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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 World Slams Nice Attack, Fault Double Standards

Muslim World Slams Nice Attack, Fault Double Standards

Friday 15 July 2016
Shawki Allam condemned the assailant as an extremist. People who commit such ugly crimes are corrupt of the earth, and follow in the footsteps of Satan... and are cursed in this life and in the hereafter. Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit denounced the craven terrorist attack, his spokesman said. T ...
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Differences Between Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Differences Between Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Wednesday 28 September 2016 ،
Shawki Ibrahim Allam, Egyptian presidential adviser in Islamic affairs and former Mufti Ali Gomaa Usama al-Azhari) led to criticism from the Saudi Wahhabis towards al-Azhar. These criticisms seem to have repercussions on the relations between Cairo and Riyadh. They also seem to have affected the fin ...
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Egypt Grand Mufti to Decide on Court’s Ruling on 75 Death Sentences

Egypt Grand Mufti to Decide on Court’s Ruling on 75 Death Sentences

Saturday 28 July 2018 ،
Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam, Egypt’s highest Islamic legal official, for an opinion before any execution can take place.  
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Grand Mufti of Egypt Warns against Israel Plots to Judaize al-Quds

Grand Mufti of Egypt Warns against Israel Plots to Judaize al-Quds

Saturday 27 February 2021 ،
Shawki Allam expressed concerns against Israeli regime’s plot to Judaize al-Quds (Jerusalem) and obliterate its true identity, after Tel Aviv banned the raising of the Muslim call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext that settlers were celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim. Al ...

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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