# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-salman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:16:42.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-salman"
name: "Ali Salman"
slug: "ali-salman"
description: "Ali Salman Ahmed Salman is a Bahraini Twelver Shi'a cleric and the Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq political society. In January 1995, the Bahraini government forcibly exiled him to Dubai for leading a popular campaign demanding the reinstatement of the constitution and the restoration of parliament during the 1990s Uprising. From there, he made his way to London and sought asylum. He continued opposition activities from London, where he was associated with the Bahrain Freedom Movement. Salman returned to Bahrain in March 2001 in a general amnesty as part of a set of political reforms announced by King Hamad."
tagline: "Bahraini Islamist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cleric_Ali_Salman%2C_head_of_Al_Wefaq_delivering_a_speech_during_a_pro-democracy_sit-in_in_Muqsha'a_2.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.831356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.toqa.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "علي سلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "আলী সালমান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Salman"
    title: "Ali Salman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "علی سلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Ali_Salman"
    title: "Cheikh Ali Salman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4166605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump