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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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Muslim Girls Wearing Hijab Barred from Classes at Indian College

Muslim Girls Wearing Hijab Barred from Classes at Indian College

Wednesday 19 January 2022
Muslim girls were not allowed to sit in the classroom because they were wearing Hijab, or headscarf. Alwaght- Indian Muslim girls were not allowed to sit in the classroom because they were wearing Hijab, or headscarf. Aljazeera cited  Indian student  A H Almas, as saying the 18-year-old g ...
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Schools Shut in Southern India as Hijab Ban Escalates Tensions

Schools Shut in Southern India as Hijab Ban Escalates Tensions

Wednesday 9 February 2022 ،
Muslim students. Alwaght- Indian Authorities have ordered schools and colleges to shut in southern Karnataka State as protests intensified over a ban on Islamic headscarves that has outraged Muslim students. The state's chief minister Basavaraj Bommai announced on Tuesday that all high sch ...
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ISIS Mosque Attack in Pakistan Draws Muslim Condemnation

ISIS Mosque Attack in Pakistan Draws Muslim Condemnation

Saturday 5 March 2022 ،
Muslims Iraq's most prominent Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called on the Pakistani government to find a solution to prevent crimes perpetrated by terrorist groups against innocent civilians, especially religious minorities. Sistani urged Islamabad in a statement not t ...
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Iran Strongly Condemns Desecration of Holy Qur’an in Sweden

Iran Strongly Condemns Desecration of Holy Qur’an in Sweden

Sunday 17 April 2022 ،
Muslim area in Sweden. Rasmus Paludan, accompanied by police, went to an open public space in the southern Swedish city of Linkoping and reportedly placed the Muslim holy book down and tried to set it on fire while ignoring protests from onlookers. The blasphemous act prompted protesters, around 2 ...
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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 ،
Muslims. And I’d be astonished if we hear a word on the subject. On Wednesday, Johnson arrived in Gujarat, Modi’s political base. He announced new India investment deals in science and technology. A routine exchange of political favours. But the British prime minister courteously made n ...
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Canada Spearheading Anti-Iranian Rights Campaign Despite Its Black Record

Canada Spearheading Anti-Iranian Rights Campaign Despite Its Black Record

Saturday 19 November 2022 ،
Muslims are repeatedly discriminated against and abused systemically and legally in Canada. Restrictions on women with hijab in Canada are so tight that they are deprived of many social and state services. Given Canada's record of human rights and dealing with racial and ethnic minorities, it sh ...
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Iran Urges France to Show Self-Restraint in Dealing with Peaceful Protests

Iran Urges France to Show Self-Restraint in Dealing with Peaceful Protests

Sunday 25 December 2022 ،
Muslims, minorities, and migrants, Kan'ani said. The Iranian diplomat then urged the French law enforcement forces to exercise self-restraint while dealing with peaceful protesters. He also condoled with the families of the attack's victims. Kan'ani emphasized that the French governmen ...
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Al-Quds Christians Complain Growing Harassment from Radical Israeli Settlers

Al-Quds Christians Complain Growing Harassment from Radical Israeli Settlers

Tuesday 14 February 2023 ،
Muslims, and the local communities have long developed ways of living together. Police said an American suspect had been sent for psychiatric evaluation ahead of his likely deportation over the vandalism of the statue. Queried by Reuters, police did not directly address the allegations that anti-C ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
Muslim minority. It asks the Indian Muslims to join the Islamic State in Hind Province (ISHP).  Pakstan is not immune to these propaganda tactics either. By targeting the Shiite minority, ISIS-Khurasan primarily promotes sectarianism in Pakistan and recruits forces especially from Baluchestan ...
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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 ،
Muslim-majority district say more than 300 properties have been demolished in four days. Nuh, India – Abdul Rasheed says police locked him in a bus as a bulldozer demolished his shops in India’s northern Haryana state where a Muslim-majority district saw communal clashes last week. ...

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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