A prominent Bahraini Shia cleric, Sheikh Ali Salman has blamed the lack of genuine dialogue and meaningful reforms for the ongoing political crisis and cruel clampdown in the Persian Gulf kingdom. The 57-year-old secretary general of Bahrain’s dissolved opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, in a message on Wednesday …
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Bahraini opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, sent a letter from his prison cell to his eminence Sheikh of Al-Azhar regarding the call he launched during “Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence”. “I highly appreciate your kind invitation to hasten holding a serious intra-Islamic dialogue …
Read More »Sheikh Ali Salman’s statement from prison: We emphasize legitimate demands of Bahraini people
Sheikh Ali Salman, the Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq political society of Bahrain, who is in prison, issued a statement emphasizing the continuation of peaceful and legitimate demands of Bahrainis. Sheikh Salman stressed in his statement that his detention was arbitrary in accordance with UN and major human rights organizations. Salman …
Read More »Bahrain: 7 Years after his arrest Sheikh Ali Salman describes his trial & time in prison
Bahrain Mirror publishes the introduction of “A Plea of a country”, which is the plea of Al-Wefaq Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, coinciding with the e-campaign that was launched yesterday night on various social media outlets, using the #FreeSheikhAli hashtag, on the seventh anniversary of his arrest, demanding his release. Sheikh …
Read More »Sheikh Ali Salman, Moderate Bahraini Political Leader
Sheikh Ali Salman, the Secretary General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society (Al-Wefaq) stood for “national reconciliation” and “peaceful advocacy” and his competence is in “political flexibility” and “social adaptation”. The Bahraini government has been targeting Al-Wefaq Society members for their political views and human rights activism for years. Sheikh Ali …
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