Dhiyaa Al-Musawi

Sayed Dheya Yahya Ali Maki al-Musawi, (Arabic: ضياء السيد يحيى علي مكي الموسوي), born in Bahrain 1970, is a politician, author, writer and former cleric.

His name has also been spelled into English as Sayed Deya’a; Syed Zia; Diaa Yehia Ali; Dheya Yhya Ali; Diya, with several last name spellings of al-Mosawi; al-Mousawi; al-Moussawi and al-Moussoui among others.

Political career Al-Musawi was appointed a member of the Shura Council of Bahrain during the second legislative term in 2006. He was also a two-term member of the Public Utilities and Environment Committee.

Dheya is a current member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and the Royal Charity Organization (a governmental charity organization sponsoring orphans and widows)

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. one of the oldest daily newspapers in Saudi Arabia. He has 1371 articles published at Alwasat News, a more recent Bahraini newspaper.

Published books by al-Musawi (currently only in Arabic) include; Apostasy Kiss Between a Muslim and a Bomb: Death of Life (2010) Devils of Heaven (2012) Politicization of Religion

Occupations Mr. al-Musawi is a contributor to the Al-Watan Newspaper in Bahrain and is President of the Culture Dialogue Centre.

Dhiyaa is President of the Bahrain Human Rights Society.

On a live televised debate dated 16 November 2010 (the original in Arabic being found at the Al Jazeera Youtube), regarding censoring religious programming, Dhiyaa is quoted:

On 16 November 2015, speaking to the Bahraini parliament about building an enlightened society by eliminating extremism, Mr. al-Moussawi expressed:

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.

Personal life Al-Musawi is married to Lady Fatima Ali Ibrahim, who also has political and reformist aspirations. They have two sons; Sayed Hussein and Syed Ali.

At age 16 Dhiyaa was inspired to write after reading an issue of the Kuwaiti magazine Al-Arabi. Prior to entering the seminary, he found profound inspiration reading the poetry and political writings of Nizar Qabbani.