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“Awakening of Nation and Stability of Pakistan Conference,” in Skardu brought Sunni and Shia Muslims together and they vowed united struggle for full rights of people of Gilgit-Baltistan. Majlis-e-Wahdat-e- Muslimeen hosted the largest- attended public meeting in the history of Gilgit-Baltistan. Sunni Bralevis, Deobandis and Ahl-e-Hadees also joined the Shia Muslims’ ...

The Duke of York will be the keynote speaker at a conference in London this Friday celebrating Bahrain as a place of religious freedom and tolerance of divergent opinions. Speaking during a visit to Bahrain last month, he said: “I believe that what’s happening in Bahrain is a source of hope ...

Hujjat al-Islam Muhammad Shahabi, the head of Imam Muhammad Baqir (a), Bahrain, spoke about the relentless attack of the Bahraini regime upon the Shia. He stated: “An attack on religious freedom and the lack of punishment for these criminals continues and from the other side the regime is using the ...

When Raphael Lemkin coined the term ‘genocide’ in 1944,  he would have been hoping against hope that it would not have to be used to describe any events in the future. Mankind had witnessed the horrors of Herero, Zulu, Assyrian, Kurd and the more documented Congolese and Armenian genocides, in ...

Ayatollah Shubairi Zanjani, speaking to a group of Pakistani Shia, commended their patience and forbearance in the face of the problems they face created by groups associated with the Taliban. “The torment that you tolerate and the steadfastness and patience you show for the protection of your beliefs has an ...

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, ...

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, spoke in a meeting with organisers of I’tikaf (Islamic retreat), about the importance of understanding and tackling the factors of corruption. Speaking about the current situation, his eminence stated:”In the history of mankind, never has there been easier access to devices which lead to sin then now. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Malaysia has a serious human rights problem, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), which released a 100+ page report entitled “No Answers, No Apologies” detailing abuses by Malaysian authorities. The report comes on the heels of accounts that Malaysia arrested infants from the country’s minority Shia Muslim sect, based upon the “crime” ...