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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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Terrorists threaten Islam, Prophet, Quran: Nasrallah

Terrorists threaten Islam, Prophet, Quran: Nasrallah

Saturday 10 January 2015
Sheikh Ali Salman, implies that the Bahraini officials have reached a deadlock. The people of Bahrain have legitimate rights. They decided to launch peaceful revolution in contrary to other movements in the world. They are shot but they didn't shoot (a bullet). They were killed on roads but they ...
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Bahrainis to Sayyed Nasrallah: Thank You, Thank You
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Bahrainis to Sayyed Nasrallah: Thank You, Thank You

Wednesday 14 January 2015 ،
Sheikh Issa al-Qassem and Sheikh Ali Salman, noting they will stick to the peacefulness of their pro-democracy movement . We believe that this way is filled with obstacles. However, we will take it,” Bahrainis said referring to the peacefulness of their movement . They also recalled what prote ...
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Bahrainis Defy Regime, Perform Eid Prayers Outside Ayatollah Qassem’s Residence
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Bahrainis Defy Regime, Perform Eid Prayers Outside Ayatollah Qassem’s Residence

Wednesday 6 July 2016 ،
Sheikh Issa Qassem. Alwaght- Bahrainis have defied a major crackdown by regime forces and performed Eid ul-Fitr prayers next to the residence of prominent Islamic scholar, Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassem. The Al Khalifa regime stripped Ayatollah Qassem of his rightful citizenship over two weeks ago, i ...
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Arab States Support to Syria Terrorists Exceeds Support to Palestine: Hezbollah
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Arab States Support to Syria Terrorists Exceeds Support to Palestine: Hezbollah

Friday 23 December 2016 ،
Sheikh Issa al-Qassem on Thursday. On the local front, he stressed that Hezbollah has sought partnership with all Lebanese factions and was keen that all parties should be represented in the government. Sayyed Nasrallah also said that the Lebanese security apparatus must be alert in order to confr ...
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Bahrainis Hold Mass Rallies in Support of Their Spiritual Leader
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Bahrainis Hold Mass Rallies in Support of Their Spiritual Leader

Friday 6 January 2017 ،
Sheikh Issa Qassim whom the ruling Al Khalifa regime tries to put on trial. Alwaght- Bahrainis have held mass rallies for a second straight day to support their leader Shiite cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim whom the ruling Al Khalifa regime tries to put on trial. Late on Thursday, Thousands of Bahrainis ...
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As 10th Anniversary Nears, Bahrainis Take To Streets Calling For Democracy, Prisoners Release
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As 10th Anniversary Nears, Bahrainis Take To Streets Calling For Democracy, Prisoners Release

Saturday 2 January 2021 ،
Sheikh Ali Salman. Alwaght- As Bahrain nears the 10th anniversary of its popular uprising in February 2011, some parts of the small island kingdom became a scene of protests in support of the imprisoned leader of the opposition movement and the uprising, Sheik Ali Salman.  On Wednesday, reside ...
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Bahrain Uprising: 11 Years On
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Bahrain Uprising: 11 Years On

Tuesday 15 February 2022 ،
Sheikh Isa Qasim, Sheikh Ali Salman, and Abdulwahab Hussein, all of whom have been imprisoned or convicted in recent years on false pretenses. Al Khalifa, for example, revoked the citizenship of Sheikh Issa Qassem, the spiritual leader of the revolution, and in 2017 sentenced him to one year suspend ...
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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 ،
Sheikh Issam Talymah, a Sunni scholar close to the top Sunni scholar Sheikh Youssef Qaradhawi–who is close to Erdogan– in a Twitter message wrote: Tell Erdogan that according to Sheikh Qaradhawi's fatwa anybody who shakes hands with these people has to clean hands with waters of sev ...
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Israeli Project Wants Bahrain Another Palestine
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Israeli Project Wants Bahrain Another Palestine

Sunday 18 September 2022 ،
Sheikh Isa Qassem, the top Bahraini Shiite cleric, in a statement warned against the Judaization of Bahrain and asked the Bahrainis to be vigilant against the Israeli conspiracy, which is being started with buying lands. Sheikh Issa Qassem said that foundation of a Jewish neighborhood in Manama mean ...
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What Pope Needs to Know about Bahrain’s Realities
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What Pope Needs to Know about Bahrain’s Realities

Wednesday 2 November 2022 ،
Sheikh Khaled bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the head of the board of trustees of the KHCPC asserted that the Arab monarchy's ruling family is interested to spread the culture of peace and peaceful coexistence among the religions and transform into a global role model for acceptance of religious and se ...

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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