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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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Uighur Father Separated from His Son amid China’s Crackdown on Ethnic Minority

Uighur Father Separated from His Son amid China’s Crackdown on Ethnic Minority

Saturday 6 April 2019
Uighurs For the last year, Sam* has seen his baby only in 15-second snatches. Sam, an Australian citizen, has never met his 18-month-old son, who is trapped in China with Sam’s wife, who is also a member of the persecuted Uighurs For the last year, Sam* has seen his baby only in 15-second sn ...
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Beijing Orders Islamic Symbols Taken Down

Beijing Orders Islamic Symbols Taken Down

Wednesday 31 July 2019 ،
Uighur people and majority Han Chinese in the far western region of Xinjiang, home to the Uighur minority. Spasms of ethnic violence followed, and some Uighurs, chafing at government controls, carried out knife and crude bomb attacks in public areas and against the police and other authorities. In ...
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Trump Rebukes World Bank over Greenlighting $1bn+Loan Program for China

Trump Rebukes World Bank over Greenlighting $1bn+Loan Program for China

Saturday 7 December 2019 ،
Uighurs. The new lending scheme comes as the two countries are locked in a bitter trade row – where talks have now stalled – already resulting in ramped up import taxes on billions of dollars in goods. Trump upped the ante earlier this week, warning the US may not strike a trade deal wi ...
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Three More Chinese Regions Lower Emergency Response Level as Coronavirus Threat Recedes

Three More Chinese Regions Lower Emergency Response Level as Coronavirus Threat Recedes

Wednesday 26 February 2020 ،
Uighur population, also reduced its emergency response level from I to II after reporting no new cases for seven consecutive days, the official local news portal Tianshan.com said on Wednesday. The provinces of Gansu, Yunnan, Guangdong, Shanxi, Guizhou and Anhui have also cut their emergency respon ...
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China Angry after US Removes ‘Terrorist’ Label from Group Condemned by Beijing

China Angry after US Removes ‘Terrorist’ Label from Group Condemned by Beijing

Saturday 7 November 2020 ،
Uighurs or other Turkic-speaking, mostly Muslim people are held in camps. But analysts say China has produced little evidence that ETIM is an organized group, or that it is to blame for attacks in Xinjiang, which separatists call East Turkestan. This is a modal window. China’s foreign minis ...
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Iran, Turkey Sign Agreements for Pakistan, China Railway Link

Iran, Turkey Sign Agreements for Pakistan, China Railway Link

Tuesday 19 January 2021 ،
Uighur Muslims. The railroad would further boost BRI, a trillion-dollar plan to connect the infrastructure and economies of countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. For Iran, the ITI railroad is an attractive alternative trade route because it can help move around US sanctions given that the ECO ...
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Canada’s Parliament Designates China Treatment of Uighurs as Genocide

Canada’s Parliament Designates China Treatment of Uighurs as Genocide

Tuesday 23 February 2021 ،
Canada’s parliament passed a motion saying that China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority constitutes genocide, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to do the same. Alwaght- Canada's parliament passed a motion saying that China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority co ...
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Iran, Pakistan Open Third Border Crossing in ‘Historic Achievement’

Iran, Pakistan Open Third Border Crossing in ‘Historic Achievement’

Wednesday 21 April 2021 ،
Uighur Muslims. In February, Iran and Turkey signed three documents to expand transnational rail services linking them to Pakistan, Afghanistan and China. Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran (RAI) Managing Director Saeed Rasouli and his Turkish counterpart Ali Ihsan Uygun signed the papers in ...
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China Slams UK ’Despicable Action’ to Ban Its Envoy from Parliament

China Slams UK ’Despicable Action’ to Ban Its Envoy from Parliament

Wednesday 15 September 2021 ،
Uighur minorities living in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. China has fiercely rejected the accusations, insisting the facilities that Western officials and rights groups are referring to are in fact vocational training centers used to eradicate extremism and stamp out poverty. The British ba ...
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Uighur Scholar Could Be Deported from Saudi Arabia ’within Days’: Family

Uighur Scholar Could Be Deported from Saudi Arabia ’within Days’: Family

Tuesday 11 January 2022 ،
Uighur religious scholar detained without charge in Saudi Arabia may be deported "within days" to China, where he could face imprisonment and torture, his daughters have told Middle East Eye. A Uighur religious scholar detained without charge in Saudi Arabia may be deported within days to ...

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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