The only monarchical regime that was seriously challenged during the Arab Spring was the Sunni ruling family in Shia-majority Bahrain, where precisely this sectarian divide seems to have been the crucial ingredient in the uprising, which was then brutally suppressed with Saudi military help.
在阿拉伯之春期间受到严峻挑战的唯一王权政府是巴林的统治家族，该家族属于逊尼派，而巴林是什叶派占多数的国家。在沙特阿拉伯军事干预下被血腥镇压的巴林抗议运动，派别分歧在其中似乎发挥了重要作用。