Kim Kardashian brings out fans, Islamists and police in Bahrain

MANAMA: US television celebrity Kim Kardashian brought out screaming fans, angry Muslim hardliners and police throwing stun grenades on Saturday when she visited Bahrain to launch a milkshake franchise, witnesses said.

About 100 Sunni Salafists demonstrated with banners outside
The Walk Bahrain, an upmarket mall in the capital Manama, after
some MPs tried to block the visit over what they called her "bad
reputation", according to a local newspaper.

Thousands of fans, who had paid up to 500 Bahraini dinars
($1,360) a ticket, broke into hysterical screams as the
32-year-old celebrity launched the Millions of Milkshakes
franchise inside the mall.

Witnesses said police dispersed the demonstrators with stun
grenades as the inauguration proceeded inside. There were no
reports of casualties.

Kardashian stirred controversy even before she arrived in
Bahrain from Kuwait, where she opened another store last week.