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Lebanon’s Hezbollah condemns terror attack on Iraq Shia shrine
Jul 08, 2016 18:33Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has strongly condemned the recent bombing and shooting attacks by Takfiri Daesh terrorists on a sacred shrine in Iraq’s northern province of Salahuddin.
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Bahrain cuts internet connections, cellular coverage in cleric’s village
Jul 06, 2016 08:22Aal-e Khalifa forces have disabled internet connections and cellular coverage at the native village of the Bahrain's prominent religious scholar, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim whom the Manama regime last month stripped of his citizenship.
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Three bomb attacks hit near mosque in Qatif, security hq. in Medina
Jul 04, 2016 19:53Two bomb blasts have hit near a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia’s eastern city of Qatif while a third bomb has gone off close to a security headquarters at Prophet's Mosque in the western city of Medina.
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Death toll from dawn blasts in Iraq capital exceeds 90
Jul 03, 2016 14:38The death toll from two bombings in a Shia Muslim neighborhood in Baghdad at dawn Sunday jumps to 91, Iraqi security and health officials say.
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Grand Ayatollah Sistani hails Ayatollah Qassim's peaceful efforts in Bahrain
Jun 23, 2016 14:11Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hosseini Sistani has praised efforts by Bahrain's prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahamed Qassim in defending people’s rights through peaceful means.
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Bahrain ‘provocations’ to impact ties with US, UK: HRW
Jun 23, 2016 05:11Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Manama regime should reverse its "arbitrary decision" to revoke the citizenship of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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Infringement on Bahrainis’ rights unacceptable: Zarif
Jun 22, 2016 16:39In the wake of a recent move by the Manama regime to strip Bahrain’s top religious figure of citizenship, Iran’s foreign minister says infringement on the rights of Bahraini people by a certain group is unacceptable.
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Sheikh Qassim, redline for Bahrain’s regime: IRGC commander
Jun 20, 2016 20:39A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the sanctuary of the most senior Bahraini religious scholar, Sheikh Isa Qassim, is a redline whose violation will set fire to Bahrain and the entire region.
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Top Bahraini religious scholars warns regime against targeting Shia Islam
Jun 19, 2016 14:49Top Bahraini clerics have warned the regime against attempts to undermine Shia Islam amid reports that authorities were targeting funds linked to the main opposition group, al-Wefaq.
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Rights group slams Aal-e Khalifah over crackdown on dissent
Jun 18, 2016 13:57A Bahraini human rights group has censured the Aal-e Khalifah minority ruling regime over its heavy-handed crackdown on freedom of religion in the Persian Gulf island State, saying Manama is increasingly targeting Shia Muslim clerics and religious figures.