Bahrain's religious leaders have refused to engage in a dialogue with the Saudi-backed Al Khalifa regime as there is no foreseeable prospect of political reforms in the kingdom.
One of the leaders of the Islamic National Accord Association (al-Wefaq), Seyyed Hadi Mussawi, said on Friday that Bahrain's largest opposition group has "not yet decided whether or not it will take part in the dialogue."
He pointed out, "We have always urged dialogue. We have no problems with dialogue as it is, yet we do not want to engage in talks that are bound to fail".
Meanwhile, senior Bahraini cleric Sheikh Issa Qasim says the country's political parties should receive public permission before they take part in any serious talks with the government.
Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds arrested in the Saudi-backed crackdown on the protests in Bahrain since mid-February.
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