Bahrain Mirror: Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi said that information revealed that the health of the highest religious authority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, has severely deteriorated.

Al-Daihi said in a statement that Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim is a great national and religious leader. He is a modern state builder and was among those who put the first Constitution in Bahrain. The political and popular majority in Bahrain follow his leadership."

He added "Sheikh Isa Qassim has been under siege and house arrest since a year and a half, which is considered an insult to the people of Bahrain, in particular the Shiite population who believe in his leadership."

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