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Violence against Shia Muslims continues unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years 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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Shia Hazaras commemorate victims of terror attacks in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 11 (ANI): The Hazaras around the world including the United States annually commemorate victims of two terrorist attacks in Pakistan, said a Canada-based think tank.
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Afghanistan: Shia community urges Taliban to formalize sect, protect citiz
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Shias, who have faced persecution in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, urged the Taliban to formalize their sect and protect their citizenship rights in the framework of an inclusive government.
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Human Rights Watch says Taliban forcibly displacing Hazara Shias, Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI): Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Taliban officials have forcibly displaced Hazara Shia communities and distributed their land to their supporters, but the Taliban have rejected these claims, a media report said.
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Anti-Taliban Shias in Iran support Afghan government
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 27 (ANI): Anti-Taliban Shias in Iran are supporting the Afghan Government in its fight against terrorism, post-withdrawal of the US troops from the country.
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Shias, Hazaras apprehensive as Taliban gain stronghold in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington, DC [USA], July 19 (ANI): The members of the Shia and Hazara community have concerns with the recent developments in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign troops from the war-torn nation.
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Karachi: Families of missing Shias protest, Governor didn't even accept th
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): As authorities in Pakistan continue the persecution of minority communities- especially of Shias, families and leaders of the Joint Action Committee for Shia Missing Persons protested at Sindh Governor House.
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Pak-Afghan Hazara Shias become prime target of Sunni extremists
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): Hazara Shias remain a prime target for various Sunni terrorist groups such as Taliban and Islamic state group in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In southwestern Pakistan, the Hazaras live in ethnic ghettos and little information filters out from this highly
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Pak Army involved in 'genocide' of Hazara Shias in Balochistan: PoK activi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], January 03 (ANI): Hazara Shias in Balochistan are facing genocide at the hands of Pakistan Army, said human right activist Amjad Ayub Mirza, adding that Balochs have objected the gruesome killing of miners in the region but Pakistan authorities have not paid heed to them.
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Surge in sectarian violence targeting minorities in Pakistan threatens new
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): There has been a surge in sectarian violence in Pakistan in recent days with state-backed extremists targeting minorities including Shias and the Ahmadi community.
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Establish global commission to stop sectarian violence against Shias in Pa
Updated : 5 years, 6 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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Ayodhya verdict: UP Shia Central Waqf Board chairman raises objection agai
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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