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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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Bahraini Regime Court Adjourns Sheikh Salman's Case
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Bahraini Regime Court Adjourns Sheikh Salman's Case

Tuesday 15 September 2015
Sheikh Ali Salman, and decided to adjourn it until October 14 for pleading. Alwaght- Bahraini court of appeals on Tuesday held the first hearing of the trial of the Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, and decided to adjourn it until October 14 for pleading. Ac ...
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Sheikh Nimr Commemoration Rally in Qatif Saudi Arabia
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Sheikh Nimr Commemoration Rally in Qatif Saudi Arabia

Friday 12 February 2016 ،
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi regime. Alwaght- Massive rallies have been held Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to mark the 40th day since the oppressive execution of prominent Islamic scholar Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi regime. According reports, Saudis held a major rally on Thursday in Qatif city o ...
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Saudi Regime Arrests Top Islamic Scholar Sheikh Hussein Al-Radhi
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Saudi Regime Arrests Top Islamic Scholar Sheikh Hussein Al-Radhi

Tuesday 22 March 2016 ،
Sheikh Hussein Al-Radhi, a prominent Islamic scholar in Rmaile village in al-Ahsaa in eastern part of the kingdom. Alwaght- Saudi regime forces have arrested Sheikh Hussein Al-Radhi, a prominent Islamic scholar, in Rmaile village in al-Ahsaa in eastern part of the kingdom. Before the arrest, Saudi ...
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Bahraini Activist Launches Hunger Strike after Prison Denies Him Medical Treatment
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Bahraini Activist Launches Hunger Strike after Prison Denies Him Medical Treatment

Saturday 5 November 2016 ،
Sheikh Mirza al-Mahrous a renowned Bahraini opposition launched his hunger strike after Jaw prison authorities denied him medical treatments. Al-Mahrous, who is sentenced to 15 years in prison, stressed that the authorities in Jaw Central Prison are preventing him from going to the hospital to rece ...
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Bahraini Regime in Widespread Crackdown on Opposition Activists
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Bahraini Regime in Widespread Crackdown on Opposition Activists

Tuesday 5 September 2017 ،
Sheikh Isa Qassim, the highest Shiite Islam religious authority in Bahrain entered its fourth month this week, while Bahrain's National Security Agency, which the King gave the green light to make more arrests by a royal decree issued in early 2017, carried out a series of summonses and acts of ...
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Bahraini Regime Withholds Citizenship of Opposition Leader’s Baby
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Bahraini Regime Withholds Citizenship of Opposition Leader’s Baby

Tuesday 6 March 2018 ،
Sheikh Ali Salman amid crackdown of opponents. Alwaght- Bahraini regime is withholding the full citizenship of the daughter of prominent Shiite and opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman amid an ongoing brutal crackdown of opponents. Sheikh Salman’s wife, Alya Radhi, wrote in a post publis ...
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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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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 ،
Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, saying: I do not know what the current emir has in his mind.  He held: O Imam, know that the most powerful tyrant in the world did not stop the followers of Hussein from performing their rituals. O Shiites of Kuwait, if they prevent you from raising the flag, pa ...

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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.