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Shia Hazara minority protests killings in Pak terror attacks
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): The Hazaras of Pakistan, a Shia minority regarded by extreme Sunnis as non-Islamic and persecuted for decades, and the diaspora in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia are commemorating the victims of two terrorist attacks in 20
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Saudi Arabia bans Tablighi Jamaat, calls it 'one of the gates of terrorism
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 12 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has banned the Tablighi Jamaat, terming it a "danger to society" and "one of the gates of terrorism".
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Ascendance of Taliban is double-edged sword for Tehran, says analyst
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 9 (ANI): For Tehran, the ascendance of the Taliban is something of a double-edged sword: a chance to fill the power void, but a void that comes with risk.
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Iran, Tajikistan cautious of Taliban, initiate counter moves
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 10 (ANI): The resistance against the Taliban is building up slowly, but certainly, as Iran and Tajikistan have started taking steps to counter the Sunni hardliners' group in the region, a report said.
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Pakistan: 11 killed, 15 injured in Kohat Shia-Sunni clash
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 26 (ANI): At least 11 people were killed and 15 injured in a Shia-Sunni clash in Kohat Division's Kurram District on Monday.
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Afghanistan's Sikhs to 'make choice between converting to Islam or leaving
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 22 (ANI): As the security scenario in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, Sikhs -- a community that was already in a dire situation before the collapse of the government -- practically have to make a choice between options of "converting to Sunni Islam or run a
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Pakistan witnessing rise of three-way Islamist turf war within Sunni Islam
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing the rise of a three-way Islamist turf war within Sunni Islam with the advent of radical Barelvism, now rivalling the Deobandi and Wahabi schools of thought.
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Taliban removes Uzbek from official language status
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI): Contrary to their pledges of forming an inclusive government and respecting all the ethnicities in its Islamic Emirate, the Taliban removed Uzbek from official language status.
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Plea filed in SC against Patna HC order on demolition of Waqf building in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 31 (ANI): The Bihar State Sunni Waqf Board has approached the Supreme Court challenging a verdict of the Patna High Court that has ordered the demolition of the Waqf building adjacent to High Court 'Centenary Building'.
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Rian Johnson announces 'Knives Out 2' has started production in Greece
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 29 (ANI): Detective Benoit Blanc's next investigation has started and it seems like he will be leaving Massachusetts behind for a much sunnier location. Rian Johnson, the director of the upcoming movie 'Knives Out 2', shared that the film has commenced production on the
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Amid spike in COVID-related deaths, Mumbai's Muslim graveyard on verge of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 16 (ANI): Amid rising COVID-related deaths in Maharashtra, a Muslim graveyard in Mumbai has put up a hoarding outside, warning people of its closure due to a shortage of land to bury bodies.
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Mirzapur: Muslim body to boycott nikah ceremony where dowry, music are par
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): An influential Muslim body in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur -- Markazi Sunni Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind -- has said they will not solemnise Muslim marriages if dowry will be a part of it.
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