In the past, Shia Muslims of Lebanon did not have schools and universities and educated people, therefore they referred to the nuns’ schools and clinics. One of the first tasks carried out by Imam Musa Sadr in Lebanon was the establishment of a boys’ “technical school” and a girls’ “nursing …
Read More »Ammar Al-Hakim calls for comprehensive and fair agreement between Erbil and Baghdad
Shia Scholar and the Head of Iraq’s National Wisdom Movement political bloc Ammar Al-Hakim has called for a comprehensive and fair agreement between Erbil and Baghdad, speaking of his sadness over the struggle of Kurdish civil servants at an Erbil event on Sunday. Hakim spoke in the presence of top …
Read More »Destruction of religiously and culturally significant Shia sites in Saudi Arabia
Putting pressure on the Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia and destroying their holy places has been a policy long held by the ruling regime, not even limited to past century. The Saudi government has undertaken a systematic campaign to minimize Shia religious and cultural heritage in the country. Since 1925, …
Read More »The Persecution of Individuals from Hazara Community in Balochistan
The drastic situation was being faced by the individuals of Hazarajat in Balochistan province of Pakistan once again because the eleven persons from the affected Hazara community were being slaughtered by the terrorists of Islamic State of Iraq & Levant’s Khurasan chapter that continued the legacy of sectarian and ethnic …
Read More »Saudi Arabia executions: ‘Drastic’ reduction reported in 2020
Saudi Arabia “drastically” reduced the number of people it put to death last year, according to a governmental body. The Saudi Human Rights Commission (SHRC) documented 27 executions in 2020, which it said represented an 85% drop compared to 2019. It attributed that in part to an unannounced moratorium on …
Read More »Shia Uprisings in Saudi Arabia
| by Leila Yazdani: Over decades of systemic discrimination in Saudi Arabia, Shia anger has periodically boiled over, leading to widespread protests that have always been suppressed by Riyadh. However, these protests have always resulted in brutality and bloodshed for the Shia Muslims and the statements of the Saudi ministry …
Read More »The fifth day of Shia martyrs’ families sit-in, Quetta
If this attitude continues, the movement of the oppressed will start against the oppressors, which may lead to the overthrow of the oppressive rulers. The sit-in of the families of the martyrs of Quetta has entered its fifth day. Always pick-up corpses for 20 years but not a single leaf …
Read More »Iraq’s Sunni clerics reject pact to share religious endowments
Sheikh Ahmed Hassan Al-Taha, reject the agreement adding that it is legally void since it did not obtain the Supreme Council of Endowments’ approval.
Read More »Protection of Shia Hazaras and vulnerable groups against persecution needed in Afghan peace negotiations
Aga said that “Hazaras of Afghanistan has suffered the loss of more than a thousand deaths and injured during the National Unity Government (NUG) in last five years.
Read More »Bahrain’s Top Shia Scholar Warns of Disastrous Consequences of Normalization
Bahrain’s most prominent Shia Scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim once again condemned some Arab countries’ move to normalize ties with the Zionist regime, warning that it will have disastrous consequences.
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