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Grand Ayatollah Saafi Golpayegani passes away at 103
Feb 01, 2022 05:02Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Saafi Golpayegani, has passed away at the age of 103 following a cardiac arrest at a hospital in the holy city of Qom.
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Saudi Arabia sentences Shia cleric to eight years in prison, puts another behind bars
Jan 28, 2022 04:33A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced Shia cleric Sheikh Abdul Latif al-Nasser to eight years in prison, as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on members of the religious community.
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Sheikh Zakzaky condemns massacre on 6th anniversary
Dec 16, 2021 07:57Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky says the Islamic Movement in Nigeria aims to raise awareness about Islam. He says malevolent intent is behind the allegations that the IMN is an association. He asked the media to stop referring to his supporters as if they’re members of an organization, explaining that they are just activists.
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Protests continue for recovery of missing Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Nov 20, 2021 03:53Rights groups and families of missing people held a press conference in Karachi, Pakistan to once again voice their grave concern over the non-recovery of their loved ones, slamming the government for its lack of seriousness in their recovery.
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Taliban, Afghan people welcome Leader's call for unity of Muslims
Oct 28, 2021 14:34Afghanistan has welcomed the recent remarks by Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who called for greater unity between Sunnis and Shias.
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Saudi regime frees young Shia Muslim ex-death row prisoner al-Nimr after 9 years
Oct 28, 2021 09:21Amid an international outcry over Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on dissent, the regime has released Ali al-Nimr, a young Shia Muslim who spent a decade in prison for attending peaceful anti-regime protests and received a death penalty that was later rescinded.
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Iranian diplomat visits Afghans injured in Kandahar mosque terrorist attack
Oct 21, 2021 07:31An Iranian diplomat has visited a group of Afghan nationals who sustained injuries during a terrorist attack on a mosque in the southern city of Kandahar last week and transferred to Tehran for treatment.
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Explosion at mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar causes ‘heavy casualties’
Oct 15, 2021 10:41A large explosion has hit a Shia Muslim mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, martyring at least 33 people and wounding scores of others.
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Iran: Shia-Sunni unity a must to counter divisive plots by Muslims' enemies
Oct 15, 2021 12:32Iran has condemned as an anti-human crime a terrorist attack by Takfiri groups at a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, underlining the need for unity among Shia and Sunni Muslims to counter divisive plots by enemies.
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Iran sends 2nd batch of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan’s Kunduz
Oct 15, 2021 12:20Iran has dispatched the second batch of much needed humanitarian aid to those wounded in a recent terrorist attack at a mosque in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunduz.