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38 Killed, Dozen Injured In Latest Attack On Shia Muslims In Pakistan
At least 38 people have died in Pakistan's restive northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after gunmen fired indiscriminately in two separate incidents of sectarian violence targeting Shia Muslims.
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World's Largest Annual Pilgrimage Ends In Iraq, 2.5 Crore Shia Muslims Take Part
The Arba'een, a pilgrimage observed by the Shia Muslim community, concluded in Iraq's Karbala on Wednesday.
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Shia Community Takes Out Muharram Procession In Srinagar After 3 Decades
After more than three decades since the outbreak of militancy, the Shia community on Thursday took out a Muharram procession on a traditional route in Srinagar passing through the Lal Chowk area, with hundreds of people participating in
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Muharram 2019: 10 Things To Know About The Day Of Ashura
Muharram is a period of intense grief and mourning for Shia Muslims. The mourners congregate at a mosque for sorrowful poetic recitations. Some Shia Muslims observe the mourning with blood donation. Sunni Muslims commemorate the day through voluntary fasting. While fasting during the month of Ramadan became obligatory, the fast of Ashura was made n...
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2 Saudi Police Shot Dead in Kingdom's East: Ministry
Two Saudi policemen were shot dead today when they came under fire in the kingdom's east, where most of the minority Shia community live, the interior ministry said.
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Afghan Hazara Step Up Protest After Beheadings
Thousands of members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority demonstrated today against government inaction over the killing of seven members of their community by Islamist militants who dumped their partially beheaded bodies.
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Thousands Protest at Afghanistan Killings as Sectarian Fears Rise
Around 2,000 members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority held an angry protest today after militants killed seven members of their community at the weekend and dumped their partially beheaded bodies.
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PM Modi Condemns Karachi Attack, Says India Stands With Pakistan People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the attack in Karachi in which people from minority Shia Ismaili community were targeted and said India stands firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief.
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16 Men Arrested by Nigeria Soldiers 'Found Dead With Bullet Wounds'
Sixteen men who were arrested by Nigerian soldiers in the country's northeast were found dead just hours later with bullet wounds, community leaders said today, demanding an inquiry.
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Narendra Modi not a political untouchable for Muslims: Shia cleric
A prominent Muslim cleric has said Narendra Modi is not a political untouchable for the minority community, and can get their votes if he shows that he cares about them.
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Muslim leaders say Rahul Gandhi's statement 'most unfortunate'
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's statement that some Muslim youths from communal riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh were in touch with Pakistan's intelligence agency has been slammed by prominent clerics of the community as "most unfortunate".
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Car blast in Karachi; 19 injured
A car bomb went off near a procession by the minority Shia community in Karachi, injuring 19 people, including five women and a child.
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38 Killed, Dozen Injured In Latest Attack On Shia Muslims In Pakistan
At least 38 people have died in Pakistan's restive northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after gunmen fired indiscriminately in two separate incidents of sectarian violence targeting Shia Muslims.
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World's Largest Annual Pilgrimage Ends In Iraq, 2.5 Crore Shia Muslims Take Part
The Arba'een, a pilgrimage observed by the Shia Muslim community, concluded in Iraq's Karbala on Wednesday.
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Shia Community Takes Out Muharram Procession In Srinagar After 3 Decades
After more than three decades since the outbreak of militancy, the Shia community on Thursday took out a Muharram procession on a traditional route in Srinagar passing through the Lal Chowk area, with hundreds of people participating in
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Muharram 2019: 10 Things To Know About The Day Of Ashura
Muharram is a period of intense grief and mourning for Shia Muslims. The mourners congregate at a mosque for sorrowful poetic recitations. Some Shia Muslims observe the mourning with blood donation. Sunni Muslims commemorate the day through voluntary fasting. While fasting during the month of Ramadan became obligatory, the fast of Ashura was made n...
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2 Saudi Police Shot Dead in Kingdom's East: Ministry
Two Saudi policemen were shot dead today when they came under fire in the kingdom's east, where most of the minority Shia community live, the interior ministry said.
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Afghan Hazara Step Up Protest After Beheadings
Thousands of members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority demonstrated today against government inaction over the killing of seven members of their community by Islamist militants who dumped their partially beheaded bodies.
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Thousands Protest at Afghanistan Killings as Sectarian Fears Rise
Around 2,000 members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority held an angry protest today after militants killed seven members of their community at the weekend and dumped their partially beheaded bodies.
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PM Modi Condemns Karachi Attack, Says India Stands With Pakistan People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the attack in Karachi in which people from minority Shia Ismaili community were targeted and said India stands firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief.
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16 Men Arrested by Nigeria Soldiers 'Found Dead With Bullet Wounds'
Sixteen men who were arrested by Nigerian soldiers in the country's northeast were found dead just hours later with bullet wounds, community leaders said today, demanding an inquiry.
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Narendra Modi not a political untouchable for Muslims: Shia cleric
A prominent Muslim cleric has said Narendra Modi is not a political untouchable for the minority community, and can get their votes if he shows that he cares about them.
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Muslim leaders say Rahul Gandhi's statement 'most unfortunate'
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's statement that some Muslim youths from communal riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh were in touch with Pakistan's intelligence agency has been slammed by prominent clerics of the community as "most unfortunate".
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Car blast in Karachi; 19 injured
A car bomb went off near a procession by the minority Shia community in Karachi, injuring 19 people, including five women and a child.
