Shia Muslims

Amnesty urges end to ‘unlawful' detention of Nigerian religious scholar Sheikh Zakzaky

Jan 16, 2017 12:12

Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to comply with a court ruling that calls for an end to the “unlawful” detention of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the country’s top Shia Muslim religious leader.
Gunmen kill 9 Shia Muslim miners in Afghanistan's Baghlan

Jan 06, 2017 14:10

Armed men have gunned down nine Shia miners in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan.
Prominent Bahraini rights activist released pending trial

Dec 28, 2016 11:07

Nabeel Rajab, the prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner, who was in custody for months, has been released pending his trial.
Bahrain regime grills prominent activist over criticizing Wahhabism

Dec 23, 2016 02:32

Bahraini regime authorities have put imprisoned prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab through the mill over criticizing oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies for spreading "extremism" in an article published in French daily Le Monde.
Court sentences Bahraini journalist to three months in jail

Nov 30, 2016 13:06

A criminal court in Bahrain has sentenced a journalist to three months in prison for a message posted on Twitter deemed insulting to Wahhabi extremism, a dominant faith in Saudi Arabia.
Leader: Address causes of Hillah terrorist attack, Semnan train crash

Nov 26, 2016 11:34

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expressed deep grief over the recent tragic incidents in Iran and neighboring Iraq that led to the deaths of scores of Iranian nationals, urging the country's officials to find a basic solution to such happenings.
Iran condemns terrorist attack in Iraq

Nov 24, 2016 15:05

Hours after the incident, Foreign Ministry spokesman strongly condemned the fatal terrorist blast, expressing sympathy with the Iraqi government and nation as well as all the families of the victims.
Iraq: Car bomb kills over 80 people in Hilla

Nov 24, 2016 11:27

A car bomb has reportedly exploded in the suburbs of the city of al-Hilla in Southern Iraq martyring more than 80 people, among them pilgrims.
Grand Ayatollah Mousavi Ardebili passes away

Nov 23, 2016 11:02

A senior religious scholar and Marja (source of emulation), Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, has passed away after suffering cardiac and digestive complications.
Nigeria must not transform Shi’a Muslims into enemies

Nov 21, 2016 16:56

The continued detention of Nigeria’s Shi’a Muslim leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaki, his wife, and several others by the government of Nigeria, following last December’s massacre of some 2,000 peaceful Shi’a Muslim men, women, and children by the military, coupled with the current atmosphere of persecution, has shocked the civilized world.