Bahrainis Stage Sit-in Protest -Friday May 24,2013

Tens of thousands of Bahrainis have participated in a sit-in in protest at a raid on a senior Shia cleric's home.Friday's sit-in took place in Diraz near Sheikh Qassim's mosque.

The sit-in was called by al-Wefaq, Bahrain's largest opposition political society, after a late night raid on the home of Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Last week's raid provoked anger in the Shia Muslim community.

Sheikh Qassim is the most senior Shia cleric in the Gulf state. Bahrain has a majority Shia population but the ruling royal family is Sunni Muslim