The Bahraini opposition refers to a group of political groups who are opposed to the Cabinet of Bahrain government and the ruling monarch of the

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House of Khalifa The House of Khalifa () is the ruling family of the Kingdom of Bahrain. They profess Sunni Islam and belong to the Anizah tribe. Some members of this tribe joined the Utub alliance which migrated from Najd in central Arabia to Kuwait, then ru ...

. Currently, the Bahraini opposition can be divided into the officially registered political parties, who demand reforms to the current political system, and the unregistered opposition groups. Most of the opposition from the majority

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population of Bahrain. The alliance of registered opposition parties consists of: *

Al Wefaq National Islamic Society Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society (; ), sometimes shortened to simply Al-Wefaq, was a Shia Islam, Shi'a Bahraini political party, that operates clandestinely after being ordered by the highest court in Bahrain to be dissolved and liquidated. Al ...

(banned) * National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad, banned) * Progressive Democratic Tribune * Islamic Action Society (Amal, banned) *Al Wahdawi *Al Ekha * Nationalist Democratic Assembly The unlicensed opposition consists of: * Haq Movement * February 14 Youth Coalition * Al Wafaa Islamic Movement * Bahrain Freedom Movement * National Liberation Front – Bahrain * Al-Ashtar Brigades * Al-Mukhtar Brigades Since the

2011 Bahraini uprising The 2011 Bahraini uprising was a series of anti-government protests in Bahrain led by the mainly Shia and some Sunni Bahraini opposition primarily from 2011 until 2014. The protests were inspired by the unrest of the 2011 Arab Spring and prote ...

, all opposition parties have boycotted

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. The opposition has since failed to overthrow the Cabinet of Bahrain.

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Bahraini democracy movements Bahraini uprising of 2011

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* Politics of Bahrain {{Bahrain-stub

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