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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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Kashmiri Shiite Mourners Attacked, Detained by Indian Police

Kashmiri Shiite Mourners Attacked, Detained by Indian Police

Friday 23 October 2015
Syed Ali Shah Geelani and dozens of Shiite as police scuttled a plan for memorial prayers ceremony of slain Muslim trucker Zahid Bhat and stage a Muharram procession in the disputed region. Alwaght- Indian police on Thursday arrested senior Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and doze ...
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India Attempts to Suppress 'Million March' in Kashmir

India Attempts to Suppress 'Million March' in Kashmir

Thursday 5 November 2015 ،
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the region's top pro-independence leader says India is using sheer force to try and suppress the march. He vowed that pro-independence groups will try to reach the venue with one million people. Geelani,  who leads the Hurriyat Conference is under house-detention, ha ...
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Protests after Friday Prayers in Indian-Ruled Kashmir

Protests after Friday Prayers in Indian-Ruled Kashmir

Saturday 23 January 2016 ،
Syed Ali Geelani—who continues to be under house detention—was again barred from offering Friday prayers, a party spokesman said. “GeelaniSahaib, despite being unwell, continued to remain under house detention and was once again unable to offer the Friday prayers. The process of hi ...
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Kashmiri People Being Killed amid Global Silence

Kashmiri People Being Killed amid Global Silence

Wednesday 20 July 2016 ،
Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Kashmir, Sardr Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmed Shah, and others were put under house arrest or detained as they took part in the anti-government demonstrations. In India’s Jammu and Kashmir State— or Indian-administered Kashmir as some media put it — pe ...
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50 killed, 3,000 Injured During 13-Day Curfew in Kashmir

50 killed, 3,000 Injured During 13-Day Curfew in Kashmir

Thursday 21 July 2016 ،
Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Kashmir, Sardr Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmed Shah, and others were put under house arrest or detained as they took part in the anti-government demonstrations. In India’s Jammu and Kashmir State— or Indian-administered Kashmir as some media put it — pe ...
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Kashmir Freedom is Near: Top Opposition Figure

Kashmir Freedom is Near: Top Opposition Figure

Saturday 10 September 2016 ،
Syed Ali Shah Geelani said on Friday Alwaght- The freedom of Indian held Kashmir “is very much in sight”, Top Kashmiri resistance leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani said on Friday. The opposition leader was supposed to speak at his first news conference inside the Indian held Kashmiri region ...
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Shutdown in Kashmir after Arrest of Pro-Independence Leaders

Shutdown in Kashmir after Arrest of Pro-Independence Leaders

Tuesday 25 July 2017 ،
Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik have given a call for complete strike  to protest and condemn the “revengeful, arbitrary and illegal arrests of Hurriyat leaders Altaf Ahmed Shah, Shahidul Islam, Ayaz Akbar, Mehrajuddin Kalwal and Peer Saifullah by NIA in Sri ...
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Shutdown Observed in Kashmir to Protest India’s Persecution

Shutdown Observed in Kashmir to Protest India’s Persecution

Monday 25 September 2017 ،
Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik also extended its support to the shutdown called against the NIA summon to a Kashmiri business leader Muhammad Yaseen Khan and others. “New Delhi is using the National Investigation Agency as a war weapon to harass oppressed and s ...
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Pro-Independence Kashmiri Activist Dies in India’s Prison

Pro-Independence Kashmiri Activist Dies in India’s Prison

Tuesday 11 October 2022 ،
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, is the third Kashmiri separatist arrested in an alleged terror-funding case in 2017 to die in custody. He was recently diagnosed with late-stage renal cancer and his family alleges that he didn’t receive proper medical care during the period of incarceration. The news ...

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Millions bid farewell to President Raeisi companions in Tehran

Millions bid farewell to President Raeisi companions in Tehran