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Influential Pak Cleric Shot Dead In Karachi: Reports
An influential Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric was shot dead along with his driver by unidentified attackers in Karachi city, according to media reports.
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Suicide Bomber Dressed As Woman Kills 14 In Iraqi Displacement Camp
A suicide bomber dressed as a veiled woman killed 14 people and wounded 13 others in a displacement camp west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, security sources said.
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Bomb Blast In Pakistan Market Kills 20, Wounds Over 50
20 people were killed and 50 were wounded when a bomb struck a market in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, Pakistani health and government officials said.
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Saudi Prince Flogged In Court-Ordered Punishment: Report
A prince of Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family was given lashes in a prison in Jeddah as a court-ordered punishment, a Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday, less than a month after the kingdom executed another prince for murder.
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Muslims, Not Saffron Brigade, Must Settle Triple Talaq
The strictest school of Sunni jurisprudence, the Salafi, holds that triple talaq "is not in keeping with the Quran and the hadith", according to none other than the leader of the Indian Salafis, Maulana Asghar Ali Imam Mehdi.
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Nearly 1.5 Million Begin Annual Haj In Saudi Arabia
From Asia, Africa and points in between, nearly 1.5 million Muslims begin the annual haj in western Saudi Arabia today, undeterred by a stampede which last year killed around 2,300.
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Turkey's Erdogan Always Feared A Coup. He Was Proved Right.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- the most significant ruler in the republic's history since its founder, Mustapha Kemal Ataturk -- is obsessed with Egypt. Three years ago, a military coup there ousted the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi, arrested him and his allies, ruthlessly cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood, and inst...
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Post-ISIS Iraq Should Be Split In Three: Kurdish Official
Once ISIS is defeated, Iraq should be divided into three separate entities to prevent further sectarian bloodshed, with a state each given to Shi'ite Muslims, Sunnis and Kurds, a top Kurdish official said on Thursday.
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ISIS's Income Drops 30 Per Cent On Lower Oil, Tax Revenue
ISIS's income and the population under its control have both fallen by about a third, a US-based analysis firm said, describing the declining revenue as a threat to its long-term rule over its self-proclaimed caliphate.
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US Says To Cooperate With Investigations Into Genocide By ISIS
The United States will cooperate with independent efforts to investigate acts of genocide committed by ISIS and do all it can to bring perpetrators to justice, the White House said on Thursday.
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Wife Of Pastor Saeed Abedini, Jailed In Iran For His Faith, Explains The 'Shock' Of His Release
American evangelical pastor Saeed Abedini is among the four Americans Iran who were released on Saturday, according to U.S. and Iranian officials. For more than three years, evangelical activists have pressed President Barack Obama to push for his release, arguing that it should be part of a larger nuclear deal.
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Arab Diplomats Rally Behind Saudi Arabia In Iran Row
Top Arab diplomats rallied behind Saudi Arabia on Sunday in a dispute with Iran that has threatened to derail efforts to resolve Middle East conflicts including the war in Syria.
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5 Facts About Sunnis And Shiites That Help Makes Sense Of The Saudi-Iran Crisis
The execution of Shiite cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia has sparked a furor in the Middle East along sectarian lines. In Iran, the regional Shiite superpower, the Sunni embassy was ransacked and burned. The Saudi kingdom and a number of its Sunni allies have cut or downgraded diplomatic relations with Tehran. In a number of Sunni-majority ...
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Iraqi Sunni Mosques Attacked In Apparent Retaliation For Saudi Execution
At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday.Iraqi Shi'ites protesting the January 2 execution of Saudi Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr separately marched in Baghdad and in southern ...
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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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Influential Pak Cleric Shot Dead In Karachi: Reports
An influential Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric was shot dead along with his driver by unidentified attackers in Karachi city, according to media reports.
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Suicide Bomber Dressed As Woman Kills 14 In Iraqi Displacement Camp
A suicide bomber dressed as a veiled woman killed 14 people and wounded 13 others in a displacement camp west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, security sources said.
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Bomb Blast In Pakistan Market Kills 20, Wounds Over 50
20 people were killed and 50 were wounded when a bomb struck a market in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, Pakistani health and government officials said.
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Saudi Prince Flogged In Court-Ordered Punishment: Report
A prince of Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family was given lashes in a prison in Jeddah as a court-ordered punishment, a Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday, less than a month after the kingdom executed another prince for murder.
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Muslims, Not Saffron Brigade, Must Settle Triple Talaq
The strictest school of Sunni jurisprudence, the Salafi, holds that triple talaq "is not in keeping with the Quran and the hadith", according to none other than the leader of the Indian Salafis, Maulana Asghar Ali Imam Mehdi.
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Nearly 1.5 Million Begin Annual Haj In Saudi Arabia
From Asia, Africa and points in between, nearly 1.5 million Muslims begin the annual haj in western Saudi Arabia today, undeterred by a stampede which last year killed around 2,300.
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Turkey's Erdogan Always Feared A Coup. He Was Proved Right.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- the most significant ruler in the republic's history since its founder, Mustapha Kemal Ataturk -- is obsessed with Egypt. Three years ago, a military coup there ousted the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi, arrested him and his allies, ruthlessly cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood, and inst...
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Post-ISIS Iraq Should Be Split In Three: Kurdish Official
Once ISIS is defeated, Iraq should be divided into three separate entities to prevent further sectarian bloodshed, with a state each given to Shi'ite Muslims, Sunnis and Kurds, a top Kurdish official said on Thursday.
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ISIS's Income Drops 30 Per Cent On Lower Oil, Tax Revenue
ISIS's income and the population under its control have both fallen by about a third, a US-based analysis firm said, describing the declining revenue as a threat to its long-term rule over its self-proclaimed caliphate.
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US Says To Cooperate With Investigations Into Genocide By ISIS
The United States will cooperate with independent efforts to investigate acts of genocide committed by ISIS and do all it can to bring perpetrators to justice, the White House said on Thursday.
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Wife Of Pastor Saeed Abedini, Jailed In Iran For His Faith, Explains The 'Shock' Of His Release
American evangelical pastor Saeed Abedini is among the four Americans Iran who were released on Saturday, according to U.S. and Iranian officials. For more than three years, evangelical activists have pressed President Barack Obama to push for his release, arguing that it should be part of a larger nuclear deal.
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Arab Diplomats Rally Behind Saudi Arabia In Iran Row
Top Arab diplomats rallied behind Saudi Arabia on Sunday in a dispute with Iran that has threatened to derail efforts to resolve Middle East conflicts including the war in Syria.
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5 Facts About Sunnis And Shiites That Help Makes Sense Of The Saudi-Iran Crisis
The execution of Shiite cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia has sparked a furor in the Middle East along sectarian lines. In Iran, the regional Shiite superpower, the Sunni embassy was ransacked and burned. The Saudi kingdom and a number of its Sunni allies have cut or downgraded diplomatic relations with Tehran. In a number of Sunni-majority ...
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Iraqi Sunni Mosques Attacked In Apparent Retaliation For Saudi Execution
At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday.Iraqi Shi'ites protesting the January 2 execution of Saudi Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr separately marched in Baghdad and in southern ...
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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.
