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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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UN Urged to Press Saudi Regime to Prove Jailed Princess Is Alive
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UN Urged to Press Saudi Regime to Prove Jailed Princess Is Alive

Tuesday 6 July 2021
Muslim scholars have been executed, women’s rights have been put behind bars and tortured, and freedom of expression, association and belief continue to be denied in the ultraconservative kingdom.  
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Over 500 Scholars Launch Fightback Against Israel Lobby’s Antisemitism Smear of UK Academics
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Over 500 Scholars Launch Fightback Against Israel Lobby’s Antisemitism Smear of UK Academics

Tuesday 26 October 2021 ،
Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians.  Bristol university dismissed Miller, even though documents leaked last week showed that the senior lawyer it appointed to investigate the case found there was no misconduct by Miller and that there was “no basis for any disciplinary action&rdqu ...
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Normalization with Israel ‘Religiously Forbidden’: International Union of Muslim Scholars
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Normalization with Israel ‘Religiously Forbidden’: International Union of Muslim Scholars

Sunday 28 November 2021 ،
Muslim Scholars (IUMS) announced on Saturday normalization of ties with Israeli regime is religiously forbidden, and that the move by some Arab governments to make peace with the occupying regime amounts to a “betrayal” of the Palestinian nation’s rights. Alwaght- The International Union of Mus ...
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Teenage Kuwaiti Tennis Player Who Shunned Israeli Opponent Draws Praise
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Teenage Kuwaiti Tennis Player Who Shunned Israeli Opponent Draws Praise

Saturday 29 January 2022 ،
Muslim world and is in line with the principles of honor and dignity.  “The Kuwaiti player's decision was a reflection of the valuable positions of the emir, government and people of Kuwait as to rejecting all forms of normalization with the Zionist regime, and supporting the Palesti ...
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Hosting Israeli President Erdogan’s Gamble with Personal Credit
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Hosting Israeli President Erdogan’s Gamble with Personal Credit

Tuesday 15 March 2022 ،
Muslim protests and condemnations. Alwaght- Since late 2020, Turkey several times expressed readiness to resume ties with the Israeli regime and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting with the Jewish community of Turkey and the members of Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States called the relation ...
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Why Is a Fate of Collapse Overshadowing Collective Israeli Unconscious?
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Why Is a Fate of Collapse Overshadowing Collective Israeli Unconscious?

Tuesday 14 June 2022 ،
Muslim public from the leaders of Axis of Resistance, a regional bloc led by Iran and including Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and Palestine, as an undisputed issue. However, making such predictions by the Israeli officials and Jewish thinkers has a different sense, and raises the question as why the ...
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Muslim World Reacts to Quran Burning,  Other Desecration in Sweden
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Muslim World Reacts to Quran Burning, Other Desecration in Sweden

Monday 24 July 2023 ،
Muslim countries have condemned Quran burning in Sweden and called for sanctions against Stockholm. Alwaght- The concept of freedom of speech has abusively become an excuse for the extremist groups in Europe to desecrate Islamic sanctities without the fear of being prosecuted. After the recent desec ...
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What’s behind Dangerous Kuwaiti Government’s Crackdown on Muharram Mourning?
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What’s behind Dangerous Kuwaiti Government’s Crackdown on Muharram Mourning?

Tuesday 9 July 2024 ،
Muslim scholars and their replacement with numbers, the replacement of the names of the Companions [of Prophet Muhammad] in schools with the names of individuals, the prevention of raising the banners and flags and the raising of mourning tents in the Husseiniyahs, and the inquisition of the prayers ...
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Bloody Divorce: How’s Pakistan-Taliban Historical Alliance Collapsed Overnight?
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Bloody Divorce: How’s Pakistan-Taliban Historical Alliance Collapsed Overnight?

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
Muslims worldwide. ISIS accuses the Taliban of following the deeply flawed Deobandi school of thought, labeling it an apostate ethno-nationalist Pashtun-centric movement. Given such enmity, the Taliban is naturally very worried about ISIS-K getting closer to the TTP and recruiting from its areas o ...
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Mamadani’s Victory: Sociological Roots and Implications
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Mamadani’s Victory: Sociological Roots and Implications

Monday 10 November 2025 ،
Muslim immigrant in the New York City's mayoral election is a remarkable phenomenon that has caught many in the US by surprise. The fact that a young man not burn in the US and somehow foreign to the ideological and political identity of the power system ruling the country has managed to captur ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.