Daesh has once again demonstrated that it is the mortal enemy of all true Muslims, with a wave of atrocities across the Muslim world, culminating…
Year: 2016
Open message to US Senators and the State Department A number of US Senators have written to Secretary of State John Kerry demanding a rethink…
The benefits of civil society for Bahrain and for you Why quality of life? One could argue that the primary role of all civil society…
Isa Qassim, February 2004: “The Iranian Revolution is a blessed revolution that toppled one of the Islamic world’s despots–the despot most supportive of the Great…
The benefits of civil society for Bahrain and for you Bahrain’s reform programme When King Hamad came to the throne in 1999, he embarked on…
The opening of the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council is a good moment to look back over a year of developments concerning human rights…
The 14 June announcement by the Bahrain Justice Ministry of the closing down of Al-Wefaq Islamic Society quickly gained strong reactions from both those supporting…
On 1 June the Ombudsman’s Office submitted its third annual 2015-16 report to the Minister of the Interior. The report welcomed the fact that there had been…
Citizens for Bahrain asked a range of Bahrainis across different parts of the country what they thought of the new law banning clerics from membership…
The benefits of civil society for Bahrain and for you Sectarianism is the greatest threat facing Bahrain’s civil society The sectarian tensions which emerged…