Sheikh Mohammed Khalid Ibrahim (Arabic: محمد خالد إبراهيم, born 2 November 1964) is a Bahraini Islamist politician and a member of the Al-Menbar Islamic Society in Bahrain.
[1] In October 2003, when it was announced that Lebanese singer, Nancy Ajram, was to perform in Bahrain, Mr Khalid along with other Islamists in parliament put forward an emergency motion to ban her concert on the grounds of ‘immorality’.
[2] The motion was rejected by parliament, but in the aftermath of the parliamentary outcry, youths went on the rampage, unsuccessfully blocking roads in the capital Manama with burning tires, set fire to cars[2] and clashed with police.
[3] Several months later, Khalid was involved in another incident that helped establish cultural boundaries when he led Islamist protests against the Arab version of the reality TV show, Big Brother.
Although the producers, MBC, prior to filming had made adjustments to the format after consultations with clerics, Mr Khalid condemned the ‘immorality’ of the programme at a large demonstration of Sunni Islamists outside the Big Brother House.
[6] In 2007, he branded the festival as the 'Spring of Sex';[7] in 2005 he described young people competing in the Arab version of Star Academy as ‘scum’[8] and in 2004, he alleged that Satanists in Bahrain are organizing rock concerts as cover for devil worship.