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Violence against Shia Muslims continues unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): Pakistan's largest Muslim minority, Shias Muslims are living under the shadow of fear post a terror attack by a suicide bomber on a Shia mosque in Peshawar during Friday prayers.
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ISIS warns Shia Muslims to be targeted everywhere
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 17 (ANI): Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh in a statement said that Shi'ite Muslims are perilous and they will be targeted by them everywhere, a media report said.
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Shia Ulema calls for inclusive Afghan government
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI): The Shia Ulema Council has called for an inclusive government in Afghanistan in which Shia Muslims will be represented and the rights of all minorities will be respected.
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Five killed in blast targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): At least five people lost their lives while 30 were reportedly injured in a bomb blast that happened on Thursday near a procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Five killed, 30 injured in bomb blast in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan] August 20 (ANI): At least five people lost their lives while 30 were reported injured in a bomb blast that happened on Thursday near a procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's eastern Bahawalnagar district, Xinhua reported.
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Pope Francis on historic trip to Iraq, to meet Shia Muslim leader Sistani
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], March 6 (ANI): Pope Francis, arrived in Iraq on Friday (local time) for a historic four-day tour of the war-torn country and will meet with its top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a popular Shia Muslim figure, on Saturday.
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Does the terrible bombing in Baghdad prove that ISIS has not been defeated
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 25 (ANI): Last Thursday morning the center of the Iraqi capital Baghdad was shaken by a twin suicide bombing which killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 100, almost all Shia Muslims, in a second-hand clothes market in Tayaran Square.
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Establish global commission to stop sectarian violence against Shias in Pa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): The All India Shia Husaini Fund (AISHF) has written to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressing concerns over the rise in attacks against Shia Muslims and other minorities in Pakistan and demanded the formation of
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US report on religious freedom blames Pakistan for targeted killing of min
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.
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Ayodhya verdict: UP Shia Central Waqf Board chairman raises objection agai
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Raising objections over the allotment of 5-acre land to Sunni Muslims, Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizmi on Tuesday said that the land should be given to Shias and not Sunnis as Mir Bakshi was a Shia.
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Include Shia community in CAB: UP Shia Central Waqf Board writes to Amit S
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Lamenting the plight of Shia Muslim community, Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting him to include Shia community in the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019, which was intr
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Air India kicks off Lucknow-Najaf twice-a-week flight
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Feb 14 (ANI): Air India on Thursday inaugurated twice a week flight between Lucknow and the spiritual city of Najaf in Iraq.
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