Shiite Minority

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  6 Killed After Gunman Attacks Mosque In Afghanistan, Says Taliban

  A gunman attacked a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman said Tuesday, with local residents claiming the minority Shiite community had been targeted.

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  7 Killed, 15 Wounded In Suicide Blast In Afghanistan Mosque

  At least seven people were killed and 15 more wounded when a suicide blast tore through a minority Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, the Taliban government said.

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  Death Count In Kabul Classroom Bombing Rises To 35

  The death countof a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said Saturday, as Shiite Hazara women who bore the brunt of the attack staged a defiant protest against the "genocide" of their minority community.

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  At Least 14 Killed In Twin Blasts In Central Afghanistan

  At least 14 people were killed in central Afghanistan on Tuesday when two blasts ripped through the city of Bamiyan, home to many members of the mainly Shiite Hazara ethnic minority, officials said.

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  8 "Terrorist" Suspects Killed In Saudi Arabia, Says State Media

  Eight members of a "terrorist" cell were killed on Saturday in a police raid in Saudi Arabia's eastern Qatif region, a Shiite minority stronghold, state media reported.

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  6 Civilians, 1 Policeman Killed, 15 Injured In Kabul Suicide Attack

  A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing at least seven people in an attack on a crowd gathered to commemorate a political leader from the mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority, officials said.

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  Five Dead In Attack Targeting Shiites In Balochistan

  Gunmen Monday killed five people including three Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province in the latest sectarian attack on the religious minority, police said.

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  Saudi Clerics Use Twitter, Textbooks To Spread Hate: Human Rights Watch

  Saudi Arabia is condoning hate speech against its Shiite minority from the upper echelons of its religious establishment, schoolbooks and social media, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

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  Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 27 At Shia Mosque In Kabul

  A suicide bomber killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens on Monday in an explosion at a crowded Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials said, the third major attack on minority Shi'ites in the city since July.

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  Gunmen Kill 5 Shiites Muslims In Pakistan's Karachi

  Pakistani police say gunmen have opened fire on a congregation of a minority Shiite sect, killing five people and wounding two.

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  Iran Condemns Kabul Twin Blasts, Urges Unity

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned twin bomb attacks by the ISIS group that ripped through crowds of minority Shiite Hazaras in the Afghan capital, killing at least 80.

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  80 Killed In Blasts During Protest In Kabul, ISIS Claims Responsibility

  At least 80 people were killed and more than 230 wounded Saturday when attackers detonated explosives amid a huge crowd of peaceful protesters in the Afghan capital, most of them from the country's Shiite ethnic Hazara minority, Afghan officials said.

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  80 Dead In Twin Blasts In Kabul During Protest, ISIS Claims Responsibility

  ISIS group terrorists claimed responsibility for twin explosions today that ripped through crowds of Shiite Hazaras in Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding 231 others in their first major attack in the Afghan capital.

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  5 Facts About Sunnis And Shiites That Help Makes Sense Of The Saudi-Iran Crisis

  The execution of Shiite cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia has sparked a furor in the Middle East along sectarian lines. In Iran, the regional Shiite superpower, the Sunni embassy was ransacked and burned. The Saudi kingdom and a number of its Sunni allies have cut or downgraded diplomatic relations with Tehran. In a number of Sunni-majority ...

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  Saudis' Execution Of Shiite Cleric Angers Iran And Others In Region

  Iranian protesters ransacked and set fire to part of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran on Saturday after Saudi Arabia executed an outspoken Shiite cleric who had criticized the kingdom's treatment of its Shiite minority.