From the Rantburg Politix As Usual Desk:Bahraini King Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifa on Saturday issued a decree governing the activities of political groups. According to the decree, any political group founded according to the decree should "abide by the constitution and should strive to achieve political, social or economic progress in the kingdom." The decree stated that the basic principles of any political group, founded according to the decree, should not conflict with the Islamic faith, which is the "source of all legislative and national principles." The decree banned any political groups "based on class, sectarian, racist, geographical, trade or military restrictions." The decree stated that the founding member of any such political group, founded according to the decree, should be of "Bahraini birth." The decree also called on the groups to publicize their internal rules and regulations and ordered the Bahraini Interior Minister to monitor them and to "step in an interfere if their are not adhered to." In case the group's activities offend Bahraini rules, the group should be dissolved and its assets liquidated.