Al Asalah

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Al Asalah" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (October 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Al-Asalah Islamic Society جمعية الأصالة الإسلامية
Leader	Ghanim Al-Buaneen
Founded	5 June 2002 (2002-06-05)
Ideology	Salafism Islamism
Religion	Sunni Islam
National affiliation	Islamic Education Society
Council of Representatives	0 / 40
Shura Council	0 / 40
Website
alasalah-bh.org
Politics of Bahrain Political parties Elections

The Al-Asalah Islamic Society (Arabic: جمعية الأصالة الإسلامية) is the main Sunni Salafist political party in Bahrain. The party is the political wing of the Islamic Education Society (Al-Tarbiya Al-Islamiya) which funds the party. Asalah's leader is Ghanim Al Buaneen,^[1] who took over in 2005 from Adel Mouwda, who was sacked because he was perceived to be too close to Shia Islamists in the Al-Wefaq party. Asalah is most popular in the conservative bastions of Muharraq and Riffa. Asala often aligns with Al-Menbar to outvote Al-Wefaq.