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Bahraini Shias end prayers to protest regime persecution
Jun 16, 2016 08:35Shia Muslim religious scholars in Bahrain have stopped holding congregational prayers in the country in protest at the heavy-handed crackdown and persecution by the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime.
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Saudi sentences 14 people to death: Report
Jun 01, 2016 10:21Saudi Arabia has sentenced 14 people to death after convicting them of attacks on police in the Shia Muslim populated area of Qatif in Eastern Province.
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Bahrain court increases Sheikh Salman’s jail term by five years
May 30, 2016 10:22A court in Bahrain has extended the jail term of prominent religious leader Sheikh Ali Salman, who is the secretary general of the country’s main opposition bloc, by five years.
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Bodies of Shia Muslims martyred by Nigeria army must be exhumed: Activists
Apr 29, 2016 11:48Rights activists have called for the bodies of hundreds of Shia Muslims massacred by the Nigerian army last December to be exhumed for further investigation into the exact number of victims.