An MP wants to chop the hands off thieves, under proposed tough new changes to Bahrain’s penal code. Shaikh Ali Mattar wants Sharia law applied against people convicted of theft or burglary at private homes or any other premises. This would mean chopping off a hand and also sending the culprit to prison, MPs heard …
This is the prime minister of Bahrain, HE Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, on-board the Royal Plane en-route to Turkeya on a state visit which started yesterday. Two things come to mind seeing this picture: 1. He’s been spending a lot of time abroad over the last year… what gives? 2. Does he have a …
As if anyone actually uses the decrepit Post Office in Bahrain… Well we do if we are absolutely forced, otherwise I have no problem of paying any of the courier companies multiples of what I would have been charged using the “services” of the post office. Why? Because to send a letter (invoice or whatever) …
The Parakeets make to MSM!, originally uploaded by malyousif. My picture of the parakeets mating has made it to the daily round-up of blogs in Al-Wasat this morning. Very appropriate for their Valentine’s coverage isn’t it?!
After 455 votes in a week of polling, it is quite obvious that the majority of the readers of this blog (66.5%) think that the Danish Government should NOT apologise for the Jyllands-Posten published cartoons, while 30.7% of voters (140 votes) think that they should. 12 voters are undecided. I personally firmly believe that Islam …