The Bahrainis met with government officials and visited holy sites in Jerusalem before seeing other cultural, religious and historic places throughout Israel during their whirlwind tour.
They met with government officials and visited holy sites in Jerusalem before seeing other cultural, religious and historic places throughout Israel during their whirlwind tour.
Cairo: Several members of the Bahraini parliament have expressed anger over hoisting the flag of the LGBT community by the US embassy in the country, saying the move constituted a “flagrant provocation of the Arab, Muslim Bahraini people”, their morals and traditions.
Earlier this month, the US embassy in Manama released a photo showing the LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer and Intersex) flag. Today, we join many @StateDept missions around the world to proudly display the #LGBTQI+ #pride flag to support advancing the human rights of all persons,” the embassy said on its Twitter account.
In reaction, 21 Bahraini lawmakers called the gesture a call for “homosexuality and depravity”.