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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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India’s Main Opposition Party Holds Protest against Citizenship Law

India’s Main Opposition Party Holds Protest against Citizenship Law

Monday 23 December 2019
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at a rally in the capital and accused the opposition of pushing the country into a “fear psychosis.” Alwaght- India’s main opposition party, the Congress, hold a silent protest in New Delhi on Monday against a contentious new citizenship law, a day after Prime M ...
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Indians Hold Massive Rally to Protest against Citizenship Law in Hyderabad

Indians Hold Massive Rally to Protest against Citizenship Law in Hyderabad

Sunday 5 January 2020 ،
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Protesters chanted We want justice, and held signs that read Protest against CAA.” More than 40 percent of Hyderabad's estimated population of nearly seven million is Muslim. Protests against the contentious law also went ahead in several other Indian ci ...
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European MPs Slam India over Citizenship Law, Kashmir

European MPs Slam India over Citizenship Law, Kashmir

Tuesday 28 January 2020 ،
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as discriminatory and dangerously divisive as well as a violation of India’s international obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The European lawmakers blamed the Indian government for discriminating, harassing, and prosecu ...
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Indian Provincial Chief Minister Says ‘Muslims Should be Fed with Bullets’

Indian Provincial Chief Minister Says ‘Muslims Should be Fed with Bullets’

Thursday 6 February 2020 ،
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), supported by Modi’s right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was passed in December last year, triggering waves of massive protests. Some 30 people have so far lost their lives during rallies. The controversial law allows granting citize ...
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Dozens Dead as Hindu Mobs Launch Anti-Muslim Pogroms Amid Trump Visit to India

Dozens Dead as Hindu Mobs Launch Anti-Muslim Pogroms Amid Trump Visit to India

Thursday 27 February 2020 ،
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Registration Council (NRC) laws. Much of India’s capital Delhi resembles a warzone, as huge communal riots targeting the city’s Muslim population engulfed it today. Mosques were set ablaze, with at least 27 people killed and hundreds more take ...
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Trump Wants A Law Criminalizing Burning US Flag

Trump Wants A Law Criminalizing Burning US Flag

Sunday 21 June 2020 ،
Amendment. Shortly after being elected in 2016, Trump suggested that those who burn the American flag should face harsh penalties, which could include one year in jail or even loss of citizenship. This renewed push from Trump comes amid Black Lives Matter protests which have been raging across th ...
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Attacks, Threats Target French Mosques, Muslims amid Rising Islamophobia

Attacks, Threats Target French Mosques, Muslims amid Rising Islamophobia

Monday 12 April 2021 ،
Citizenship Minister Marlene Schiappa to take action against the hate campaign against her and “all Muslims living in France.”  She later further insisted that the media were “complacent” in the toxic climate, which stigmatizes the Muslim community. Lazz ...
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Bahrain Rallies Continue for 20th Night in solidarity with Jailed Activists

Bahrain Rallies Continue for 20th Night in solidarity with Jailed Activists

Saturday 17 April 2021 ،
Bahraini people demonstrated for the 20th consecutive night calling for an immediate and unconditional release of political inmates amid concerns over the alarming situation of the country’s prisons in light of the coronavirus outbreak. Alwaght- Bahraini people demonstrated for the 20th consecutive ...
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Extremist Hindus Storm Muslims’ Shrine in Delhi

Extremist Hindus Storm Muslims’ Shrine in Delhi

Wednesday 11 August 2021 ،
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) last year. The riots led to 53 deaths, mostly among Muslims. Last week, a group of activists were accused of chanting anti-Muslim slogans in the heart of the national capital.    
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Boris Johnson’s Disgraceful Silence on Indian PM’s Anti-Muslim Campaign

Boris Johnson’s Disgraceful Silence on Indian PM’s Anti-Muslim Campaign

Sunday 24 April 2022 ،
Amendment Act excluded Muslim refugees from citizenship. Arundhati Roy wrote that Modi was enacting “India’s version of Germany’s 1935 Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews and other minorities of their citizenship rights”. There is no doubt that India under Modi has embarked ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies