Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain

Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain

الجبهة الإسلامية لتحرير البحرين
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain الجبهة الإسلامية لتحرير البحرين
Founded	1981
Dissolved	2002
Ideology	Wilayat al Faqih; Shia Islamism
Religion	Shia Islam
	Politics of Bahrain; Political parties; Elections;

The Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain (Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية لتحرير البحرين) was a Shi'a Islamist militant group^[1] that advocated theocratic rule in Bahrain from 1981 to the 1990s. It was based in Iran and trained and financed by Iranian intelligence and Revolutionary Guards.^[2]

^ Minorities and State in the Arab World, edited by Ofra Bengio and Gabriel Ben-Dor, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999 p177
^ The International Politics of the Middle East by Raymond Hinnebusch, 2003, Manchester University Press, p194

[1] Minorities and State in the Arab World, edited by Ofra Bengio and Gabriel Ben-Dor, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999 p177

[2] The International Politics of the Middle East by Raymond Hinnebusch, 2003, Manchester University Press, p194

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Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain

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