Islam Historic Tolerance Bahrain Jewish Woman Ambassador to The Washington
Islam Historic Tolerance Bahrain Nominates a Jewish Woman As an Ambassador to The US By Mohammed Abbas Sun Jun 8, 8:25 AM ET MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain has nominated a Jewish woman to be its ambassador to Washington, the Gulf Arab kingdom's foreign minister said on Sunday, dismissing doubts about her suitability to represent the small Muslim country. Houda Nonoo's appointment as Bahrain's envoy to the United States had been rumored by local media for months, stirring intense debate about Bahrain's diplomatic aims and whether a Jew would truly represent Arab sentiment regarding top U.S. ally Israel. "Regardless of religion, first and foremost she is Bahraini, just as her father was, just as her grandfather was," Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa told reporters. Nonoo would become the first Jew to became an ambassador for a modern Arab nation, according to the Jewish Virtual Library website. Bahrain, a U.S.-allied island of some 1.05 m...