http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/11/03/jews-of-bahrain/

“Almost from the first, the Jewish community, now only about 40 strong, has nevertheless been relatively low profile – so much so that the Jewish mother of one boy at the school in Manama attended by Ms Nonoo’s son was astonished to find out – when Ms Nonoo casually told his classmate – that his family was Jewish. “She didn’t realise until then that there is no problem and that it is OK to say you are Jewish.”

This is where you pasted the comment from; and you didn’t paste it all so I wasn’t sure what you were referring to. Sorry for being slightly rude.

If you wanna know more about Jews in Bahrain you can read this entry.

This is what the post say:

البحرين: جالية يهوديّة من أربعين

المدوّنة البحرينية إسراء [انكليزي] تربط لموقع أخباري عن مجتمع فاعل من 40 يهوديّ ويهوديّة حيث يدعون البحرين بال”وطن” ويتكلمون العربيّة

This is something else..can u comment please?

Where did you find that comment?

I was reading one of your post and found this comment:

البحرينية إسراء تربط لموقع أخباري عن مجتمع فاعل من 40 يهوديّ ويهوديّة حيث

Is this right?????!!!!!

it’s about the growing regional obsession with Hassan and his treatment as a prophet.

Es., would you say this is ultimately is because people … communities … for a variety of reasons see themselves as victims, so that they are desperate for leadership to liberate them out of the stagnant status quo? The question is, if this is the case, why do they think Nasrallah is the guy to do this for them?

I’m interested in yours, and everyone else’s perceptions about this, but IMHO, it relates to what we commonly see on this blog, which is that many people now view the world through the prism of “East-West” rivalry. We see it in the comments here against gay rights, against women’s rights, etc., in which it’s obvious there is a real paranoia about anything that may be perceived as a potential doorway for “the enemy’s” ways to infiltrate, or be emulated or upheld because, just by virtue of being considered “coming from the adversary,” they ultimately are bad and poisonous, and must be rejected.

Take out Nasrallah’s image of exerting power against “the west,” in this case, represented by Israel, and what else is there to construct such a sense messianism around him? Nothing, which is why Nasrallah, and the Iranian govt., now must manufacture it where it otherwise would not exist.

This rivalry, which is largely driven by politics and economics (whoever controls the masses also controls their resources), has taken on a culture all its own, and it’s up to us to do something about it. It’s entities like MEY that have the doability to start getting communities to learn and invest in each other so they have a stake in each other’s well-being and success, rather than feel they need to dominate and conquer each other.

What does obeying the USA have to do with Iran’s human rights abuses? I am talking about local issues. Baha’i and other religious minorities, Kurds, women’s rights abuses, lack of free speech, crackdown on activists, etc. It’s not my fault if you are completely unaware of what’s going on in Iran besides its relationship with the USA.

And so what if it is!!?? actually it seems its you who have a problem… am saying that bcause am a bahraini and we don’t don’t use such descriptions as “I live in a Shi’ite village”. as its some place different than other part of the country. I really suggest you to unite rather than divide by using the word bahraini or the place name

Nader, I have a problem with who? Shi’ites? Because I acknowledged the fact that my village is considered as such?

I agree with you that we shouldn’t use such descriptions if we’re struggling to unite this country as much as possible. But I don’t agree that we should refrain from it completely for the sake of clarity – I’d love to see the day where these descriptions would be irrelevant. That day is not here yet.

This is how and why I used the word:

Yaman is asking me what if this is another “Nasralla.” I’m telling him I live in a specific area which supports Nasrallah, and there is no doubt in my mind that this coldstore is named in honor of Hassan. The color, the area (saying Shi’ite puts this into context,) let alone his pictures stuck on the store’s windows the first few weeks it was created, is all proof of the fact that this wasn’t done for any other random Nasralla. It’s not a coincidence. I really doubt these things would make as much sense to locals if, say, I was talking about Juffair or somewhere else.

No one is saying either Shi’ites or Sunnis are better; I love where I live and my friends who live here. But we do have different ideologies associated with certain things that puts these kinds of issues in context. You can’t ignore it by saying “let’s all hold hands.” I want people who read this to understand what’s going on and that won’t happen if I don’t explain it properly for fear of offending this or that person. Ideally these sects wouldn’t exist and we’d all be united under the banner of Islam, but this is completely besides the point of this post and my comment. You are assuming things that don’t exist. This post is not about the USA and local sectarianism, it’s not even about where I live, it’s about the growing regional obsession with Hassan and his treatment as a prophet. I do consider it to be dangerous.

You seem like a good guy and I don’t want you to misunderstand my intention of posting this here, or by associating my post with the wrong political/social implications. Because it’s not true.

The vast human rights abuses in Iran are sick, if you pride yourself on abusive leaders

As I mentioned, there is things happenes in iran which we deny and we are not saying that every single thing that ahmedinejad is doing is right. Come on lets be honest, why all this bad media and bad image about iran and ahmedinejad?? of course bcause iran is not listening to US or lets put it in different way, not obeying to what US wants. Ok I know lots of you guys will say ohh we are sick of hearing such thing, but this is the truth. And how they will be able to do what they call the new-middle-east without having iran in hands…

MyTwoCents:

To some extent he did. First as all of us saw how he was invited for the last gulf meeting, then how gulf countries brought up the issue about acquiring nuclear power and also first time iranian president go and visit saudi. this is a clear massage that iran is an important factor within the region. This is very important for the near by countries.

Esra’a:

I live in a Shi’ite village. Nasralla banners are very common here.
And the color? That’s not a coincidence.

And so what if it is!!?? actually it seems its you who have a problem… am saying that bcause am a bahraini and we don’t don’t use such descriptions as “I live in a Shi’ite village”. as its some place different than other part of the country. I really suggest you to unite rather than divide by using the word bahraini or the place name

Esra’a:
Ahamadinejad is not a simple subject to judge, mostly due to the fact that he has not introduced his total ideology yet. yes, many slogans and hot speeches have come to the surface, but I wonder if his economic strategy is a left one? what about his politics? his interpretation of Islam?
he has not come clear on these issues, partly due to his routine of secrecy and surprise, and partly (I think) due to the fact that he has not a soild answer to some of these basic questions yet… he is evolving, and I wonder what the next stage of this evolution would be!

Can I ask you about President Ahmedinejad? You said he represents the majority, but I’ve read elsewhere that that’s not completely true even though he was elected by popular vote?

I can’t agree that his strategies “makes others to respect iran and arab countries.” I don’t see him as having earned a great deal of respect from the West, although he certainly seems smarter and more popular than George Bush.