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Three bomb attacks hit near mosque in Qatif, security hq. in Medina
Jul 04, 2016 15:23Two 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 10:08The 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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West stirs Islamophobia and Iranophobia campaigns (2)
Jun 29, 2016 08:32One of the goals and intentions of the West in staging its Iranophobia campaign is to establish regional security arrangements without Iran’s participation, and in a bid to counter Iran.
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West stirs Islamophobia and Iran phobia campaigns (1)
Jun 25, 2016 07:07One of the most important goals of Iran phobia and Shia phobia propaganda campaigns is to obstruct the emergence of Islamic Iran as a role model for regional countries; to impede the establishment of regional security arrangements with the participation of Iran; to change Iran’s behavioral pattern; and to provoke disputes in the Iranian community.
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Grand Ayatollah Sistani hails Ayatollah Qassim's peaceful efforts in Bahrain
Jun 23, 2016 09:41Grand 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 00:41Human 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 12:09In 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 16:09A 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 10:19Top 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 09:27A 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.