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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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Schools Reopen in India’s Karnataka amid Hijab Ban Row

Schools Reopen in India’s Karnataka amid Hijab Ban Row

Wednesday 16 February 2022
Hindus -- around their necks. This is so unfair, student Afra Ajmal Asabi told reporters covering the protests, referring to the ban. We've always been attending classes wearing the hijab. The court is deliberating the recent hijab ban imposed by Karnataka authorities, marking the latest issue ...
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Indian Court Upholds Hijab Ban in Schools, Violating Muslims Rights

Indian Court Upholds Hijab Ban in Schools, Violating Muslims Rights

Tuesday 15 March 2022 ،
Hindus, Sikhs and Christians have done with symbols of their respective symbols. Ahead of the verdict, Karnataka authorities announced closures of schools and colleges, and imposed restrictions on public gatherings in some parts of the state to prevent potential trouble. Last month, federal Home M ...
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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 ،
Hindus to move there. The state has been under a dense military occupation for decades; most Kashmiris do not wish to be part of India. In August 2019, Prime Minister Modi revoked Kashmir’s historical semi-autonomous status. That same year, Modi’s Citizen Amendment Act excluded Muslim r ...
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What Pope Needs to Know about Bahrain’s Realities

What Pope Needs to Know about Bahrain’s Realities

Wednesday 2 November 2022 ،
Hindus, a church for Christians, and a synagogue for Jews, while in a completely different behavior continuously violates the religious freedom of Shiites and bars them of their religious rights.  This discrimination against the Shiites comes while they make up the majority of Bahrain's 1. ...
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Syrian FM Arrives in India to Boost Bilateral Ties in a Bid to Return to Int’l Fold

Syrian FM Arrives in India to Boost Bilateral Ties in a Bid to Return to Int’l Fold

Friday 18 November 2022 ،
Hindustan Times on Thursday, Mekdad hailed the strong ties between the two countries. He said since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s visit to India in 2008, there has been mutual cooperation between Damascus and New Delhi, and ties on multiple political, economic and cultural levels have bee ...
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Resistance Culture Gaining Ground Among India’s Shiites

Resistance Culture Gaining Ground Among India’s Shiites

Monday 27 March 2023 ،
Hindus, a considerable number are Muslims who account for the second largest community of this non-Muslim country.  In recent years, Indian government set up many bans and restrictions for Muslims and especially the Shiites, but New Delhi cannot simply close its eyes on the beliefs, thoughts, ...
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Extremist Hindus Burn Mosque, Shoot Dead Imam in Haryana

Extremist Hindus Burn Mosque, Shoot Dead Imam in Haryana

Tuesday 1 August 2023 ،
A Hindu mob has set a mosque on fire and shot dead an Imam in India’s Haryana state, neighboring the capital New Delhi. A Hindu mob has set a mosque on fire and shot dead an Imam in India’s Haryana state, neighboring the capital New Delhi. The mosque, located in Haryana’s Gurugram distr ...
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Muslim Homes, Shops Bulldozed; Over 150 Arrested in India’s Haryana

Muslim Homes, Shops Bulldozed; Over 150 Arrested in India’s Haryana

Tuesday 8 August 2023 ،
Hindus and Muslims,” he told Al Jazeera on Sunday, adding that the authorities “gave no notice or showed any order, and bulldozed everything”.  “This is vengeance. They are destroying hotels, shops and homes. There is no appeal and hearing,” the 51-year-old said. ...
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Muslims Targeted Every Day in Hate Speech ‘Gatherings’ in India: Report

Muslims Targeted Every Day in Hate Speech ‘Gatherings’ in India: Report

Tuesday 26 September 2023 ،
Hindus to boycott Muslims, encompassing actions to isolate Muslims from their societies and urging Hindus to refrain from buying goods and services offered by Muslims. “It is easy to think about hate speech abstractly: as an intellectual debate about the limits of free speech,” the repo ...
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Extremist Hindus Loot, Burn Muslim Businesses in Madhya Pradesh

Extremist Hindus Loot, Burn Muslim Businesses in Madhya Pradesh

Wednesday 4 October 2023 ،
Hindu extremists have looted and burnt down Muslim shops during the recent religious holidays in a fresh round of attacks on the religious minority in the South Asian country. Alwaght- Hindu extremists have looted and burnt down Muslim shops during the recent religious holidays in a fresh round of a ...

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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