Editor?s Policy Analysis: Arrested Development; Stonewalling al Wefaq in Bahrain

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angličtina
Original language name
Editor?s Policy Analysis: Arrested Development; Stonewalling al Wefaq in Bahrain
Original language description
On 16 June 2015, Ali Salman, leader of Bahrain?s al Wefaq bloc, was sentenced to four years in prison for inciting violence and encouraging an attempted coup d?état during the 2011 uprising. The verdict brought the Arab Spring in Bahrain to an end; a fact reflected in the muted response on Bahrain?s streets. Yet, many in the international press were swift to pour scorn on Bahrain?s government while glossing over the years of political unrest and the projection of Iranian interests though Ali Salman andthe party he represents. This brief analysis traces al Wefaq and reveals similarities between the bloc and the gangs of Ayatollah Khomeini?s men at the cusp of the 1979 revolution, between the fiery rhetoric of the Shia clergy in both countries and, mostimportantly, between the lofty goals they share in relation to establishing and maintaining a theocratic state. Ayatollah Khomeini dreamed of the Islamic Republic of Iran just as Ali Salman and his spiritual leader, Isa Qassim, dream of
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AD - Political sciences
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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