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Al Wefaq
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Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, or Al Wefaq for short is a Bahraini political society, and the largest party in the Bahrain, both in terms of its membership and its results at the polls. Although it is by far the single largest party, with 18 representatives, in the 40-member Bahraini parliament, it has often been outvoted by coalition blocs of opposition Sunni parties and independent MPs reflecting gerrymandering of electoral districts. On 27 February 2011, the 18 Al Wefaq members of parliament submitted letters of resignation to protest regime violence against pro-reform Bahraini protestors. Al Wefaq's religious orientation is Shia and it is led by a cleric, Ali Salman. The party is close to a Shia clerical body in Bahrain, the Islamic Scholars Council, which describes Al Wefaq as the 'Bloc of Believers'. In 2006, the pro-government English newspaper Gulf Daily News alleged that al Wefaq had only 1,500 active members, although Al Wefaq itself claims to have 80,000 members and a leaked diplomatic briefing from the US Embassy in Bahrain described Al Wefaq as the largest party in Bahrain in terms of membership. (via Freebase)
 
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Articles Around the Web
Al-Wefaq denounces Bahrain government
United Press International
— May 26, 2012 at 02:18 pm
...Bahrain, May 26 (UPI) -- Bahrain's Shiite opposition party al-Wefaq accused the country's security forces of destroying more than 30 places of w...
Bahrain police state must go: al-Wefaq
www.presstv.ir
— Nov 30, 2011 at 12:49 am
The al-Wefaq party cited an independent inquiry that found evidence of systematic human rights abuses during the crackdown on pro-democracy protest...
Al-Wefaq denounces Bahrain court ruling
www.presstv.ir
— Jan 8 at 01:43 am
...Monday, Bahrain’s highest court rejected the jailed activists' appeal and upheld their sentences for their roles in anti-regime protests in 2011...