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Ali Salman

علي سلمان
Party leader In opposition Verified

Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Bahrain's largest Shia opposition party (dissolved by court order in 2016). Imprisoned in Bahrain since 2014 on a life sentence after charges related to a recorded conversation with Qatari officials during a brief 2011 mediation attempt. Al-Wefaq's 2002-2010 parliamentary participation produced the only sustained organized Shia electoral presence in the Gulf; the dissolution closed that experiment.

Country
Bahrain
Party
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society
Role
Party leader

Inherited position

Until Ali Salman is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.

In Bahrain (via Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society)
-10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Statist Libertarian · Market Authority · Statist Authority · Market 1 parties 2 parties ← Statist Market → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Economic ↔ Al-Menbar Islamic Society (BH) · Economic +3.0, Social -7.5 BH Al-Menbar Islamic Society Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society (BH) · dissolved · Economic -2.0, Social -6.0 BH Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Islamic Asalah Society (BH) · in government · Economic +3.0, Social -9.0 BH Islamic Asalah Society
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society's spider profile
Economic → Market Social → Libertarian State & religion → Secular state Liberal democracy → Strong commitment West alignment → Pro-Western Regional stance → Stability/normalization Palestinian question → Pro-Palestinian rights Civil liberties → Expand Regime stance → pro-regime Pan-Arab vs particularist → pan-Arab Centralism vs federalism → federalist Traditionalism vs modernization → modernizing Gender equality → Gender equality Iran posture → Pro-Iran / aligned Press freedom → Free press Sectarian power-sharing → Post-sectarian / civic state
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society

Briefs about Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society

Hand-written political-science mini-papers comparing Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society to other parties. 1 brief on file.

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Ali Salman [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/ali-salman-bh
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Ali Salman." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/ali-salman-bh.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-ali-salman-bh,
  title     = {{Ali Salman}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/ali-salman-bh},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.