”

“Dialogue and negotiations in the name of the people couldn’t be held but from those who are mandated by the people,” Sheikh Qassem stated, pointing to that any solution is needed to end the problem and lead to justice.