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World's Largest Annual Pilgrimage Ends In Iraq, 2.5 Crore Shia Muslims Take Part
The Arba'een, a pilgrimage observed by the Shia Muslim community, concluded in Iraq's Karbala on Wednesday.
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No Triple Talaq Without Both Husband And Wife's Consent: Shia Law Board
The All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has suggested the adoption of a 'modern nikahnama' (marriage contract), seeking changes in the terms and conditions of marriage under the Islamic law.
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Battle Within Tiny Indian Muslim Sect On Circumcising Girls
When Bilqis talks about having circumcised her daughter, she goes back and forth on how she feels - sometimes within the same sentence.
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ISIS Has Committed Genocide In Iraq And Syria, Says John Kerry
The ISIS terrorist group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shia Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group.
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Nigeria Soldiers Killed Shiite Children, No Provocation: Human Rights Watch
Nigerian soldiers fired on unarmed Shia children with no provocation before unjustified raids that killed hundreds of the minority group in the West African nation, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Iraqi PM, Militias Reject Foreign Troops After US Announcement
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi rejected the need for foreign troops to fight ISIS after the Untied States said on Tuesday it was deploying a special operations force, which powerful Shia Muslim militias pledged to attack.
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Suicide Bomber Hits Shia Muslim Procession in Northeast Nigeria: Organisers
A suicide bomber today blew himself up among crowds in a Shia Muslim procession outside the northeast Nigerian city of Kano, organisers told AFP.
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ISIS Claims Attack on Shia Mosque in Bangladesh: Report
The ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on worshippers at a Shia mosque in northern Bangladesh, the US-based monitoring organisation SITE said today.
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Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Bangladesh Attack on Shias: Report
A series of blasts killed at least one person and wounded dozens as Shia Muslims gathered for a procession in the old part of Bangladesh's capital early today to mark the holy day of Ashura, police said.
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Car Bomb Explodes Near Yemeni Mosque in Downtown Sanaa, Injures 2 People, Say Police
A car bomb exploded near a mosque in the downtown area of the Yemeni capital on Thursday, wounding two people, police said.
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16 Men Arrested by Nigeria Soldiers 'Found Dead With Bullet Wounds'
Sixteen men who were arrested by Nigerian soldiers in the country's northeast were found dead just hours later with bullet wounds, community leaders said today, demanding an inquiry.
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Rise of Shiite Militias Could Fracture Iraq
Emboldened by a call to arms by the top Shiite cleric, Iranian-backed militias have moved quickly to the center of Iraq's political landscape, spearheading what its Shiite majority sees as a fight for survival against Sunni militants who control of large swaths of territory north of Baghdad.
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Mumbai: Shia Muslims get their first cemeteries
After a two-decade-long fight for a cemetery of their own, the city's Shia Muslim community have been given seven burial grounds across the city.On Sunday, mayor Shraddha Jadhav handed over two cemetery plots -- one in Mulund (East) and the other in Kapaswadi, Juhu -- to community groups at a function in Imamwada. Five other burial grounds, includi...
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World's Largest Annual Pilgrimage Ends In Iraq, 2.5 Crore Shia Muslims Take Part
The Arba'een, a pilgrimage observed by the Shia Muslim community, concluded in Iraq's Karbala on Wednesday.
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No Triple Talaq Without Both Husband And Wife's Consent: Shia Law Board
The All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has suggested the adoption of a 'modern nikahnama' (marriage contract), seeking changes in the terms and conditions of marriage under the Islamic law.
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Battle Within Tiny Indian Muslim Sect On Circumcising Girls
When Bilqis talks about having circumcised her daughter, she goes back and forth on how she feels - sometimes within the same sentence.
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ISIS Has Committed Genocide In Iraq And Syria, Says John Kerry
The ISIS terrorist group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shia Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group.
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Nigeria Soldiers Killed Shiite Children, No Provocation: Human Rights Watch
Nigerian soldiers fired on unarmed Shia children with no provocation before unjustified raids that killed hundreds of the minority group in the West African nation, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Iraqi PM, Militias Reject Foreign Troops After US Announcement
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi rejected the need for foreign troops to fight ISIS after the Untied States said on Tuesday it was deploying a special operations force, which powerful Shia Muslim militias pledged to attack.
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Suicide Bomber Hits Shia Muslim Procession in Northeast Nigeria: Organisers
A suicide bomber today blew himself up among crowds in a Shia Muslim procession outside the northeast Nigerian city of Kano, organisers told AFP.
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ISIS Claims Attack on Shia Mosque in Bangladesh: Report
The ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on worshippers at a Shia mosque in northern Bangladesh, the US-based monitoring organisation SITE said today.
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Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Bangladesh Attack on Shias: Report
A series of blasts killed at least one person and wounded dozens as Shia Muslims gathered for a procession in the old part of Bangladesh's capital early today to mark the holy day of Ashura, police said.
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Car Bomb Explodes Near Yemeni Mosque in Downtown Sanaa, Injures 2 People, Say Police
A car bomb exploded near a mosque in the downtown area of the Yemeni capital on Thursday, wounding two people, police said.
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16 Men Arrested by Nigeria Soldiers 'Found Dead With Bullet Wounds'
Sixteen men who were arrested by Nigerian soldiers in the country's northeast were found dead just hours later with bullet wounds, community leaders said today, demanding an inquiry.
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Rise of Shiite Militias Could Fracture Iraq
Emboldened by a call to arms by the top Shiite cleric, Iranian-backed militias have moved quickly to the center of Iraq's political landscape, spearheading what its Shiite majority sees as a fight for survival against Sunni militants who control of large swaths of territory north of Baghdad.
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Mumbai: Shia Muslims get their first cemeteries
After a two-decade-long fight for a cemetery of their own, the city's Shia Muslim community have been given seven burial grounds across the city.On Sunday, mayor Shraddha Jadhav handed over two cemetery plots -- one in Mulund (East) and the other in Kapaswadi, Juhu -- to community groups at a function in Imamwada. Five other burial grounds, includi...
