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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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Pakistan Accuses US of Ignoring Terrorists’ Presence in Afghanistan

Pakistan Accuses US of Ignoring Terrorists’ Presence in Afghanistan

Tuesday 2 January 2018
Khawaja Asif took to Twitter to fire back at US President’s Trump’s outburst. Alwaght- Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif fired back at US President's remarks that accused Islamabad of Providing safe haven for Terrorists. Speaking to local media, Khawaja Asif accused the US of aiding ...
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UN Experts Urge Bahraini Regime to Halt Repression, Discrimination

UN Experts Urge Bahraini Regime to Halt Repression, Discrimination

Thursday 26 July 2018 ،
Khawaja, a prominent activist. Bahrain should repeal all discriminatory provisions against women in its legislation, it said, and grant them equal rights with men in transmitting their nationality to their children and in divorce, including economic rights. Thousands of anti-regime protesters have ...
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India Threatens to Divert Pakistan Rivers Amid Kashmir Tensions

India Threatens to Divert Pakistan Rivers Amid Kashmir Tensions

Saturday 23 February 2019 ،
Khawaja Shumail said it will “raise objections strongly” if India violates the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. The treaty, brokered between the rival nations by the World Bank, ostensibly insures the unimpeded flow of the Chenab, Indus and Jhelum rivers into Kashmir and beyond into Pakista ...
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Bahrain, The Country of Torture And Execution

Bahrain, The Country of Torture And Execution

Tuesday 14 July 2020 ،
Khawaja.  The torture policy against the prisoners after the 2012 uprising in Bahrain was adopted by the ruling regime of Al Khalifa to put strains on the protests to put down the opposition and suppress the demonstrations.  Sheikh Ali Salman, the leader of the dissolved Al-Wifaq society ...
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As 10th Anniversary Nears, Bahrainis Take To Streets Calling For Democracy, Prisoners Release

As 10th Anniversary Nears, Bahrainis Take To Streets Calling For Democracy, Prisoners Release

Saturday 2 January 2021 ،
Khawaja, Abdulwahab Hussein, Abduljalil al-Sankis, and Nabil Rajab are eminent political prisoners. Al-Khalifa regime also stripped off citizenship of the spiritual leader of Bahraini Shiites Sheikh Issa Qassem and thus forced him out of the country.  Rights groups specially warned about the h ...
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Bahrain Blamed for Deliberate Medical Neglect at Prisons

Bahrain Blamed for Deliberate Medical Neglect at Prisons

Tuesday 29 June 2021 ،
Khawaja, whose own father is imprisoned in Jau, said Barakat told his wife during his last phone call that he could not breathe and was “going to die”. The fact is since the outbreak of the coronavirus inside Bahrain prisons, preventive measures inside prisons have not been implemented, ...
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Rights Groups Urge Al Khalifah Rgime for ‘Immediate’ Release of Bahraini Activist

Rights Groups Urge Al Khalifah Rgime for ‘Immediate’ Release of Bahraini Activist

Sunday 14 August 2022 ،
Khawaja and Naji Fateel. Demonstrations have been held in Bahrain on a regular basis ever since the popular uprising began in mid-February 2011. People demand that the Al Khalifah regime relinquish power and allow a just system representing all Bahrainis to be established. Manama, however, h ...
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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Saturday 25 February 2023 ،
Khawaja Muhammad Asif visited Kabul by surprise and met with Taliban’s Acting First Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Abdul Ghani stressed that the economic issues should not be tied to political issues and called for release of Afghanistan citizens in Paki ...
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“Address Hunger Strike Grievances”, Human Rights Watch Tells Bahrain

“Address Hunger Strike Grievances”, Human Rights Watch Tells Bahrain

Sunday 3 September 2023 ،
Khawaja and Abduljalil al-Singace,” part of the statement read.  The statement pointed to the notorious Jau Prison in the tiny kingdom that hosts many of the opposition prisoners.  Niku Jafarnia, Bahrain and Yemen researcher at HRW said: “Many of the inmates on hunger strike ...
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Iran and Pakistan: Two neighboring nations facing shared adversaries and challenges

Iran and Pakistan: Two neighboring nations facing shared adversaries and challenges

Sunday 21 January 2024 ،
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the former Pakistani Defense Minister, highlighted on Thursday the shared challenge of terrorism in the region, involving Tehran and Islamabad. Stressing the importance of preserving longstanding relations with Iran, he remarked, We should bear in mind that the Islamic Republi ...

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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