DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain has stripped the spiritual leader of the kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim majority of his citizenship, state news agency BNA reported on Monday, and there were reports of a protest outside his house.
The move against Ayatollah Isa Qassim comes less than a week after a court ordered the country's main opposition al-Wefaq group closed, accusing it of fomenting sectarian unrest and of having links to a foreign power - an apparent reference to Iran.
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