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Mohammad Fadhel

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MANAMA: Ibrahim Zahi Suleiman is the sole Christian among 171 candidates in Bahrain's November 25 municipal elections, but he says he does not feel discriminated against in the small Muslim kingdom. "I am proud to be the only Bahraini Christian candidate in the municipal polls," the 42-year-old former civil servant told AFP. "I don't feel any discrimination against me ... and I came forward to return the favor to the country which gave me a home and to serve it."

Suleiman, who is of Jordanian origin, is one of about 1,000 Christian citizens of Bahrain, mostly of Arab descent. The archipelago has a number of Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches. Bahrain, which has a population of 650,000, including 450,000 natives, is also home to a small number of Jewish families.

"One of the main reasons I am standing in the elections is that I want to entrench democracy, in which there is no discrimination along ethnic, religious or sectarian lines," Suleiman said.

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