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Fight against terrorism needs all-out global efforts: Iran
Jan 21, 2017 13:05Iran has denounced a terrorist attack on a Shia Muslim-dominated area in Pakistan that killed at least 25 people, urging an all-out international campaign against terrorism.
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Bahrainis keep on protesting over execution of three activists
Jan 17, 2017 04:21People in Bahrain continue protests against the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime over the execution of three Shia Muslim activists convicted of killing three policemen during a pro-democracy rally back in March 2014.
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Amnesty urges end to ‘unlawful' detention of Nigerian religious scholar Sheikh Zakzaky
Jan 16, 2017 12:12Amnesty 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.
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Gunmen kill 9 Shia Muslim miners in Afghanistan's Baghlan
Jan 06, 2017 14:10Armed men have gunned down nine Shia miners in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan.
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Bahrainis march to mark Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr’s execution
Jan 02, 2017 02:31People of Bahrain have held a rally to mark the first anniversary of the execution of prominent Saudi cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Riyadh regime.
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Prominent Bahraini rights activist released pending trial
Dec 28, 2016 11:07Nabeel Rajab, the prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner, who was in custody for months, has been released pending his trial.
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Bahrainis protest Manama raid on Sheikh Isa Qassim’s home
Dec 22, 2016 02:43Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets across the country to condemn a regime raid on prominent religious leader Sheikh Isa Qassim’s home.
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Nigeria must not transform Shi’a Muslims into enemies
Nov 21, 2016 16:56The 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.
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About 100 martyred as Nigerian forces attack rally ahead of Arba’een
Nov 14, 2016 11:49Nigerian armed forces have opened fire on a group of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN)’s followers, martyring nearly 100 and injuring hundreds more in the northern city of Kano, the movement says.
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Bahrainis hold demo to demand release of imprisoned activist
Nov 15, 2016 04:11Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Bahrain to demand the immediate release of an activist who has been held captive for three weeks without any criminal charges brought against him.