Distinguishing between peaceful demonstrations and others

Question:
He also says that when the Council of Senior Scholars issued a fatwa forbidding demonstrations due to their harms, some people said that demonstrations are of two types: if they are peaceful, with no destruction, no looting, no pillaging, and no mixing, but rather a demand for people's rights, then they are permissible; and if they involve destruction and corruption, and no looting, then that is forbidden. What is your response to them?

Answer:
We ask them: Do demonstrations have a basis? Do they have a basis among the Muslims, in the past or the present? I have not known such gatherings except from the West. From the West. They are not in Islam at all. Islam encourages discipline. It encourages tranquility. It encourages the avoidance of chaos. Rights are not obtained through chaos and commotion. Rather, they are obtained through lawful means and by requesting them through channels other than demonstrations. No one has prevented anyone from filing a complaint, no one has prevented anyone from seeking a right that belongs to him, and no one has prevented anyone from doing so. As for demonstrations, they are not part of the religion of Islam, and I say this and repeat it: they are not part of the religion of Islam, nor part of the morals of Muslims. They came to us from Western societies in order to scatter the community, divide the people, and create enmities. Yes, that is what is sought from them. Yes.