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Bahrain postpones Sheikh Salman retrial
Nov 06, 2016 10:43Distinguished opposition cleric Sheikh Ali Salman, who has been sentenced to nine years in jail for alleged subversion, has attended the first hearing in his retrial.
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Crackdown smells of Wahhabism: Nigerians
Nov 04, 2016 11:48Shia Muslims in Nigeria say the government’s bloody crackdown on the religious minority is influenced by Wahhabism, a radical ideology dominating Saudi Arabia.
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Child killed, dozens wounded in Karachi Shia mosque attack
Oct 18, 2016 04:15A child has been martyred and dozens wounded after a gathering of Shia Muslims in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi was targeted by an explosive device.
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Bahrainis slam Aal-e Khalifah regime
Oct 15, 2016 02:42Bahraini peaceful protesters have staged a rally to express their solidarity with the prominent religious scholar, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and other political prisoners, slamming the Aal-e Khalifah minority regime for its heavy-handed crackdown on dissent.
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Iran condemns attacks against Ashura mourners in Nigeria, Afghanistan
Oct 13, 2016 05:11Iran has condemned an attack by Nigerian forces against mourners commemorating Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia imam.
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Powerful mosque explosion martyrs 14 Shias in Afghanistan
Oct 12, 2016 12:36A bomb blast outside a mosque has claimed the lives of at least 14 Shia Muslims and injured nearly 30 others in Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh.
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Nigerian troops open fire at Shia mourners
Oct 12, 2016 10:24Nigerian forces open fire at Shia mourners taking part in Ashura processions, killing at least nine people in the cities of Kaduna and Funtua, Press TV correspondent from the capital Abuja reports.
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Nigerian troops surround Shia Muslims observing Tasu'a mourning ceremony
Oct 12, 2016 02:42Nigerian government troops have surrounded a group of Shia Muslims gathered in a mosque to observe the mourning ceremonies for the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him).
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Bahrain court refuses to grant Sheikh Salman freedom
Oct 03, 2016 12:53A court in Bahrain has turned down a request to grant freedom to distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Ali Salman.
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Over a dozen injured in attacks on Shia gatherings in Pakistan
Sep 14, 2016 01:29Two gatherings of Shia Muslim worshippers in southern Pakistan have been attacked, leaving more than a dozen people injured, officials say.