APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from May 2004

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from May 2004

BAHRAIN - Resurgence In The Shiite World - Part 6C.
May 3, 2004... Moderation in politics, religious tolerance and the role of women in Bahrain have become a national necessity. King Hamad Bin Issa stressed this point on April 21, when he appointed a woman as a minister for the first time in the history of his...

BAHRAIN - The Situation In Saudi Arabia.
May 3, 2004... As part of efforts to contain Wahhabi fanaticism and militancy in Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Abdullah on April 20 opened an international conference on Islam and terrorism in Riyadh with an address reaffirming that Islam was a religion of peace...

BAHRAIN - How Wahhabism Was Born.
May 3, 2004... Wahhabism was founded in the 18th century AD by a Sunni religious sheikh from the Bani Tamim tribe of Arabia (now part of Saudi Arabia) called Muhammad Ibn Abdel Wahhab. It emerged as part of an awakening of Arabian Islamic consciousness after...

BAHRAIN - The Third Saudi Dynasty.
May 3, 2004... When his son, Abdel Aziz (Ibn Saud), moved from Kuwait to re-conquer Arabia, at the beginning of the 20th century, he called his campaign Al Tawheed. From each Arabian tribe he conquered, Ibn Saud married the daughter of its chief so that the...

BAHRAIN - Bahrain's Prospects.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... The future of Bahrain will depend on what will happen in Saudi Arabia, particularly in the Eastern Province. If and when the radical Wahhabis begin to appear close to controlling their religious establishment, there will be trouble in the...