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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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Nigerian Army Opens Fire on Protesters Demanding Zakzaky’s Release
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Nigerian Army Opens Fire on Protesters Demanding Zakzaky’s Release

Saturday 18 May 2019
Kaduna State. Sheikh Zakzaky, who is in his mid-sixties, lost his left eyesight in the raid. His wife also sustained serious wounds while more than 300 of his followers and three of his sons were killed in the violence. The cleric has been kept in custody along his wife and a large number of his f ...
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Nigerian Police Attack Quds Day Rally
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Nigerian Police Attack Quds Day Rally

Saturday 1 June 2019 ،
Kaduna metropolis in central Nigeria on last Friday of holy month of Ramadan, chanting slogans in support of the Palestinian cause and condemnation of the Israeli regime. They also carried signs and banners reading “Free Palestine” and “Free Zakzaky.” Nigeria’s top Mus ...
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Top Nigerian Cleric Health Deteriorates in Prison: Doctors
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Top Nigerian Cleric Health Deteriorates in Prison: Doctors

Friday 28 June 2019 ،
Kaduna has denied the request. A team of medics examining Zakzaky in prison have renewed pleas for him to be released, saying levels of the chemical toxic substance — lead — is so dangerously high in his blood that requires an immediate medical treatment. A medical team sent by In ...
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Nigerian Army Attacks Sheikh Zakzaky’s Supporters, Kills 1, Injures Several
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Nigerian Army Attacks Sheikh Zakzaky’s Supporters, Kills 1, Injures Several

Wednesday 17 July 2019 ،
Kaduna State, took to the streets, calling for his immediate freedom. Nigerian troopers fired shots at the demonstrators, killing at least one person. There are reports that two people had suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot in the chest. The development came nearly a week after Ni ...
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Nigeria’s IMN Ban: Mix of Govt. Fear, Foreign Influence
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Nigeria’s IMN Ban: Mix of Govt. Fear, Foreign Influence

Wednesday 31 July 2019 ،
Kaduna State in the north of the country, dubbed Fodiya taking its name from Nigeria’s 18th century pro-reform and religious teacher and revolutionary Usman dan Fodio. IMN, furthermore, set up in 1992 Sayyid Al-Shuhada Foundation meant to address orphans. In 2001, it founded Saha Foundation, a ...
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Nigerian Regime Kills 12 Shiite Mourners on Ashura
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Nigerian Regime Kills 12 Shiite Mourners on Ashura

Wednesday 11 September 2019 ،
Kaduna was moving on peacefully when the police opened fire and killed three people. Meanwhile, reports say nine others were killed in Bauchi, Gombe and Azare.  Hundreds of supporters of the Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky have been seriously injured or arrested by the police in variou ...
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Sheikh Zakzaky in Detention against His Will: Islamic Movement
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Sheikh Zakzaky in Detention against His Will: Islamic Movement

Monday 18 November 2019 ،
Kaduna. They confirmed that one person was killed and twelve others were injured in the attack.
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Iran Pursuing Nigerian Cleric’s Health Via Diplomatic Channels: Diplomat
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Iran Pursuing Nigerian Cleric’s Health Via Diplomatic Channels: Diplomat

Monday 9 December 2019 ،
Kaduna state, northwest of Nigeria. ‘Zakzaky’s legal right to treatment denied by government’ Earlier on Sunday, Sheikh Zakzaky's daughter, Suhailah, expressed concerns about her parents’ health conditions and said the Nigerian government had ignored her father’s ...
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Five Nigerians Injured amid Police Crackdown on Protesters Demanding Sheik Zakzaky’s Release
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Five Nigerians Injured amid Police Crackdown on Protesters Demanding Sheik Zakzaky’s Release

Wednesday 15 January 2020 ،
Kaduna State governor, who has said Sheikh Zakzaky will not be released as long as he is in office. The top cleric has been in jail since December 2015, when the army launched a deadly onslaught on his residence in the northern town Zaria. Authorities have transferred the sheikh and his wife to a ...
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Nigerian Police Kill Teenage Opening Fire on Sheikh Zakzaky Supporters
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Nigerian Police Kill Teenage Opening Fire on Sheikh Zakzaky Supporters

Friday 28 February 2020 ،
Kaduna. Alwaght- Nigerian police fatally shot a teenage boy while using live ammunition to disperse protesters demanding the release of jailed Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky in the country’s northwestern state of Kaduna. The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), in a post pu ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution