Al Asalah
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Al-Asalah Islamic Society جمعية الأصالة الإسلامية | ||
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The Al-Asalah Islamic Society (
Ideology
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Asalah seeks to promote a hardline interpretation of
On the issue of women's political rights, Buaneen told the Bahrain Tribune on 18 January 2006 that the party disagrees with them having any. Buaneen said that this position reflects the party's "honesty" while other parties support women's participation only in their statements. Buaneen said: "If women make it to parliament, then we would cooperate with them, but our society wouldn’t support any woman candidates".
The party's ideology has seen it at the forefront of debate on the Bahrain's national heritage, arguing, especially during Adel Mouwda's leadership, that the country should consider the destruction of all sites that pre-date Islam. During a parliamentary debate on 17 July 2005, Asalah deputies clashed with other MPs over government plans to build a national museum to showcase the Dilmun burial mounds.[2] Adel Mouwda told MPs that the money should be invested in building houses over the burial mounds. "Housing for the living is better than the graves for the dead. We must have pride in our Islamic roots and not some ancient civilisation from another place and time, which has only given us a jar here and a bone there."
Adel Al-Mouwda's approach to the preservation of Bahrain's historic sites differs markedly with that of his successor, Ghanim Al Buaneen, who in March 2006 criticized the government for not doing enough to protect the dilapidated, but historic centre of Muharraq and demanding more government money for restoration work.[3] The less ideological approach of Buaneen towards the preservation of the Kingdom's history is a reflection of a more conciliatory attitude on his part towards modernity in general.
The party has been actively campaigning against
The relationship with Bahrain's
The party has a bad relationship with MP Jassim Al Saeedi who was rejected as a member for being 'too extreme'.
Electoral history
The group won seven seats in the Bahraini Council of Representatives (parliament) at the 2002 election, four seats at the 2006 election (when three Sunni independents generally voted with Asala), three seats at the 2010 election and two seat at the 2014 election. It won three seats at the 2018 election.
Council of Representatives elections
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position |
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2002 | Adel Mouwda | 7 / 40
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2 | 2nd | ||
2006 | Ghanim Al Buaneen | 5 / 40
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2 | 3rd | ||
2010 | 5,277 | 3 / 40
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2 | 2nd | ||
2014 | 2 / 40
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1 | 1st | |||
2018 | 3 / 40
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1 | 1st |
See also
References
- ^ "Election Profile:Bahrain". IFES Election Guide. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ debate
- ^ Bahrain heritage to be preserved Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Khaleej Times Online, 9 March 2006
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