Asalah is the main Salafist party in Bahrain, and after 2002's general election is one of the most well represented in the Kingdom's parliament with seven MPs. Asalah's leader is Ghanim Al Buaneen who took over in 2005 from Sheikh Adel Mouwdah in 2005. It is most popular in the conservative bastions of Muharraq and Riffa and its supporters can be distinguished by their long beards and short thobes. A Salafi (Arabic سلفي lit. ... Although no legal framework exists for political parties, de facto parties from the former Communist Left to the Islamist Right sit in parliament in Bahrain and are known technically as Political Societies or Blocs. ... On 24 October 2002, men and women went to the polls in Bahrain to vote in parliamentary elections for the new National Assembly. ... Categories: Middle East geography stubs | Bahrain ... Riffa is an area in the Kingdom of Bahrain. ...

Asalah seeks to promote a hardine interpretation of Islam which rejects much of Bahrain's modernism as well as encouraging religious observance. It has led opposition in the Kingdom to US military action in Iraq and was at the forefront of demonstations against military action in Falluja. Fallujah (Arabic: فلوجة; sometimes transliterated as Falluja and less commonly Fallouja, Falloujah, Faloojah, Faloojeh) is a city of about 350,000 inhabitants in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69km (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. ...

On the issue of women's political rights, Mr Al Buaneen told the Bahrain Tribune on 18 January 2006 that the party disagrees with them having any political rights. Mr Buaneen said that this position reflects the party's "honesty" while other parties support women’s participation only in their statements. Mr Buaneen said: “If women make it to parliament, then we would cooperate with them, but our society wouldn’t support any woman candidates.” Women’s political rights have been a cornerstone of the political reforms initiated by King Hamad with for the first time women being given the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections after the constitution was amended in 2002. ...

On the issue of Bahrain's national heritage, the party has called for the destruction of the Dilmun Burial Mounds dating back to the five thousand year old Dilmun civilisation. 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 burial mounds. Adel Mouwdah 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." The Old Souq The Gold Souq Siyadi House Al-Khamis Mosque Bahrain Fort Barbar Temple Bahrain National Museum Bait Al Quran Arad Fort Shaik Isas House Tree of Life King Fahd Causeway Jasra House Horse Riding Riffa Gulf Club Diving Dilmun Burial Mounds Bahrain Grand Prix Category: ... The Dilmun Burial Mounds is a necropolis in Bahrain dating back to the Dilmun era. ... Dilmun (sometimes transliterated Telmun) is associated with ancient sites on the islands of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. ...

The party has been actively campaigning against witchcraft and and has sought to introduce legislation to make the practise sorcery and fortune telling illegal with a two year prison sentence or BD500 fine for offenders. MP Ali Mattar, who has taken a lead, told the English language Gulf Daily News: "It's becoming more popular for people in Bahrain to turn to fortune tellers and sorcerers to find out what their future holds or to act as mediums to harm others or make people fall in love with them. There are many homes around the country that are known to be practising black magic and if you drive past them a large number of cars from around the GCC would be found parked outside." [1] However, the move has been resisted by Bahraini sorcerers who described the plan as 'unfair', with fortune teller, Dina, responding: "I can understand the MPs' feelings because there are fraudsters out there, but it's not fair for those who truly have the gift of seeing the future and dealing with the supernatural." [2] The term witchcraft (and witch) is a controversial one with a complicated history. ... Magic (also called magick to distinguish it from stage magic) is a supposed way of influencing the world through supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means. ... Gypsies fortune-telling. ... The Gulf Daily News is an English-language newspaper published in the Kingdom of Bahrain. ...

One of the party's politicians tipped for further success is Dr Salah Al Jowder who is Muharraq council's head of public relations. After announcing his candidature for 2006's parliamentary elections, Mr Al Jowder unveiled the council's latest initiative to deal with peeping toms: all new buildings in the municipality have to be fitted with one way windows to prevent residents from seeing out [3]. While the municipal council does not have the authority to enforce this regulation as law, Dr Al Jowder said that the council does have the ability to cut off electricity to anyone that does not comply. Categories: Middle East geography stubs | Bahrain ...

The relationship with Bahrain's Shia Islamists, such as Al Wefaq, is ambigious. Asalah's Salafist ideology sees Shias as at best misguided, which precludes full cooperation between the two parties. However, both types of fundamentalists are opponents of what they consider moral laxity and are ready to campaign together on "morality issues". The party's relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, Al Menbar, is one of competitors for Sunni Islamist voters, but as with Al Wefaq they are willing to informally work together to pursue particular objectives. Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Al Wefaq National Islamic Society is Bahrains most largest political society. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Al Menbar Islamic Bloc is the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Bahrain. ...

The party has a bad relationship with MP Jassim Al Saeedi who was rejected as a member for being 'too extreme'. Jassim Al Saeedi MP is a Bahrain salafist member of parliament representing a constituency in Riffa. ...