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Ayatollah Qassim Says Loudspeakers Ban Suspicious Step that Believers Shouldn't Follow
2020-04-24
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, considers that citizens are not required to abide by a decision made by the Jaafari Endowments Directorate banning the recitation of the Quran, supplications, and Hussaini Majalis Aza' (elegies) through loudspeakers during the month of Ramadan. He called on the Endowments Directorate to reverse its decision.
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Ayatollah Qassim Reiterates his Call to Release Prisoners: No Excuse after Epidemic Outbreak
2020-04-15
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim said the responsibility the government bears does not allow delay in releasing prisoners in Bahrain, as the risk of a deadly epidemic increases.
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Sheikh Al-Daihi Stresses Importance of Releasing Prisoners in Bahrain
2020-04-04
Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, stressed on the importance of the call launched by Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim to release the political prisoners, in order to protect their souls in the light of the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Jaw Prison Inmates Announce Support for Ayatollah Qassim's Statement
2020-04-03
A group of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Jaw Central prison issued a statement expressing their support for the statement issued by Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Thursday (April 2, 2020) and appealed to the international community.
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Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim Calls for Releasing Prisoners, Warns of Complications of Epidemic Outbreak in Prisons
2020-04-03
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim called for releasing political prisoners in Bahrain amid threats of COVID19 on their lives.
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Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim Thanks Released Prisoners for not Receiving Congratulators due to Coronavirus
2020-03-17
The spiritual leader of Shia majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, thanked the recently released for asking people not to visit them due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Sheikh Qassim appreciated this act and called on those to be released later to do the same.
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Ayatollah Qassim Calls to Suspend Religious and Social Activities
2020-03-12
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has directed the citizens to suspend all religious and social activities due to the Coronavirus outbreak until further notice. He said "this suspension must continue until there is no more danger in order to preserve lives, which cannot be sacrificed without clear permission from the Islamic Law."
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Ayatollah Qassim on Feb. 14 Anniv: Opposition Responsible for Preserving Uprising's Purpose
2020-02-15
The opposition is required to multiply its efforts and overcome the causes of division, said Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim in an address he delivered last night marking the ninth anniversary of the Bahraini February 14th uprising that erupted in 2011. He also called on all parties of the opposition to work under the umbrella of the peaceful approach.
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Ayatollah Qassim: US Aggression Reached Elite Jihadis Soleimani and Al-Muhandis
2020-01-05
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim issued a statement condemning the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC's) Quds Force, and Abu-Mahdi Al-Muhandis, the deputy head of Popular Mobilization Forces.
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2019 Roundup: Ayatollah Qassim Present through his Statements and Sermons Abroad
2020-01-03
In July 2018, the Bahraini authorities allowed the spiritual leader of the Shia majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, to leave the country to receive treatment, thus Sheikh Isa traveled to the British capital, London.
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Ayatollah Qassim to Undergo Coronary Arteries Surgery
2019-12-07
Al-Muqawim Center for Culture and Media said that Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim will undergo coronary arteries surgery within the coming weeks.
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Sheikh Isa Qassim Undergoes Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
2019-12-03
Al-Muqawim Center for Culture and Media said that Sheikh Isa Qassim underwent a diagnostic cardiac catheterization at one of the hospitals in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Prison Term of 3 Citizens in Diraz Sit-in Case Commuted
2019-11-02
The First High Criminal Appeals Court issued its ruling in 4 appealing objections out of 167 defendants in case of dispersing the sit-in held outside house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim in Diraz. The court accepted 3 objections in form and rejected the fourth one.
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Ayatollah Qassim Said Bahraini Gov't Summoning Preachers in Ashura "Advocates Yazid"
2019-09-11
The spiritual leader of the Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, attacked the Government of Bahrain after summoning and interrogating dozens of Hussaini preachers and eulogy reciters after discussing "Yazid's wicked biography" describing these actions as an "advocacy of Yazid and acceptance of the slaughter of Hussain".
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In his letter to Prisoners Sheikh Isa Qassim Says: They were Imprisoned for Sake of All Oppressed
2019-08-16
The spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, issued a statement on the prisoners in Bahrain, saying that they languish behind bars for the sake of "all innocent, oppressed and vulnerable".
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Ayatollah Qassim: The Martyrs are Witnesses to the Injustice People Suffer, People have Right to Strive to Regain Freedom
2019-08-01
The three Bahrainis who have fallen victims are "witnesses to the dark injustice to which their people have been subjected," said the Shiite spiritual leader in Bahrain Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, who called for continued pursuit of "the right to religion, freedom and dignity."
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Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim Calls to Resist Injustice
2019-07-25
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim issued a statement on Wednesday (July 24, 2019) in which he called to resist injustice and not to surrender to it.
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Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim Calls to Commemorate Quds Day, Condemns "Deal of Century"
2019-06-04
Spiritual leader of Shia majority in Bahrain Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim urged the crowds to renew their promise to Palestine, calling for commemorating Quds Day.
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Highest Religious Authority in Bahrain Announces his Rejection to Deal of Century
2019-05-31
The highest religious authority in Bahrain Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim announced his rejection to the "Deal of the Century", expressing his refusal to any introductory steps for the deal. He said that no one has the mandate to speak on behalf of Palestinians in this deal and severely criticized the Arab regimes involved in it.
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Dozens of Diraz Sit-in Case Detainees Released after Commuting their Jail Terms to 6 Months
2019-05-28
The Bahraini security authorities released on Tuesday (May 28, 2019) dozens of detainees in Diraz sit-in case after the appeals court commuted their sentences on Monday (May 27, 2019) to 6 months in jail.