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Mosque attack martyrs at least 25 in Afghanistan
Aug 03, 2018 13:40More than two dozen people have been martyred in a terrorist bomb attack at a Shia Muslim mosque in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan's border.
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Nigeria court acquits 80 Zakzaky supporters
Aug 01, 2018 11:23A top Nigerian court has cleared dozens of the followers of prominent religious scholar Ibrahim al-Zakzaky of criminal charges, raising hopes for the release of the religious scholar himself, who has been held captive for almost three years by the Abuja government.
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Ayatollah Sheikh Qassim flown to UK in critical condition
Jul 09, 2018 12:17Bahrain's prominent religious scholar, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has been flown to the UK for medical treatment, marking an end to more than a year of house arrest.
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Nigerian protesters demand release of Sheikh Zakzaky
Jul 07, 2018 14:48Hundreds of supporters and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have staged a peaceful rally in the country’s capital of Abuja and called for the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
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Three Shia Muslim Bahraini religious scholars sentenced to death, 8 others to life imprisonment
Jun 17, 2018 19:22Aal-e Khalifa regime officials have handed down death sentences to three Shia Muslim religious scholars and condemned eight others to life imprisonment as the ruling minority regime continues with its repressive measures and heavy-handed crackdown on members of the religious community.
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Aal-e Khalifah forces raze recently reconstructed mosque to ground
Apr 30, 2018 18:43The Aal-e Khalifa regime in Bahrain has razed to the ground a recently reconstructed Shia Muslim mosque without any prior warning as part of a heavy-handed crackdown on dissent in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
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Amnesty International demands Saudi Arabia to halt execution of 14 Shia Muslims
Feb 21, 2018 20:19Amnesty International has urged Saudi authorities to halt imminent execution of 14 young Shia Muslim activists who were condemned to death for taking part in anti-regime protests gripping the kingdom's Eastern Province.
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Bahrain: Court upholds jail term for Ayatollah Sheikh Qassim
Jan 29, 2018 19:07A court in Bahrain upholds a one-year jail term for prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has been stripped of his nationality by the Aal-e Khalifah regime and confirms the decision to revoke the citizenship.
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Sociologist Syed Farid slams sectarianism, prosecution of Shia Muslims in Malaysia
Jan 28, 2018 18:46Malaysian author and scholar Syed Farid Alatas blamed the silent majority of Muslims in Malaysia for the existence of sectarianism and the oppression and harassment of Shia Muslims in the country.
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Millions of pilgrims cross Iran into Iraq for mourning
Nov 05, 2017 15:34Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi says more than two million people have crossed the country’s border into Iraq to attend the upcoming Arba’een religious rituals.