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US Report On Religious Freedom Blames Pak For Targeted Killing Of Minorities
An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.
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Muslims Safest Under PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath Governments, Claims Shia Cleric
Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad has praised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for their "outreach to the minorities" and said that the Muslims were safest under their rule.
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Iran Was At The Forefront Of The Fight Against ISIS. Now It Has To Face The Militants At Home.
In recent months, the Islamic State has stepped up its efforts to target Iran, releasing a stream of propaganda, vowing more bloodshed and boosting recruitment among Iran's minority Sunnis, some of whom carried out the June attack.
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6 Killed As Crowded Shia Mosque In Kabul Hit By Suicide Attack
Six people have died and over a dozen are injured after a suicide attack at a crowded minority Shia mosque in west Kabul on Thursday evening. Officials say at least two attackers are dead.
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3 Killed In An Attack At Shia Mosque In Kabul: Report
Three people were killed after an attack at a Shia mosque in Kabul late on Thursday. The Interior Ministry has termed it as a "terrorist attack".
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Man In Pakistan Gets Death Sentence For Posting Blasphemous Content On Facebook
A minority Shia Muslim man in Pakistan was today sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court for posting blasphemous content on Facebook, the first death sentence handed for blasphemy on social media in the country.
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India's Rap To Pakistan At UN: Don't Lecture Us On Minorities
If there was such a thing as a diplomatic roast, what India served to Pakistan on Wednesday at the United Nations would come quite close to it. Following Pakistan's unrestrained shots at New Delhi over minorities and the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India used its right to reply at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva to serve a sharp rejoi...
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ISIS Claims Attack That Killed Over 30 At Shia Mosque In Kabul
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a crowded Shia mosque in Kabul on Monday that killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens in its third major attack on minority Shias in the Afghan capital since July.
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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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13 Injured In Eid Bombings In Pakistan
At least 13 people, including five policemen, were today injured in two separate suicide bombings during Eid prayers targeting minority Shias in Pakistan's relatively peaceful southern Sindh province.
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US Report On Religious Freedom Blames Pak For Targeted Killing Of Minorities
An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.
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Muslims Safest Under PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath Governments, Claims Shia Cleric
Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad has praised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for their "outreach to the minorities" and said that the Muslims were safest under their rule.
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Iran Was At The Forefront Of The Fight Against ISIS. Now It Has To Face The Militants At Home.
In recent months, the Islamic State has stepped up its efforts to target Iran, releasing a stream of propaganda, vowing more bloodshed and boosting recruitment among Iran's minority Sunnis, some of whom carried out the June attack.
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6 Killed As Crowded Shia Mosque In Kabul Hit By Suicide Attack
Six people have died and over a dozen are injured after a suicide attack at a crowded minority Shia mosque in west Kabul on Thursday evening. Officials say at least two attackers are dead.
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3 Killed In An Attack At Shia Mosque In Kabul: Report
Three people were killed after an attack at a Shia mosque in Kabul late on Thursday. The Interior Ministry has termed it as a "terrorist attack".
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Man In Pakistan Gets Death Sentence For Posting Blasphemous Content On Facebook
A minority Shia Muslim man in Pakistan was today sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court for posting blasphemous content on Facebook, the first death sentence handed for blasphemy on social media in the country.
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India's Rap To Pakistan At UN: Don't Lecture Us On Minorities
If there was such a thing as a diplomatic roast, what India served to Pakistan on Wednesday at the United Nations would come quite close to it. Following Pakistan's unrestrained shots at New Delhi over minorities and the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India used its right to reply at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva to serve a sharp rejoi...
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ISIS Claims Attack That Killed Over 30 At Shia Mosque In Kabul
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a crowded Shia mosque in Kabul on Monday that killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens in its third major attack on minority Shias in the Afghan capital since July.
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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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13 Injured In Eid Bombings In Pakistan
At least 13 people, including five policemen, were today injured in two separate suicide bombings during Eid prayers targeting minority Shias in Pakistan's relatively peaceful southern Sindh province.
