Shia Muslims

Russia calls plans for regime change in Syria 'villainy'

Jul 25, 2016 11:33

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has strongly rejected any rhetoric on regime change in Syria, saying that the calls for toppling the government of President Bashar al-Assad come from narrow-minded or villainous people.
Bahraini religious shcolars voice solidarity with Ayatollah Sheikh Qassim

Jul 24, 2016 09:16

Dozens of religious scholars have staged a gathering in Bahrain to express their support for distinguished religious figure Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassim and denounce the Aal-e Khalifah regime’s decision to revoke his nationality.
Bahraini forces arrest 50 people in Diraz

Jul 22, 2016 10:28

Bahraini regime forces arrested over 50 people as they prepared for Friday Prayers in the northwestern village of Diraz.
Zarif voices concerns over Bahrain’s crackdown on dissent

Jul 20, 2016 03:43

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Bahrain’s crackdown on dissent may have catastrophic results in the region.
Bahraini scholars attend protest in support of Sheikh Qassim

Jul 20, 2016 03:35

Religious scholars in Bahrain have attended a protest in support of the country’s top religious figure Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim as the Manama regime intensifies the crackdown on members of the religious community.
Saudi’s tripartite suppression: Awwamiyah, Zaria, Manama

Jul 18, 2016 12:21

What do Awwamiyah in eastern Arabia; Zaria in Nigeria; and Manama in Bahrain have in common? This question is not an introduction to a punch line but rather to the intriguing similarities between these areas as a result of geopolitical hegemony of the British created Wahhabi state of Saudi Arabia.
Bahrainis resume Friday Prayer after 4-week suspension

Jul 15, 2016 15:38

Bahrainis have held congregational prayers in the tiny Persian Gulf country nearly a month after clergymen declared a pause to the religious ritual in protest at the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime's heavy-handed crackdown.
Saudi regime detains prominent religious scholar

Jul 12, 2016 12:33

Saudi Arabia has arrested a senior religious scholar as the kingdom continues to impose more restrictions on religious activities of people in its oil-rich east.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah condemns terror attack on Iraq Shia shrine

Jul 08, 2016 14:03

Lebanon’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.
Bahrain cuts internet connections, cellular coverage in cleric’s village

Jul 06, 2016 03:52

Aal-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.