So in the west we vote along party lines! So whats the difference between that and voting along racial, religious or family lines?
you are kidding me, right? this is nothing about racial or family lines. it is all about religious lines. everyone can see that. don't try and hide behind any other reason.
to answer your question in a phrase, SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
why? because when religion takes hold of leadership, it makes IT'S LAWS to be THE LAW, for everyone, believer or not, which amounts to ironically, LOSS OF FREEDOM.
back to the effects to aviation in gf, according to fellow pilots still there, lots. tanks have now rolled in to the pearl roundabout area, bridges are blocked to muharraq and the airport, and pilots who live out of town will have to negotiate their way through what is becoming a hazardous and dangerous route to work.
furthermore, the company is not issuing advice of concern or even interest in the welfare of flight crew until they get to work. then gf is more than happy to work them to death, before sending them back home through the same hazardous and dangerous route back home.