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Iranians mark Eid al-Ghadir amid coronavirus pandemic
Jul 29, 2021 17:38Eid al-Ghadir is one of the most important festivities on the Islamic calendar. While Eid al-Ghadir is an occasion for celebration, Muslims also view it as a chance to learn more about who Imam Ali (AS) was and why he was appointed by the Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) as his successor.
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Nigerian Cleric Sheikh Zakzaky, wife freed from jail
Jul 29, 2021 06:13Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife were acquitted by a court in Nigeria’s central State of Kaduna of all the charges leveled against them.
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Bahrain: Sheikh Isa Qassim calls for immediate release of political prisoners
Jul 16, 2021 11:28Bahrain’s leading religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has called on the tiny Persian Gulf island state’s authorities to immediately release political prisoners because such an issue “cannot be postponed” until the Bahraini parliament is ready.
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Bahrain's main opposition group renews call for release of jailed political opponents
Jul 02, 2021 06:06Bahrain's main opposition group has renewed its call for the immediate release of political inmates being kept behind bars at detention centers across the tiny Persian Gulf island State, stressing that the right to free expression and freedom of peaceful assembly form the backbone of public demands.
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Saudi officials plan to execute over 40 teenagers over participation in Qatif protests, say activists
Jun 20, 2021 07:25Human rights activists have warned that Saudi authorities plan to execute dozens of teenagers from the kingdom’s Shia-populated Qatif region in Eastern Province over their participation in peaceful anti-regime protests.
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Shia Muslims in Afghanistan call on govt. to protect them against terrorist attacks
Jun 15, 2021 16:42Based on official statistics, systematic targeting of Shia Muslims in Afghanistan started almost seven years ago.
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Saudi Arabia martyrs Shia Muslim youth for taking part in peaceful protests
Jun 15, 2021 16:37Saudi authorities have martyred a youth from the Shia Muslim majority Qatif region in the Eastern Province over alleged incitement and taking part in peaceful protests against the regime in Riyadh among other baseless accusations.
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Hundreds of outraged Bahrainis commemorate ‘martyred prisoner Barakat’
Jun 10, 2021 07:09Hundreds of Bahrainis come out in rage in the capital Manama, commemorating a political prisoner, who died in the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime’s captivity earlier from COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bahraini political inmate dies of coronavirus in Jau Prison
Jun 09, 2021 16:44A Bahraini political prisoner has lost his life after being infected with COVID-19 in the notorious Jau Prison, amid a surge in coronavirus cases at heavily overcrowded jails in the tiny Persian Gulf island state.
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Eight martyred as twin blasts hit buses in Kabul's Shia Muslim Hazara neighborhoods
Jun 04, 2021 04:54Two separate bomb blasts have ripped through minibuses near a Shia Muslim Hazara neighborhood in the Afghan capital Kabul, martyring at least eight people and injuring nine others, police sources say.