tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391958287808959571.post3368690231659836295..comments2023-07-04T14:30:51.013+03:00Comments on Religion and Politics in Bahrain: The End of "Bahraini Hizballah"?Justin Genglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07926253352423304711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391958287808959571.post-12168343203755407132012-06-20T01:00:49.517+03:002012-06-20T01:00:49.517+03:00Justin, note that Ali Salman made that comment onl...Justin, note that Ali Salman made that comment only after this was published in Bahrain Mirror http://bhmirror.no-ip.org/article.php?id=4536&cid=82 about al-Zayani saying that the demolition of one mosque is enough reason to remove Khalifa bin Ahmed from his position.<br /><br />In other words, al-Wefaq has no leadership at all and just responds to whatever pushing happens around it... the same scenario as the roundabout. The way al-Wefaq dealt and continues to deal with the roundabout should be enough precedent for people to understand al-Wefaq.<br /><br />Sigh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391958287808959571.post-91540372686979483512012-06-18T21:40:21.688+03:002012-06-18T21:40:21.688+03:00I can assure you that the radicals in the oppositi...I can assure you that the radicals in the opposition did not like the speech of Ali Salman (Just have a look at Bahrainonline forums, and you will see tens of threads against Alwefaq)<br /><br />The government have prevented Alwefaq from doing its weekly protest twice (that is on June 15 & 16) and it might continue to do so...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd4_puVSApg<br /><br />One woman got arrested in this protest, and she was subject to sexual harassment in the police station... So if Alwefaq is really involved in the alleged conspiracy, then it is responsible for hurting its own supporters.<br /><br />I believe that most of Alwefaq supporters do want the regime to fall just like the hardliners in the opposition, but they just don't have a choice.Makkiinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391958287808959571.post-73671773694802130322012-06-18T07:28:13.685+03:002012-06-18T07:28:13.685+03:00A US official involved in Bahrain once expressed t...A US official involved in Bahrain once expressed the same theory about the Al-Watan campaign against al-Wifaq and "Bahraini Hizballah"--i.e., that by making the group look "radical" and allowing it to "stand up" to authorities, it would help gain it support among people who don't currently support it and have never supported it. In this context I suppose the intended aim would be to secure wider support for 'Ali Salman in the run-up to the new secret dialogue initiative that is supposedly ongoing. <br /><br />I don't disagree that this public "spat" might be an engineered one. (And notably Salman's most direct target was not the king but his competitor Khalifa bin Ahmad.) But whether it stands a good chance of convincing people to support al-Wifaq, which many people have rejected for nearly a decade now, is another question.Justin Genglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07926253352423304711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391958287808959571.post-88723625651708361232012-06-14T17:48:32.578+03:002012-06-14T17:48:32.578+03:00There are some people who claim that the recent de...There are some people who claim that the recent development between Ali Salman and King Hamad is nothing but a new Conspiracy to make the people believe in Alwefaq. What do you think of this Conspiracy Theory?Makkiinoreply@blogger.com