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Waad, the Sunni-led secularist party led by one of those detainees, Ebrahim Sharif , said its offices have been attacked and torched twice since the crackdown began, and it blamed progovernment militias.

Bahrain Opposition Faces Uphill Effort Joe Parkinson 2011

Al haj Murad Ebrahim said the Moro Islamic Liberation Front MILF had asked Malaysia, which has been hosting talks since 2001, to help move the negotiations forward after the rebels rejected Manila's peace proposal last month.

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But there was nothing specific, and it's difficult to see when formal dialogue will start, said Ebrahim Sharif, a Sunni Muslim and former banker who heads the National Democratic Action Society, one of the groups tasked with unifying the opposition's message.

Bahrain Opposition Steps Up Pressure Joe Parkinson 2011

She says arrests of moderates such as Ebrahim Sharif, the leading antigovernment Sunni, was a deliberate move to destroy the middle ground and turn the sects against one another.

Bahrain Security Forces Step Up Arrests of Protesters Alex Delmar-Morgan 2011

In the case of Ebrahim Sharif, he said he also was suspected of having "relations and doing work with foreign countries."

Bahrain Security Forces Step Up Arrests of Protesters Alex Delmar-Morgan 2011

"He just went out with a friend to see what was happening," Ebrahim said.

Families Mourn Those Who Died During Protests Christopher Rhoads 2011

Ebrahim found his son's body at a downtown hospital the next afternoon.

Families Mourn Those Who Died During Protests Christopher Rhoads 2011

"We've been demanding talks for the past 10 years, and we'd be the last to reject them, but we have to make sure our demands are unified," said Ebrahim Sharif, a Sunni Muslim and former banker who heads the secularist National Democratic Action society, an opposition group.

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Mustafa Mohamed, a 31-year-old electrician killed the night of Jan. 28, had planned to move to Saudi Arabia to earn money so he could marry his fianc é , according to his father, Ebrahim, 61.

Families Mourn Those Who Died During Protests Christopher Rhoads 2011

On Thursday, police detained seven prominent members of the opposition, including Hassan Mushaima and Abdul-Jalil Alsingace, members of the hard-line Haq movement, as well as Ebrahim Sharif, leader of the moderate Sunni group the National Democratic Action Society.

Bahrain Security Forces Step Up Arrests of Protesters Alex Delmar-Morgan 2011