They’re using that old “protecting Islam” chestnut again, here’s the copy: أغلقت موقعي«صوت الØÂق» و«إسلاميات» «الإعلام» ترصد المواقع الإلكترونية المسيئة للإسلام صرؠالقائم بأعمال مدير إدارة المطبوعات والنشر ÙÂيوزارة الإعلام ØÂسنعونبانالوزارة تØÂرص على رصد المواقع التيتسيء الى الإسلام والى شخص الرسول الكريم، خصوصا بعد الموجة التيتÙÂشت ÙÂيمعظم …
e-Voting has been shelved until 2010, where the same arguments will take place unless voter confidence is regained in the wake of Bandargate. The government has been keeping mum about the situation, probably praying that it too will be forgotten. After all, other scandals have. Do you still remember what happened with the Social Insurance? …
Thank you your Majesty! We finally know that (a) the march toward democracy is continuing, which is a relief, and (b) we can finally get rid of the bozos who took the last elections boycotting move by the opposition to slip between the cracks and get themselves a cushy job. Regarding the boycotting, I’m actually …
I love this guy, Shaikh Salman bin Sager writes a daily column (arabic) in Al-Wasat and is normally hilarious, but cuts to the point and says things that other journalists won’t dare tackle. And maybe because he is part of the royal family he can criticise without having his loyalty continuously questioned. We need more …
Traditionally, if something happens in Bahrain that even touches on perceived loyalties to the ruling family, or lack thereof, we get full- or at least half-page adverts crying foul and heavily beating chests in demonstration of the advertiser’s eternal love and loyalty to the royal family, or person, or both, at the cost of “those …