<p>Reality star Kim Kardashian brought out screaming fans, angry Muslim hard-liners and police on Saturday (December 1) when she visited Bahrain to launch a milkshake franchise, witnesses said.</p><br /><p>About 100 people demonstrated with banners outside The Walk Bahrain, an upscale mall near the capital, after some tried to block the visit.</p><br /><p>Thousands of fans, who had paid up to 500 Bahraini dinars ($1,360) a ticket, broke into hysterical screams as the 32-year-old launched the Millions of Milkshakes franchise.</p><br /><p>Witnesses said police dispersed the demonstrators with stun grenades as the inauguration proceeded inside. </p><br /><p>Kardashian stirred controversy even before she arrived in Bahrain from Kuwait, where she opened another store last week.</p><br /><p>Hard-line Sunni Muslim’s presented a motion to parliament calling her "an actress with an extremely bad reputation", according to Bahrain's English language Gulf Daily News.</p><br /><p>The assembly did not vote on the motion, the newspaper said.</p><br /><p>Many Kardashian fans tweeted their displeasure, saying the "MPs should focus their time on solving key political, economic and social issues", the newspaper reported.</p><br /><p>Bahrain is trying to overcome nearly two years of unrest among its majority Shi'ite Muslims demanding political reforms and equality with the Sunni Muslims who rule the kingdom.</p>
