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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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China Holds Million Ethnic Uighurs in Secret Camps: UN

China Holds Million Ethnic Uighurs in Secret Camps: UN

Sunday 12 August 2018
Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy.” Alwaght - A United Nations human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a “massive internment c ...
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China Denies Detaining 1 Million Muslim Minorities in Secret Camps

China Denies Detaining 1 Million Muslim Minorities in Secret Camps

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
Uighurs in internment camps in the Xinjiang autonomous region. Alwaght- China rejected on Monday the UN reports on holding some 1 million Uighurs in internment camps in the Xinjiang autonomous region. Gay McDougall, a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, said on F ...
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Saudi Crown Prince Backs Persecution of Chinese Muslims, Brands them Terrorists

Saudi Crown Prince Backs Persecution of Chinese Muslims, Brands them Terrorists

Saturday 23 February 2019 ،
Uighurs and other Muslim minorities. Michelle Bachelet, the high commissioner for human rights, made the announcement las December amid growing global concern over Chinese treatment of the ethnic minority group. The authorities are believed to have incarcerated as many as two million Uighurs in &l ...
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China Detained 13,000 ‘Terrorists’ Since 2014

China Detained 13,000 ‘Terrorists’ Since 2014

Monday 18 March 2019 ،
Uighurs. Alwaght- China claimed on Monday it has arrested tens of thousands of “terrorists” since four years ago in its volatile western Xinjiang region, which is home to millions of Muslim minorities, including Uighurs. The Beijing government issued a white paper on Monday on what ...
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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 ،
Uighurs, chafing at government controls, carried out knife and crude bomb attacks in public areas and against the police and other authorities. In response, China launched what it described as a crackdown on terrorism in Xinjiang. Now, it is facing intense criticism from Western nations and rights ...
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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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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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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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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 ،
Uighurs at risk of imminent deportation to China from the kingdom. The scholar travelled to Saudi Arabia in 2020 on a yearlong visa from Turkey, where he is an official resident, to perform a pilgrimage to Mecca. But Waili went into hiding after the Chinese consulate in Riyadh allege ...

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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