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24 April 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Bahrain to stop the harassment and persecution of a Shi’a Muslim leader who was reportedly forced to leave the country following threats from State security agents to arrest him and his son. Heiner Bielefeldt, …

Correction: We originally wrote the headline for this article as ‘Life expectancy for Aboriginals in Toronto is 37: report’. After more research, we learned this is not the case. As mentioned in the article, the sample size of the population was only 109 people who used community health and social services …

Shia prisoners in Quetta jail have been shifted to the barrack where notorious takfiri terrorists of banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba/proscribed ASWJ, have been imprisoned. Correspondent reported here that these terrorists massacred Shia Muslims and claimed responsibility for the genocide against Shia’s. These terrorists had a record of killing Shia …

A planned declaration in Bandung to denounce the Shiite community turned into a fiery call for jihad, or holy war, against the much-maligned minority group. Thousands of people showed up for the event on Sunday hosted by the Anti-Shia Alliance, a gathering of hard-line Sunni Muslim organizations. Ahmad bin Zein …

An Iranian mother spared the life of her son’s convicted murderer with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution with the noose around his neck, a newspaper reported Thursday. The dramatic climax followed a rare public campaign to save the life of Balal, who at 19 killed …

Al-Manar television crew came under gunfire Monday during its coverage of the Syrian army’s recapture of the Christian town of Maalula from the terrorist hands, which resulted in the martyrdom of the reporter Hamza al-Hajj Hassan along with a cameraman and a technician. Al-Manar said 27-year-old Hajj Hassan and his …

NEW DELHI: What appeared to be a peaceful protest by Shia protesters at the Ghazipur border on Tuesday turned into a traffic nightmare at night. Protesters went on the rampage at the Mayur Vihar intersection after police detained senior Shia cleric ‘Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad’, along with 500 protesters. This …

Young UAE women have hit out at controversial comments encouraging Emirati men to take more than one wife. Federal National Council (FNC) member Ahmad Al Amash said earlier this week, during governmental discussions, that the reluctance of Emirati men to take a second wife was creating “a financial burden on the country”. …

Cairo: Egyptian security forces continue to chase armed groups active in the country. The confrontation does not seem it will come to end soon, with the information unfolding daily to security agencies about plans by those group to destabilize Egypt. Security sources revealed  “intelligence and security agencies succeeded in monitoring …

MANAMA, Bahrain: Bahrain’s interior ministry says a homemade bomb has exploded just outside the capital, Manama, wounding a policeman. The ministry says the blast happened Friday in the village of Daih. The same area was the scene of a bomb attack in March that killed three policemen. An investigation into …