Sheikh Isa Abdullah Al Jowder is a Sunni cleric and nationalist political activist in Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

. He is a member of the Haq Movement

Haq Movement

The Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy is an opposition political organization in Bahrain founded in 2005 with Hasan Mushaima as its Secretary general...

. He was a signatory to both the 1992 and the 1994 petitions calling on the then Amir 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. He had previously been arrested for his political activities in 1957, 1963 and 1968.

He comes from the village of Galali on Muharraq Island

Muharraq Island

Muharraq Island is the third largest island in the archipelago of Bahrain after Bahrain Island and Hawar Island. It is named after Muharraq City, the former capital of Bahrain.There are several towns and villages located on the Island, including:...

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External links

• 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
  Al-Waqt
  Al Waqt was a Bahraini Arabic language daily newspaper. Ibrahim Bashmi, a member of Bahrain's Shura Council serves as the editor-in-chief. The newsppaper has ceased publication....
  
  newspaper, 6 July 2007 (Arabic)
• We need a Tutu here too
• 1992 Petition for Reforms to Amir of Bahrain
• Video of Isa al-Jowder
• Bahrain Struggle for Democratic Reforms (documentary film)