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((Short description|Sunni Salafist political party in Bahrain))
((About|the political party in [[Bahrain]]|the [[Arab]] singer|Asalah Nasri))
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| name             = Al-Asalah Islamic Society
| native_name      = جمعية الأصالة الإسلامية
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The '''Al-Asalah Islamic Society''' (((lang-ar|جمعية الأصالة الإسلامية))) is the main [[Sunni]] [[Salafist]] [[List of political parties in Bahrain|political party]] in [[Bahrain]]. The party is the political wing of the [[Islamic Education Society]] (''Al-Tarbiya Al-Islamiya'') which funds the party. Asalah's leader is Ghanim Al Buaneen,<ref>((cite web|title=Election Profile:Bahrain|url=http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1511|publisher=IFES Election Guide|access-date=21 July 2012))</ref> who took over in 2005 from [[Adel Mouwda]], who was sacked because he was perceived to be too close to [[Shia]] Islamists in the [[Al Wefaq|Al-Wefaq]] party. Asalah is most popular in the [[Conservatism|conservative]] bastions of [[Muharraq]] and [[Riffa]]. Asala often aligns with [[Al-Menbar Islamic Society|Al-Menbar]] to outvote Al-Wefaq.

== Ideology ==
((Islamism sidebar))
Asalah seeks to promote a hardline interpretation of [[Islam]] which rejects much of Bahrain's modernism as well as encouraging religious observance. It has led opposition to [[US military action in Iraq]] and was at the forefront of demonstrations against military action in [[Falluja]].

On the issue of [[women's rights in Bahrain|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 [[List of tourist attractions in Bahrain|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.<ref>[http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_articles.asp?Article=117330&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28120&date=7/18/2005|parliamentary debate]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Displayarticle.asp?section=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2006/march/middleeast_march226.xml Bahrain heritage to be preserved] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311221856/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Displayarticle.asp?section=middleeast&xfile=data%2Fmiddleeast%2F2006%2Fmarch%2Fmiddleeast_march226.xml |date=11 March 2007 )), Khaleej Times Online, 9 March 2006</ref> 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 [[witchcraft]] and has sought to introduce legislation to make the practice of [[Magic (paranormal)|sorcery]] and [[fortune telling]] illegal with a two-year prison sentence or [[Bahraini Dinar|BD]]500 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."<ref>[http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_Articles.asp?Article=133168&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28307&date=1-21-2006 Fortune-telling clamp sought]</ref> However, the move has been resisted by Bahraini sorcerers who described the plan as 'unfair', with a fortune teller 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".<ref>[http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_Articles.asp?Article=133169&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28307&date=1-21-2006 Move 'unfair to those with the gift']</ref>

The relationship with Bahrain's [[Shi'a]] [[Islamists]], such as [[Al Wefaq]], is ambiguous. 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 Islamic Society]], is one of competitors for [[Sunni]] Islamist voters, but, as with Al Wefaq, they are willing to informally work together to pursue particular objectives.

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 [[Bahrain]]i [[Council of Representatives (Bahrain)|Council of Representatives]] (parliament) at the [[2002 Bahraini general election|2002 election]], four seats at the [[2006 Bahraini general election|2006 election]] (when three Sunni independents generally voted with Asala), three seats at the [[2010 Bahraini general election|2010 election]] and two seat at the [[2014 Bahraini general election|2014 election]]. It won three seats at the [[2018 Bahraini general election|2018 election]].

=== Council of Representatives elections ===
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!Election
!Party leader
!'''Votes'''
!'''%'''
!'''Seats'''
!+/–
!'''Position'''
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|[[2002 Bahraini general election|2002]]
|[[Adel Mouwda]]
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|((Composition bar|7|40|((party color|Al Asalah))))
|((increase)) 2
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|[[2006 Bahraini general election|2006]]
| rowspan="4" |Ghanim Al Buaneen
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|((Composition bar|5|40|((party color|Al Asalah))))
|((decrease)) 2
|((decrease)) 3rd
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|[[2010 Bahraini general election|2010]]
|5,277
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|((Composition bar|3|40|((party color|Al Asalah))))
|((decrease)) 2
|((increase)) 2nd
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|[[2014 Bahraini general election|2014]]
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|((Composition bar|2|40|((party color|Al Asalah))))
|((decrease)) 1
|((increase)) 1st
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|[[2018 Bahraini general election|2018]]
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|((Composition bar|3|40|((party color|Al Asalah))))
|((increase)) 1
|((steady)) 1st
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==See also==
* [[List of Islamic political parties]]
* [[List of political parties in Bahrain]]

== References ==
((reflist))

==External links==
* http://www.alasalah-bh.org

((Bahraini political parties))

[[Category:Political parties in Bahrain]]
[[Category:Politics of Bahrain]]
[[Category:Salafi Islamist groups]]
[[Category:Social conservative parties]]
[[Category:Sunni Islamic political parties]]
[[Category:Political parties with year of establishment missing]]
[[Category:Conservative parties in Asia]]
[[Category:Islamic political parties]]

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