Sayed Dheya Yahya Ali Maki al-Musawi, (Arabic: ضياء السيد يحيى علي مكي الموسوي), born in Bahrain 1970,[1] is a politician, author, writer and former cleric.
[3] In 2014, al-Mousawi ran for the 6th district against four other candidates in Muharraq, Bahrain's third largest city, but withdrew prior to election day.
[4][5] Mr. al-Moussawi has a reoccurring article entitled Morning Coffee at the Albilad Press,[6] one of the oldest daily newspapers in Saudi Arabia.
We are against secular extremism and religious extremism..."[13]In April 2016, Al-Musawi is quoted addressing the Bahraini Shura Council in advocating for progress in growing women's rights, asking not to allow the current law, supported by the state Constitution, to be weakened, and questioning the political fear-mongering rhetoric.
Prior to entering the seminary, he found profound inspiration reading the poetry and political writings of Nizar Qabbani.