Salman Nasser
In Bahrain, there are those who live at a time that no longer exists. As if they were talking to the past as if he were present, and they write their data as if the last two decades did not pass. They choose to see the country with a blind eye to everything that has been achieved: Parliament with broader powers, a stronger supervisory system, security services operating with the principle of protecting everyone without discrimination, and a national strategy that closed the doors in front of extremism and sectarianism.
This category only moves in specific seasons, often related to religious occasions or social events, to recycle the same discourse, in the same tone, and with the same outdated templates. They do not recognize a national program to develop legislation, nor by government policies that made transparency part of the administrative structure, nor with bold steps that fortified society against division. As if they find in denial a comfortable haven that protects them from facing the new reality.
Today, Bahrain is not the image they draw on their platforms, or in their articles, but rather a complex mosaic of reforms and experiences.
Among the mosques, churches and temples that are safely practicing, and from official institutions that are accountable to popular initiatives that enhance social cohesion. However, these people insist on choosing the image with their imagination, because it fits their ready -to -end novels than any fact on Earth.
They know that Bahrain is no longer a stadium for chaos, but the recognition of this falls on their political trade. The country has found a rare equation in the region: security that does not suffocate freedom, freedom that does not threaten stability, and openness that does not blow up identity. Such an equation cannot be absorbed in their speech, which is based on the idea of “either we or chaos.”
It is worse that these campaigns are not limited to external distortion, but rather trying to sow suspicion in the minds of youth, by summoning events from the past and obliterating the transformations that took place on the ground. It is an attempt to keep the collective memory captive at the moment of conflict, instead of opening a new page that is based on what has been achieved. Bahrain has chosen to face extremism with an inclusive national discourse, to put sectarianism at the heart of its policies, and to grant every citizen and resident of the right to live under the umbrella of one law. These are not slogans, but facts that can be touched in people’s daily lives, and in the nature of relationships between societal components.
The cornerstone of the current Bahraini scene, the cornerstone is the realization that democracy is not measured by the number of speeches, but rather the ability of society to manage its differences under one roof. And that security is not a grip, but a safety network that protects everyone. And that transparency is not a seasonal demand, but rather a daily exercise. This understanding is what causes Bahrain to go steadily, and makes those stranded in the past get confused as the present progresss a step forward.
