Sheikh Mohammed Khalid Ibrahim |
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Member of the Bahrain Parliament for Constituency 6 of the Northern Governorate |
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In office 24 October 2002 – 23 July 2006 |
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Preceded by | Newly created seat |
Majority | 82.8% |
Member of the Bahrain Parliament for Constituency 6 of the Northern Governorate |
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In office 2006 – September 2010 |
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Preceded by | Incumbent |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Al Amadi |
Majority | 54% |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 November 1964 |
Nationality | Bahraini |
Political party | Al-Menbar Islamic Society |
Spouse(s) | One |
Children | 4 |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | http://boammar.com/ |
Sheikh Mohammed Khalid Ibrahim (Arabic: محمد خالد إبراهيم , born 2 November 1964) is a Bahraini Islamist politician and a member of the Al-Menbar Islamic Society in Bahrain. He was an MP in the lower house of the Bahraini parliament, having been elected in the 2002 Bahrain parliamentary elections representing a constituency from the Northern Governorate. Khalid is a known outspoken critic of the Bahraini government over conservative issues such as the selling of alcohol.
Khalid was elected into the lower house of Bahrain's parliament in the 2002 Bahrain parliamentary elections, the first elections in Bahrain since 1973. He was running in constituency six for the Northern Governorate, which consists of Hamad Town, and had obtained a landslide victory with 82.8% of the vote.
In October 2003, when it was announced that Lebanese singer, Nancy Ajram, was to perform in Bahrain, Mr Khalid along with other Islamists in parliament put forward an emergency motion to ban her concert on the grounds of ‘immorality’. The motion was rejected by parliament, but in the aftermath of the parliamentary outcry, youths went on the rampage, unsuccessfully blocking roads in the capital Manama with burning tires, set fire to cars and clashed with police.