MANAMA (Agencies)

Bahrain's king has appointed a Jewish Shura Council member and a top female activist as the Kingdom’s next ambassador to Washington, making her the Arab world's first ever Jewish ambassador.

“It is an honor bestowed upon me by HM the King. I am yet to receive the documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I will visit them next week and then they will spell out my role in Washington,” lawmaker Huda Ezra Nonoo was quoted by the Bahrain Tribune as saying.

“I look forward to the challenges that such a role brings with it,” she added. A member of Bahrain’s Jewish community, Huda has served as legislator in the 40-member Shura for three years.

Nonoo, a 43-year-old mother of two boys, insisted she was not chosen for the post because of her religion.

A decree issued by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa and reported by the official Bahrain News Agency on Wednesday said Nonoo was appointed as a state ambassador, but had not specified where she could be posted.

Jews migrated to Bahrain in the 19th century, mostly from Iran and Iraq. Their numbers increased early in the 20th century but decreased after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, when many left for Israel, the U.S. and Europe.

Today's Jews keep a low profile in Bahrain, working mostly in banks, commercial and trade companies and retail. They live in upscale parts of the country, being part of the wealthy business community.

There is also a synagogue and a private Jewish cemetery in the Gulf kingdom.


Bahrain is exploding a heavy bombshell, hoping to bleach islam and put it back on the map of the civilized world. But it's too late for this illusion to redeem 1400 years of evil history. It's a proof they are realizing they reached a dead-end, and the only road open for them is downturn.

They know that Islam's "religious" cover is being blown away and destroyed. It became evident to the wiser rulers of the Arab-Islamic world that the only way to keep islam from being swept by the deluge is to try to go with the tide, the demands of the civilized world.

Personally, I have the firm belief that no matter how many times a snake would change his skin, or his color, his venom is still the same, deadly. And I also have the firm belief that a “religion” consisting of deception (Taqiya) as its fundamental cornerstone can’t offer anything. Now that it’s cornered and rotting, but this could be deceptive ploys to gain time for continue Islam's evil mission started by its prophet of doom.

However, our pledge should be: no turning back, no let down, and no compromise with the diabolical Islam, even if it present itself in the form of an Angel of light.