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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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What’s behind Sadrist MPs’ Corrective Resignation?
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What’s behind Sadrist MPs’ Corrective Resignation?

Tuesday 14 June 2022
Sunni Arabs. As part of the efforts, National Salvation alliance, consisting al-Sadr's party, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Masoud Barzani, and the Sunni Sovereignty bloc led by Mohammed al-Halbousi and prominent businessman Khamis Khanjar, was announced on March 23 in a press conf ...
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How Is Taliban Playing in US Game?
Analysis

How Is Taliban Playing in US Game?

Saturday 30 July 2022 ،
Sunni and Shia citizens equally and to form an inclusive government, the Taliban is moving a different way. Additionally, the Taliban recently said that it commits to the agreements it signed with the previous US government, something overshadowing the neighboring countries' belief that the Tali ...
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Taliban in Center of Blame for Negligence for Anti-Shiite Attacks
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Taliban in Center of Blame for Negligence for Anti-Shiite Attacks

Monday 3 October 2022 ،
Sunnis or the Taliban forces so far. By juxtaposition of the developments, it can be concluded that the Taliban administration has no concerns about violence against the Shiites. Terrorist crimes have increased to such an extent that even Sunnis of Afghanistan have expressed their disgust and anger ...
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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 ،
Sunni prisoners. In August 2020, family members of Shiite prisoners in Jau Prison tweeted that the prisoners were on hunger strike to protest religious discrimination and lack of access to medical facilities. Even some Shiite political prisoners die suspiciously in prison. For example, Bahrain' ...
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Yemen’s Ashura Ceremonies Under Enemy Propaganda
Analysis

Yemen’s Ashura Ceremonies Under Enemy Propaganda

Monday 31 July 2023 ،
Sunni religious scholars and thinkers in a conference titled ‘Ashura, the victory of blood over sword’ arranged by NSG's Ministry of Guidance, Haj and Umrah Affairs on Thursday showed that just contrary to divisive efforts by the Wahhabis and takfiris, a majority of the religious sch ...
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Will Stability Return to Lebanon Economy with Long-Serving Governor Departure?
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Will Stability Return to Lebanon Economy with Long-Serving Governor Departure?

Wednesday 2 August 2023 ،
Sunni, Shiite, and Armenian catholic, all representing their political parties and members of the central committee of the bank.  Record of Salameh’s performance  59 years have passed since Lebanon's central bank, officially called Banque du Livan (BDL), was founded and half of ...
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Iraq’s Provincial Council Elections Kick Off
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Iraq’s Provincial Council Elections Kick Off

Monday 18 December 2023 ،
Sunni alliances of Progress and Azem.  Intense election in the absence of Sadrist Movement  In the current period of provincial council elections, an important development is the absence of the Sadrist Movement led by Moqtada al-Sadr. After he announced his retirement from political life ...
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Return of Phalanges: Will Israeli Trojan Horse in Lebanon Succeed?
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Return of Phalanges: Will Israeli Trojan Horse in Lebanon Succeed?

Wednesday 16 October 2024 ،
Sunnis, and Druze, and over half of the Christians were absent. Only one Muslim member of parliament out of 64 attended the meeting.  In fact, not only the majority of the parliamentary factions did not welcome this meeting, but also even the opposition parties boycotted it, an issue that can ...
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How’s Al-Azhar Alone Saving Face of Arab World with its Pro-Resistance Stances?
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How’s Al-Azhar Alone Saving Face of Arab World with its Pro-Resistance Stances?

Monday 21 October 2024 ،
Sunni Muslims is Egypt’s Al-Azhar which over the past year has voiced its support to Gaza on various platforms and called for unity against the Israeli occupation. After assassination of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar by the Israeli regime on October 16, Al-Azhar released a statement, saying that w ...
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School of Nasrallah Conf. : Bringing in Spotlight Hezbollah’s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
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School of Nasrallah Conf. : Bringing in Spotlight Hezbollah’s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Sunday 10 November 2024 ،
Sunni issue, but he recognized it as an matter of resistance, Islam, and humanity, and he sacrificed himself for the cause of resistance.  Qalibaf added that Nasrallah did not look at Hezbollah as a mere military institution. Rather, it took it severel steps beyond and transformed it into a so ...

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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