MPs banning alcohol? Not a chance!
MPs demand total ban on alcohol in Bahrain
MPs yesterday unanimously demanded a total ban on alcohol in Bahrain. They voted in favour of a parliament-proposed law banning the import, possession, sale or production of alcohol. But to become law, the proposal would have to be accepted by the government and the Shura Council.
MPs said the current law, initiated in 1956, allowing the import, possession, sale and production of alcohol under government supervision was unconstitutional and should be scrapped.
There is really no reason to panic. Trouncing on personal freedoms is nothing new for this parliament, the one whose job is ironically to do the impossible to protect them. Nor should we expect them even to read the crystal-clear constitution which specifically says:
The religion of the State is Islam. The Islamic Shari’a is a principal source for legislation. The official language is Arabic.
Which means that the Islamic Shari’a is not the exclusive source of legislation – thank God. Because had it been, then those bozos would have knocked us back to the stone ages already, and would have had no qualms about doing so. Their motivation of course is to earn those promised brownie points to tool those promised waiting nymphs in heaven, even at the expense of making hell seem like a better place than the life they want to design for us on Earth.
I’m not sure if I should be thankful for the Shura Council being there which a lot of people regard as the safety valve which would stop such idiotic schemes; I actually wish that it wasn’t there so that these morons would carry on with their schemes so much that people will have to actually rise up against them and kick their hairy butts out of office.
But as we do have the Shura Council whether we like it or not, and I am a bit busy this morning, let me end this quick piece by inviting those 40 morons to kiss my hairy padouka for all I care about them trying to rob what little personal freedoms we do have.
But in the case that they do – for some completely inexplicable reason – get their way and the government does ban alcohol, I will start distilling some good hooch myself and will make it available free to whomever wants, just to spite both!
I absolutely agree with you. I can’t count how many times that the for-hire crooks (I mean taxi drivers) have attempted to charge me 5 dinars for a ride from JJ’s in Adliya to Juffair. There have been times that I’ve walked home because I refuse to pay them that. So really, I have two other options–drive myself OR use Radio taxi, the only fair (I mean metered) taxi company on the island. The problem with them is that they are always booked. If Dubai can have a decent taxi service, so can Bahrain.
@ number 50 + 51,
The waiting is almost over!! On the 23rd of April the govt announced a third taxi firm was on it’s way! Setup purely…
haha QUALITY!!
Sure enough, a law like this will just breed a black market – more money in the pockets of who?
you guys are drifting off topic over here. Isn’t this post supposed to be about banning alcohol?? If it is then I can assure you that for every 5 bahrainis that don’t drink you will definitely find 2 or 3 who actually do. And out of 10 bahrainis around 3 to 4 are making a living either direct indirectly off alcohol.
I don’t really follow up with much of the musings and the bull$hit going on in the parliament but from what I know these are the same MPs who have no guts to face the real issues the country is facing such as housing and standard of living, they are the SAME people who do nothing but complain and argue like preschool children.
If you don’t drink, good for you. If you do drink enjoy every drop of alcohol you consume, just don’t make a fool of yourself while DRUNK.
Like the news clip mentions this is about a very old law which will NOT be repealed without any serious supporting evidence or a good business case behind it. And from the way things are it seems in Bahrain there isn’t anything to say that alcohol should be banned.
P.S there used to be a local distillery in Naim a long time ago although I doubt it is still around but goes to show you that alcohol since the 50s has had very deep roots in Bahrain
come to think of it i’m starting to think these islamists are the biggest criminals in the country right after the taxi drivers and political and business figures
If they are going to start passing “religious” laws…then why dont they start with the Sharia Court…pass a law that says the court must treat victims with compassion and fairness…and punish criminals with a suitable term that discourages future crime. When pedophiles and rapists are getting a slap on the wrist and walking free…alcohol consumption hardly seems worth the bother.
Welcome to Bahrainstan:
Status: 3rd World Country
Politics: Religious Parities in rule
Social: SLAVES due to a lack of civil freedoms, rise of intolerance, fanaticism etc
Economy: Free economy so far.
Say good bye to your freedom to choose. Today the parliament votes a ban on alcohol, tomorrow the government will vote for a proposal that all women should wear the hijab (including foreign female workers). They will tell the public how to act, what to eat, what to wear, who they may socialize with etc.
Sooner or later the religious clerics will interfere in the free economy (because they claim to know more than those who are educated in that field). Besides these religious clerics already interfere in politics, astronomy (they don’t believe in technology or investigation through it for moon sighting), medicine (they don’t have any knowledge in this field either, some of the prominent sheiks believe in blood purging for AIDS, and they will have a problem teaching your children sex education), history (they believe there isn’t any history before prophet Mohammed (pbup), no Egyptians, Phoenicians, No Greeks, and the destruction of anything that isn’t Muslim) . They believe in forced gender segregation in the university, racial segregation in other parts (I can’t wait to see intellectual terrorism, clearly the public doesn’t know any better). There’s nothing these religious clerics haven’t put their ignorant hands in, they don’t believe in expolaration and examination.
OMG you the hell has Salafi’s in a political party! lol Its so funny this is what they have as brief description on wikipedia: “Asalah seeks to promote a hardine interpretation of Islam which rejects much of Bahrain’s modernism as well as encouraging religious observance. It has led opposition in the Kingdom to US military action in Iraq and was at the forefront of demonstrations against military action in Falluja.
On the issue of women’s political rights, Mr Al Buaneen told the Bahrain Tribune on 18 January 2006 that the party disagrees with them having any.”
Who cares, someone voted for these groups in parliament, lol! They’ll just have to learn the hard way. Good by Bahrain, hope you survived the storm.
Wow! reading all this really makes me want to have a drink tonight! im bahraini & proud that i drink, and i know for a fact that drink will never be banned in Bahrain b’coz the top people in this country drink. besides our commerce depends on it.
Now where’s that bottle of vodka..
Regarding a blanket alchohol ban:
- I hope not. I have a drink every week or two because it’s nice to do it occasionally.
- a total ban will create an ugly black market as well as deterring skilled people from coming here.
However, I can understand Bahraini parents who don’t want to drink and who don’t want to see drunken Saudis filling the roads every weekend.
I can understand the feelings of a Bahraini wife/mother who knows that her husband/son is spending a significant proportion of his BD200 salary in bars. It would be interesting if – in the interests of true democracy :^D – a plebiscite were enacted to gauge the real opinion of the population. I think we all know what the result would be.
As for the police policy – more power to them. To wait outside hotels is not entrapment, it’s just attending to an area where it is known that a crime is often committed. You’re innocent until tested and found guilty. If I’m breathalysed while driving away from a certain famous night spot and found to be driving while over the legal limit, then that is my own silly fault. Try pulling this shit in the UK. If this law-enforcement policy saves just one life – just one fucking life then it has justified myself in my eyes. And yes, let police cars follow Saudi weekend drivers around, that’s fine by me.
One more thing: taxi drivers. If everybody were forced by stricter enforcement of drink-drive laws to use them, then they’d have more revenue and be less desperate – and more unhappy customers would force the issue to be resolved better.
And to all those Saar expats who complain about Taxi fares, it’s just the equivalent of a couple of beers and you earn so much more than the rest of us – what is your problem? Just insist on the meter, then tip them for switching it on, and thank your lucky stars that your life is so much more opulent than theirs. I’ve seen a taxi driver who was beaten badly by “customers” and I’ve seen one shovelling Brit-girl vomit out of his car. We’ve got it so much better than they have – trust me.
Anyway, for those of you who’ve been patient enough to read this far: let’s keep alchohol available, but let responsible consumption behaviours be encouraged and irresponsible consumption behaviours be more severely penalised. Also think about how bad you look when you are publicly drunk in a Muslim country – try to respect yourself and others.
Bye for now – after work I’m going to go home, cook Italian, and enjoy a couple of glasses of a nice Aussie Shiraz. To stop me from doing this would be a crime ;^)
Be careful of banning something too many people want to have. The costs of keeping something banned can far outweigh the damage they do when they are legal, whether those products are alcohol, drugs, or cigarettes. The side effects of illegality are organized crime, smuggling, street shoot-outs, even low level conflicts.
The best way to get rid of a noxious product is to change peoples’ minds about using it. No buyers, no sellers.
What I have never understood is why MPs have no interest in dealing with the huge prostitution problem here in Bahrain. I would understand the desire for an alcohol ban if they started with more damaging issues first. Surely sleeping regularly with a hooker is more damaging in terms of family and spirituality than having a drink on a Thirsday night?
Prostitution isn’t going anywhere fast. I personally do not have an issue with it myself.
Having sex is fine, paying for a service is fine, so what is it about combining the two that makes it “criminal”? As long as you have consenting adults on both sides I don’t see what the problem is. The country really cant stamp it out. It is humanly impossible.
Prostitution is not a big of a problem as many people claim it is. It’s only those married individuals who seek the services of prostitutes are the ones who are worrying others about the potential conflicts that they may cause within a family.
If you look up prostitution on wikipedia you will realize that not only is it the 2nd oldest profession in the world its also the most deeply-rooted profession as well. There are many that claim that it has roots in our region as well. If that is true then I guess anyone with half a brain would keep their trap shut about prostitution unless they know what it does to a community.
The problem is majority rule. We wanted democracy, this is its baggage. Mahmood, you refer to the Constitution. True, as it stads, it seems to protect personal freedoms including the right not to be a good muslim! But remember, this constitution was not drafted by a representative democratic Constituent Assembly. No, it is an imposed constitution. I’m afraid if we did have an elected body now to write up a constitution, its composition would probably be 99% Islamic. That constitution would ban everything non-islamic! So then even our constitution wouldn’t protect those personal liberties you talk about. I think politicians should understand and realise that a strictly islamic-state cannot survive and prosper in the 21st century. We should all adopt a “live and let live” attitude, tolerance is our only solution…
The stage that is supposedly “set” is far from democratic. Parliament has turned into a a religious gentleman’s club where the only things discussed are the religious beliefs of it’s members. Our MPs are NOT representing the issues of their constituents at a governmental level. Do you think people are queuing up at their local MP’s front door pleading for a ban on alcahol or homosexuality? Ofcourse not. The majority are finding the cost of living a struggle, the majority are in need of better public services, better schools, better healthcare!
“We” as a nation had no input into the sculpting of our national constitution, however, the finished product was handed to us on a silver plate and it was accepted and voted in almost unanimously by the local population.
Separate religion from the state and all our problems are solved! As radical as it sounds i think that alone will take us forward well beyond what any of our GCC neighbors could ever envisage!
Sam,
“Separate religion from the state and all our problems are solved!”
I endorse that.
Humanity has progressed so much once it has freed itself from the shackles of religion.
Interestingly, few years ago there was a study of two small towns in a Scandinavian country that I can not remember now about the incidents of theft. They discovered that it was higher in the more religious town!!!
Sam, you are right in saying that a ban on alcohol is not a priority for citizens. However, I do believe a majority of them would like to see such a ban. The majority of Bahrainis are religious, both Sinna and Shi’aa.
You make an error of fact on your second point though, we did not vote on the constitution. We voted on the National Charter, which set the theory of the constitution.
Seperation of religion and state would be convenient, but that would mean seperating the majority of citizens from the state. That, my friend, is something I do not wish to see. Unless the people believe in it, seperation of “mosque and state” would turn against every government.
@ Yousif,
May I remind you of a little example of a country that was founded on separation of church & state… America. It has worked (albeit with a few blips) though when the constitution was drafted the vast majority of the population were Christian (in various forms, the same as your country with the Shi’a Sunni argument).
It can happen. And quite honestly, it SHOULD happen. I’m with Nine and Sam on that point.
Sure, you’ll always have fundamentalists trying to change the system (i.e. right-wing Christians) but by and large the system works the way it should. That is the ONLY way to placate the masses. It is unfortunate that many in this country share Yousif’s opinion.
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Humanity has progressed so much once it has freed itself from the shackles of religion. Interestingly, few years ago there was a study of two small towns in a Scandinavian country that I can not remember now about the incidents of theft. They discovered that it was higher in the more religious town!!!
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You’re a very special kind of idiot aren’t you. I guess you must have skipped the lecture on implication in your logic 101 class.
You know, funnily enough, I did a scientific study last night and discovered that the girl next door was stupid enough to think that A* search is better than Dijkstra’s algorithm in memory-critical applications; I asked her brother and he answered the question correctly.
Therefore, based on this scientific study I would like to infer that all girls are stupid and all boys are intelligent. Q.E.D.
How about you quit with the overcompensating. In THIS country and in THIS part of the world, religion is beautiful and it is embraced by the overwhelming majority of people. You, along with the other drunks who have posted here so far obviously have different opinions, which is fine; but stop trying to impose your convictions on a society that doesn’t give a rat’s a** about them.
Well taken point, idiot *BURP!* Continue to stick your head in the sand *BURP!* and I’ll continue to consume my gin and tonic *BURP!* and we’ll agree to disagree *BURP!*
Now where did I set that human rights report on Bahrain? *BURP!!*
Damn, must have spilled my drink on it. Oh well, I’ll have the slaves (I mean low-paid help *BURP!*) clean it up!
There is nothing unique about THIS country or OUR people or OUR religion to suggest that “convictions” as you call it play no role in society, politics, and governmental policies. You don’t have to read very far into our constitution to see it is simply a watered down version of one upheld in another part of the world.
Ps I love your honest screen name!
basically the only opinion that counts is from someone whose as religiously brainwashed as he is sober??
I pity your way of thinking
@ Byron
I’m afraid you misunderstood me. I also support seperation of church and state, and regret that we only have one liberal in our parliament. However, I’m a strict believer in democracy as well. That means majority rule, whatever it may be. Of course there needs to be some sort of charter of freedoms, be it a Bill of Rights or some other sort of safeguard.
We are a fledgling democracy, and people will come to understand the importance of seperation of church and state one day. Let us do it on our own pace Byron, and remember that we haven’t had a revolution like America to create such a rise against traditional thought. For now, I think the liberals in this country should make their voices heard, but in a very civilised manner without offending others.
I hope I’m making myself clearer now…
He’s an Idiot said:
That’s a very romantic view of THIS country and THIS part of the world isn’t it? You (should) know that THIS country and THIS part of the world only pays lip service to religion.
In fact, it has been amply demonstrated that religions flourish – in a practical and correct way – in a liberal society than it does in a restrictive one.
Good point Mahmood. I suppose that is because in a restrictive society, one group, whomever they may represent, restricts the religion of society to what that specific group wishes it to be… and restricts entry into politics, to those that represent the manifestations of religion they wish to see.
Whereas in a liberal society, everyone that wishes to practice what they choose, can do so, so long as it does not impede the rights of others.
I do not understand why this is so difficult to accept. While I understand the freedoms of the majority to practice their own beliefs, I hope that they won’t impose those beliefs on myself or my family, and if they do, I anger, I agitate, and I rebel. This is a human condition, that we need to all accept, lest we seek to build forgeries of societies that represent our will and no other.
I am an idiot,
Well I may be “a special kind of an idiot” but at least, unlike you, I do not take pride in it!
@70, Could you please stop assuming that every single word that I type is directed towards you? It’s obvious that you dig me, it’s just that I’m not interested. Please, you’re not my type so give it a rest.
تصف حكم الله بأنه سوف يجعل الناس متأخرون و فوق كل هذا تجاهر بالذنب و تقول أنك تشرب الكحول. تذكر يا أخ محمود قول الحبيب المصطفى صلى الله عليه و اله و سلم . ” كل أمتى معافى إلا المجاهرون ”
و تذكر وعيد الله سبحانه و تعالى ” يوم نقول لجهنم هل امتلأت و تقول هل من مزيد “. إتقي الله في نفسك و هدانا الله و هداك الى الدين الحنيف … و أخيرا أخي أنا لست عليك بمعلما و لكن “وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين” .. و السلام عليكم
You’re such an easy target, I just can’t help myself.
I’m not the only one who agrees, look at #77.
اقوووووووووول ….. حتى اذا المجلس منع الخمر للحين بنلقاه فالديرة من باب كل ممنوع مرغوب …. بدل ما يحطون دوبهم من دوب هالموضوع خلهم يجابلون المواضبع المهمة مثل ازمة الاسكان و غلاء الاسعار -عبالهم هالخمسين بتسوي شي هاذي حتى بيل الكهربه ما بتقدر تسده – و غير المصايب و البلاوي الثانية …. الا اجوفهم هالايام ساكتين على موضوع معاشاتهم التقاعدية شسالفة؟ ….. ما قلتو لي جم يوم باقي و نفتك من هالمجلس ؟
Oh my God! Have mercy on us, you have opened hell doors with this subject.
why can’t they just get it? who ever drinks let him drink, who doesn’t want to drink stay at home.
why can’t we just enjoy our personal freedoms? (without being judged).
The lord almighty is my judge not a human, when it comes to me drinking or practicing any of my personal freedoms.
What is next a dress code?
mandatory beard growing?
why don’t they try to solve real problems?
or at least social problems like:
Wife beating,
child abuse,
or even animal abuse
Never judge people, life is short live and let live.
Because in the mind of the Islamist all of the social problems will magically disappear once everyone is a perfect Muslim, because Allah gave Muslims the perfect book for all time and all the answers are there.
How could there EVER be any social problems if everyone followed Allah’s law perfectly? Seriously, it’s such an easy answer to everything. Just do exactly what the Koran says – period. Follow Mohammed’s example in the Hadith, and there won’t be any problems at all ever. EVER. It’s perfect. You can’t claim it is not because Mohammed even said it was perfect. Would you ever question him? No? Didn’t think so.
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And that is why separation of church and state is important. Religious leaders and religious thought should not ever be more than guidance, not legalism. Religious legalism draws people away, pulls them apart, promotes hatred.
The state must be independent of the church. Humans are not Gods – they are not perfect, and the state must be secular and rational, with no ‘perfect laws for all time’. There are no perfect laws for all time. Any claims to the contrary are outright lies.
A real prophet – Jesus – once said to render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s. To the Deity goes the faith, but to the state goes the reason and the practicality. Intermixing the two will destroy both.
Mahmood is the one man in the Middle East I would love to share an adult beverage with.
What is needed for the people of Bahrain is a dose of old fashioned American individualism.
There is a great episode of Married: With Children, where Al Bundy incites street riots
over a proposed 2 cent beer tax.
If this kind of idiocy ever happens in America, I have just one thing to say:
They can have my Budweiser when they pry it from my cold dead hand!
I’ll drink to that!
What does everyone think of the notion that you automatically assume the religion of your parents from day one? We all assume that all Bahrainis are a religious, we assume that they are all Muslims and worshipers of “God” (whose existence lacks evidence of any kind I might add).
Aren’t such assumptions flawed and doing more harm to society as a whole than it does good?
Well, today, the excellent GDN reports that they’re imposing “curfew” in Juffair to deal with prostitution. Shops/restaurants will have to close at midnight, and that street won’t be accessible from midnight to 6am. Given that THAT is the ONE MAIN street in Juffiar–also that it leads to Specialist Hospital, it’s a farce.
democracy is a pain when those elected dont have a clue. but it’s not only their fault. it’s the fault of the idiots who voted them in
If what you are saying is true about closing the street and the curfew, then Oh My Dear God, These people are idiots.
I agree with you there, it is not their fault, it is the fault of those who have elected them.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=216370&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=31045
Boy was it refreshing to read that in the papers this morning. Finally, we’re moving away from backwardness and towards modernity; having one of our oldest villages christened “Little Las Vegas” is a deserved pat-on-the-back really.
I mean moral law and conservatism are so 15th century. If some Levis-wearing dick-head wants to go ahead and get drunk and puke all over the sands of a 1000 year old village then I’m all for it. If some goateed good-for-nothing Bedouin from across the border wants to pick any girl that he sees walking the streets and take her to his bedroom, I say no one has the right to stop him. I mean it is the 21st century. Hell, if some father decides that he wants to rape his daughter and have six kids with her and hide her in a cellar for 20 years, I say he should go for it. That’s what modernity is all about. Screw the turban, let’s all just have a nationwide sex-fest with booze flowing through the streets and packets of LSD hanging from the trees, while making sure that there are enough semi-sober pale-faced foreigners and beige-faced, complexly ignorant sell-outs to run the show.
Aaah…It sure feels great to see your culture being raped before your very eyes.
>>If what you are saying is true about closing the street and the curfew, then Oh My Dear God, These people are idiots.
Yeah, as opposed to the skinheads roaming the streets between sundown and sunrise; they’ve all got Ph.D.s from M.I.T. right?
Yipee, I got banned…so much for freedom of expression.
>>Well, today, the excellent GDN reports that…
Boy was it refreshing to read that in the papers this morning. Finally, we’re moving away from backwardness and towards modernity; having one of our oldest villages christened “Little Las Vegas” is a deserved pat-on-the-back really.
I mean moral law and conservatism are so 15th century. If some Levis-wearing dick-head wants to go ahead and get drunk and puke all over the sands of a 1000 year old village then I’m all for it. If some goateed good-for-nothing Bedouin from across the border wants to pick any girl that he sees walking the streets and take her to his bedroom, I say no one has the right to stop him. I mean it is the 21st century. Hell, if some father decides that he wants to rape his daughter and have six kids with her and hide her in a cellar for 20 years, I say he should go for it. That’s what modernity is all about. Screw the turban, let’s all just have a nationwide sex-fest with booze flowing through the streets and packets of LSD hanging from the trees, while making sure that there are enough semi-sober pale-faced foreigners and beige-faced, complexly ignorant sell-outs to run the show.
Aaah…It sure feels great to see your culture being raped before your very eyes.
>>If what you are saying is true about closing the street and the curfew, then Oh My Dear God, These people are idiots.
Yeah, as opposed to the skinheads roaming the streets between sundown and sunrise; they’ve all got Ph.D.s from M.I.T. right?
don’t flatter yourself, it was simply the spam filter which objected to you for some reason. Jumping to conclusions won’t serve your purpose.
Neither will gross exaggeration.
تصف حكم الله بأنه سوف يجعل الناس متأخرون و فوق كل هذا تجاهر بالذنب و تقول أنك تشرب الكحول. تذكر يا أخ محمود قول الحبيب المصطفى صلى الله عليه و اله و سلم . ” كل أمتى معافى إلا المجاهرون ”
و تذكر وعيد الله سبحانه و تعالى ” يوم نقول لجهنم هل امتلأت و تقول هل من مزيد “. إتقي الله في نفسك و هدانا الله و هداك الى الدين الحنيف … و أخيرا أخي أنا لست عليك بمعلما و لكن “وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين” .. و السلام عليكم
Fo the purpose of informing our non arabic speakers i wish to translate this from message no.79:
“You describe the rule of God as causing people to become backward. And on top of that you publicise your sins and say that you drink alcohol. Remember brother Mahmood the saying of our beloved the chosen [Prophet Muhammad] (Peace be upon him), “My whole nation may be excused except the ones who publicise [their sins]“.
Also remember the promise of God, the majestic the most high, who says,” the day we say to the hell fire, ‘have you been filled’, and it says, ‘are there more?’. Fear God concerning yourself and may God guide us and you to the true religion… and lastly I am not a teacher upon you but “remind as a reminder is beneficial to he believers” and peace be upon you.
اقوووووووووول ….. حتى اذا المجلس منع الخمر للحين بنلقاه فالديرة من باب كل ممنوع مرغوب …. بدل ما يحطون دوبهم من دوب هالموضوع خلهم يجابلون المواضبع المهمة مثل ازمة الاسكان و غلاء الاسعار -عبالهم هالخمسين بتسوي شي هاذي حتى بيل الكهربه ما بتقدر تسده – و غير المصايب و البلاوي الثانية …. الا اجوفهم هالايام ساكتين على موضوع معاشاتهم التقاعدية شسالفة؟ ….. ما قلتو لي جم يوم باقي و نفتك من هالمجلس ؟
Translation of message 81
” I say even if the parliament ban alcohol, it will still be available. For everything that is prohibited their is an attraction. Instead of focusing on this issue. They should focus on solving more important issues such as the housing crises and inflation. I hope these 50 people do this, even we can’t pay the electricity bill. That is besides the other problems. These days they are also silent on their own retirement plans. How come? You did not mention how many days are left untill we are rid of this parliament?
>>Neither will gross exaggeration.
Good God, are you actually complexly ignorant or do you only act this way to get more pageviews?
This blog is only good for like-minders who like to pat each other on the back and smell each other’s farts.
I’m outta here…for good.
Nor will melodrama!
so they are now pinning on juffair but forgetting exhibition road???
if they want to implement such rules they ought to apply for both exhibiton road in hoora and shabab road (the infamous strip) in juffair
Busaiteen is next people
IF is the big word in that sentence
although I do know people who live in Juffair and I DO understand the torture they go through every weekend night. Makes them go crazy as well
All it takes is the proper application of the law. Public drunkenness is nothing to be proud of and it could be dangerous to both the drunk and those around them. So throw them in jail and deal with them within the law.
Same for those who harass people.
Do this properly a couple of times and I am sure you will see quite a reduction in these incidents.
Closing shops at a time of night in a residential neighbourhood is also important and that decision should be taken by the residents and their local council. Nothing wrong with that either, provided it is applied fairly.
But having the law applied on all because of the actions of a few is unfair.
What we are witnessing in the areas mentioned above is the direct product of a restrictive society and culture. Remove that bottleneck and within a generation or two, things will change to the better.
And we circle back to the main theme of this article; thinking that prohibition actually do work.
This pretty much sounds like a case of bad township planning – like the rest (all?) of Bahrain. Las Vegas like strip? Dream on!
I’ve been to that “strip” many times. I don’t remember seeing houses and village? I remember seeing a road with coffee shops and restaurants and a hand full of high rise apartment blocks.
Oh dear – I cant marry her! – it says JUFFAIR on her CPR card!!
قال تعالى: إن الذين يحبون أن تشيع الفاحشه في الذين ءامنوا لهم عذاب أليم في الدنيا والأخرة والله يعلم وأنتم لا تعلمون
سورة النور آيه 19
هذا الذي تريد ان تفعله لإرضاء الناس بإسم الحريه لن ينفعك بل سيكون عليك يوم القيامه. ومن اهم ان ترضيه؟ الناس ام الله؟ واذا نفيت او تفاديت الرد علي فهذا لن يغير شيء, فإنك لن تستطيع ان تنفي او ان تتفادى الله. ومثلما قال الاخ ابن الاسلام, إتقي الله في نفسك و هدانا الله و هداك الى الدين الحنيف … وأنا لست عليك بمعلما و لكن “وذكر فإن الذكرى تنفع المؤمنين” .. و السلام عليكم
To all english readers, this is the translation of the meaning of the quranic verse.
Use google’s translator if you’re interested in reading my comment.
Thanks for the advice, though really unneeded, I appreciate your visit. Hopefully the first of many that you will get to understand my points of view better, chief amongst them is to live and let live, rather than bang people on their heads with threats of damnation, which really don’t work.