Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Sunni Islamists Testing Political Boundaries Altered (Or Not) by the Uprising

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The main subject of today's post is illustrative in that it follows conveniently from the main conclusion of the previous one. There , ...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Unable to Please Everyone, Bahrain Caves to Advocates of a New Crackdown

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King Hamad congratulates 'Adal al-Ma'awdah on his recent trip to Syria For the last post, I made the mistake of waiting for the cour...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Why Bahrain's Sunni Political Societies Are Unpopular—Among Sunnis

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Naïve as I am, I was waiting to post here until the much-awaited verdict in the civilian retrial of Bahrain's main opposition leaders, s...
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Monday, August 6, 2012

Bahraini Salafis Fighting the Infidels Wherever They Find Them

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Murad (#2) showing up the Syrians with his ironically-long hipster beard With the 2014 parliamentary elections a mere 28 months away, Bahrai...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Bahrain Understands the Need for Further (Police) Reforms

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All in all, it's a pretty good time to be the Bahraini royal family. In the past 18 months, it's successfully defended itself agains...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

A Sectarian Ramadan Kareem to You!

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Coming to the "ethnic greetings" section of a Hallmark near you, Sunni and Shi'i Ramadan cards. First, the late Pearl Roundabo...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

A Final Political Salvo before Ramadan: The Sectarianization of Bahrain's Labor Unions

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I've now returned from Cambridge, where participants on my panel were witnesses to a good show compliments of the Bahraini government, w...
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