Bahrain’s parliament lashed out in outrage last night over newspaper cartoons insulting Prophet Mohammed and Islam. They demanded official apologies from Denmark, where the cartoons were first published and Norway, where they were republished by a magazine earlier this month. MPs also demanded action by Bahrain’s government against Denmark and called for mass protests all …
Month: January 2006
Bahrain’s parliament last night demanded an apology from Denmark over newspaper cartoons insulting Prophet Mohammed and Islam. They also called for mass protests all over the country, after Friday prayers. MPs broke off from holiday to meet in an emergency session, during which they also demanded action against Denmark by the Bahrain government, including possibly …
تأسيس لجنة للدÙÂاع عنالرسول يرأسها السعيديأعلنمساء أمس ÙÂيالرÙÂاع الشرقيتأسيس لجنة شعبية، وذلك للتعبير عنسخط الاهاليمنالاساءة الى النبيالكريم عبر الصØÂ٠الدنماركية ومنموق٠ØÂكومتها منصØÂاÙÂتها المØÂلية، وتم تشكيل اللجنة تØÂت مسمى «لجنة الرÙÂاع للدÙÂاع عنالرسول الكريم» وتم اختيار النائب جاسم السعيديرئيسا لها، وناصر السندي…
I’ve had a good meeting with Martin Whitaker, BIC’s general manager, last night in which we touched upon the various things the BIC is doing to address its perceived shortcomings. I am thrilled to say that they seem to have answered almost every point of the 19 raised here previously; here are some of their …
This article first appeared on Global Voices. This is a weekly Bahrain blogs roundup which I contribute to Global Voices every Monday. Dr. Abdulhadi Khalaf, the Bahraini dissident and member of the first parliament that was dissolved in 1975, now lives in Sweden and lectures at Lund University, posts a report about his Christmas visit …