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While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
The synagogue was built in the 1930s by Iranian Jewish merchant Shimon Cohen and financed by an American jeweller whose name is recorded only as Rosenthal and who came to Bahrain to buy pearls. [1] After the 1947 UN Partition Plan which envisaged partitioning Palestine, the synagogue was ransacked by foreign workers who worked in Bahrain. [2]
Bahrain has had a native Christian community for many centuries, with the first recorded presence dating back to the 12th century. Expatriate Christians, however, make up the majority of Christians in Bahrain, while local Christian Bahrainis (who hold Bahraini citizenship) make up a much smaller community.
Bahrain gave women the right to vote in elections for the first time in 2002. Football is the most popular sport in Manama (and the rest of the country), with three teams from Manama participating in the Bahraini Premier League. Notable cultural sites within Manama include the Bab Al Bahrain and the adjacent souq area.
On 31 May 2011, with a decree by the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, the Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia was divided, restructured and redrawn into two: The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia (Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia) with residence and see of the Bishop in Awali, Bahrain and The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen) with ...
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