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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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Canada’s Parliament Designates China Treatment of Uighurs as Genocide

Canada’s Parliament Designates China Treatment of Uighurs as Genocide

Tuesday 23 February 2021
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 constitutes genocide, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&rsq ...
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New Afghanistan Ethnic Categories: Undemocratic and Destabilizing

New Afghanistan Ethnic Categories: Undemocratic and Destabilizing

Thursday 18 March 2021 ،
Uyghur, Baberian, and Formali.  Government under fire of critics  The new move by President Ashraf Ghani’s government drew vast criticism at party and even coalition cabinet levels.  In one of the most critical reactions, Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the Supreme Nationa ...
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What Does Taliban’s Afghanistan Rule Mean for China?

What Does Taliban’s Afghanistan Rule Mean for China?

Tuesday 24 August 2021 ،
Uyghurs, originally Turkic Muslims, are living in that region and account for around 45 percent of the population there. For decades, there always have been reports about Beijing crackdowns on them. At present, China seems even more worried about augmented extremism in this region after re-rise to p ...
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US Lawmakers Push for Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic Games

US Lawmakers Push for Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic Games

Wednesday 17 November 2021 ،
Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, which Washington has called  genocide, while still allowing American athletes to compete.  The newspaper said that Biden is likely to approve such a move, which has been the official recommendation of his advisors, later this month.  Asked Tuesday about ...
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US Imposes New Sanctions on China, Myanmar, North Korea

US Imposes New Sanctions on China, Myanmar, North Korea

Saturday 11 December 2021 ،
Uyghurs. Canada and the United Kingdom also joined the United States in imposing sanctions related to human rights abuses in Myanmar, where the military has persecuted Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities. Turmoil has gripped Myanmar since de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National ...
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Canada Urges for ‘United Front’ against China

Canada Urges for ‘United Front’ against China

Sunday 26 December 2021 ،
Uyghur Muslims, triggering a harsh rebuke from Beijing. “Clinging to Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice, Canada and a handful of western countries interfere in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of human rights in an attempt to disrupt and contain their devel ...
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Chinese Warns US of Possible ’Military Conflict’ over Taipei

Chinese Warns US of Possible ’Military Conflict’ over Taipei

Saturday 29 January 2022 ،
Uyghurs ‘biggest lie’ Qin further rejected as the “biggest lies of the century” the highly publicized US allegations of Chinese “genocide” against the mostly Muslim Uyghur minority in western China, and emphasized that Uyghur people – like ethnic groups acr ...
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How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

Saturday 10 December 2022 ،
Uyghur bomber to attack a gathering in the northern city of Kunduz, to ridicule the Taliban tendency for partnership with China. Uyghurs are Muslim majority in China’s Xinjiang province.  Certainly, this attack would provoke the sensitivity of the Chinese who are worried about the impact ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
Uyghur, Tajik, and Indian fighters, as well as fighters from other ethnic groups, launched various attacks on their countries on the borders.  One of the main regions under ISIS threat is Central Asia. In April, the group fired several rockets at Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Due to the border cl ...
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Sweden NATO Membership Closed with Turkey: Whats Next?

Sweden NATO Membership Closed with Turkey: Whats Next?

Tuesday 30 January 2024 ،
Uyghurs Muslim minority case. This is while in 2009, Erdogan described China’s policy towards the Uyghurs as “genocide”, but since then, Ankara did not raise this issue publicly.  The Turkish relationship with Russia is even more complicated than this. Even during his de-esca ...

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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