Shia Muslims

Shia Muslim woman injured amid Saudi regime forces’ raid on Qatif

Oct 17, 2018 16:45

A young woman has been shot and injured after Saudi regime forces stormed the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against pro-democracy campaigners and political dissidents.
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim re-hospitalized in UK

Oct 11, 2018 11:41

Bahrain's most prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, will undergo a second surgery on his eye on Thursday in a hospital in the British capital, London.
Nigerians protest rally in Abuja to demand Sheikh Zakzaki's release

Oct 06, 2018 11:11

Shia Muslims in Nigerian capital of Abuja have one again staged a protest rally to call for the release of the prominent religious scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who is still in prison despite a 2016 high court ruling.
Islamophobic hate crime injures Muslim worshipers at north London mosque

Sep 19, 2018 11:19

Worshippers leaving a mosque in London have been hit by a car in a possible hate crime that saw the driver hurling Islamophobic slurs at the people taking part in a religious ceremony for the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Muhammad's (SAWA) grandson.
Saudi forces tear down Muharram mourning tents in Qatif region

Sep 13, 2018 07:46

Reports coming out of Saudi Arabia say the regime’s troops have attacked tents set up in the kingdom’s Shia-populated Qatif region in preparation for the mourning rituals during the lunar month of Muharram.
About 20 killed in twin bombings in Afghan capital

Sep 05, 2018 14:51

At least 20 people have been killed and nearly 70 others injured in twin bombings inside a sports club in a mainly Shia Muslim area of western Kabul.
About 48 martyred in bomb explosion in Shia Muslim neighborhood of Afghan capital

Aug 15, 2018 14:36

Nearly 50 people have been martyred in a bomb attack in front of an educational center in a mainly Shia Muslim area of western Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
Mosque attack martyrs at least 25 in Afghanistan

Aug 03, 2018 09:10

More than two dozen people have been martyred in a terrorist bomb attack at a Shia Muslim mosque in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan's border.
Nigeria court acquits 80 Zakzaky supporters

Aug 01, 2018 06:53

A 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.
Ayatollah Sheikh Qassim flown to UK in critical condition

Jul 09, 2018 07:47

Bahrain'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.