WASHINGTON, June 8, 2014 — As tension and unrest rise in Iraq, the Maliki government has been blamed for running a Shia regime that has “marginalized Iraq’s Sunnis.” Based on this premise, some have concluded that the marginalization is the reason Iraq’s Sunnis are supporting ISIS and welcoming them in ...
Read More »Baghdad bombings target Iraq Shia pilgrims
At least 24 Shia Muslim pilgrims have been killed in three bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say. Suicide bombers targeted pilgrims walking along main roads in the western area of Mansour and in Bab al-Sharji, in the city centre, while a car bomb exploded in Urr, an eastern ...
Read More »Majlis-e-Ulama Shia in UK denounces arresting foreign students of religious institution in Najaf
[Picture: President of Majlis-e-Ulama Shia Maulana Sayyid Ali Raza Rizvi (Left) and General Secretary of Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen Pakistan Maulana Raja Nasir Abbas (Right)] Majlis Ulama-E-Shia (Europe) – A Religious Organisation of Shia Scholars in Europe which represents the Shia Muslims originating from the Subcontinent wrote a letter to the ...
Read More »Independent UN human rights expert urges Bahrain to stop persecuting Shi’a Muslims
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, ...
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