Sheikh Isa Abdullah Al Jowder ( ar, الشيخ عيسى عبدالله الجودر) was a Sunni cleric and nationalist political activist in

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

. He was a member of the

Haq Movement The Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy ( ar, حركة حق حركة الحريات والديمقراطية) is an opposition political organization in Bahrain founded in November 2005 with Hasan Mushaima as its secretary general. Several ...

. He was a signatory to both the 1992 and the 1994 petitions calling on the then

Amir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ce ...

to reinstate the authority of the 1973 elected parliament (dissolved by Amiri decree in 1975). He was briefly arrested by the government during the

1990s Uprising The 1990s uprising in Bahrain ( ar, الانتفاضة التسعينية في البحرين) also known as the uprising of dignity ( ar, انتفاضة الكرامة) was an uprising in Bahrain between 1994 and 1999 in which leftists, libera ...

. He had previously been arrested for his political activities in 1957, 1963 and 1968. He died on Saturday, September 24, 2011.الوسط العدد 3305 بتاريخ 25-09-2011م

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The cleric who engineered petitions from the heart of Galali village
'' Al Wasat'' newspaper, 31 May 2006 (Arabic)
Shaikh Isa al-Jowder: A Cleric and a Nationalist
Al-Waqt newspaper, 6 July 2007 (Arabic)
We need a Tutu here too

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jowder, Isa Bahraini activists Bahraini dissidents Bahraini Sunni Muslims Haq Movement politicians 2011 deaths Year of birth missing