The Bahraini parliamentary committee of legal and parliamentary affairs under the chairmanship of MP Abdullatif Ahmed Al-Shaikh discussed a motion to “encourage memorising the Holy Quran completely and treating those who do equivalent to university graduates in the workplace.” The committee approved the motion with minor changes (Al-Wasat Newspaper, October 22nd, 2003, page 6, parliament …
October 22nd, 2003 is an historic date for Bahrain and in a lot of Bahrainis’ minds they will remember events henceforth as pre-Nancy and post-Nancy. MPs, particularly the Islamists, should also take note of this phenomenon as it most certainly has determined their future within the democratic establishment and society. So far we have not …
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Islamist MPs Adel Al-Moawada, Mohammed Khaled Mohammed, Ali Matar, Abdulla Al-A’ali, and Hamad Al-Muhannadi tabled an urgent motion in the Bahraini Parliament to ban the Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram from performing in Bahrain citing her act as provocative, indecent and debaucherous. The motion was squarely defeated with most members including the chairman describing the motion …
Arab states’ gross domestic product at the end of the 20th century was US$604 billion, little more than that of Spain. Only 53 newspapers are sold per 1,000 people in the Arab countries, compared with 285 in developed countries. Books published make up 1.1 per cent of world production though Arabs make up 5 per …