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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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Grand Imam of the al-Azhar Called for Killing ISIS Terrorists
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Grand Imam of the al-Azhar Called for Killing ISIS Terrorists

Thursday 5 February 2015
al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, and widely considered the world’s most influential Sunni Muslim cleric, condemned the “satanic” ISIS, calling for its members to be "killed, crucified or to have their limbs amputated" in revenge for ISIS's burning to death a Jordanian pi ...
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Al-Azhar’s Comments, Iraqi Censure

Al-Azhar’s Comments, Iraqi Censure

Thursday 26 March 2015 ،
ally result in only devastation and division. The Iraqi crisis, namely the elimination of the terrorist organization ISIS, is consider a manifestation of these policies. In this context came the sudden stances of Egypt's Al-Azhar Institute, which illustrates the size of the conspiracy against Ir ...
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Iran Urges Collective Measures to Eradicate Terrorism
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Iran Urges Collective Measures to Eradicate Terrorism

Saturday 27 June 2015 ،
alling for joint and concerted efforts to combat and eradicate terrorism globally. Alwaght-The Islamic Republic of Iran has condemned Friday’s deadly attacks in Kuwait, Tunisia, and France while calling for joint and concerted efforts to combat and eradicate terrorism globally. On Friday evening, Ir ...
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Saudi Arabia Responsible for Consequences of War in Yemen: Dr. Hassan Nafaa
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Saudi Arabia Responsible for Consequences of War in Yemen: Dr. Hassan Nafaa

Saturday 8 August 2015 ،
al place in shaping the regional developments and trends, to the extent that some countries in the region such as Saudi Arabia have always tried to make use of the capacity of the country in line with their regional goals and ambitions. However, due to deep cultural and social differences between pu ...
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British Muslims Launch Magazine to Counter ISIS Ideology
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British Muslims Launch Magazine to Counter ISIS Ideology

Thursday 8 October 2015 ،
al media users and lure them to join the extremist group. Alwaght- British Muslim scholars and Imams have launched a magazine to counter ISIS terrorist group propaganda, which seeks to draw in young social media users and lure them to join the extremist group. The new online magazine apart from foc ...
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What Really Caused Recent Pakistan Terror Attacks
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What Really Caused Recent Pakistan Terror Attacks

Monday 4 April 2016 ،
al city Islamabad have caused the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to grow concerns. The local park Golshan Iqbal in Lahore, the capital of the Pakistan’s Punjab province, has come under terror attacks after the country’s President Mamnoon Hussein and PM Nawaz Sharif had sent a ...
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Underlying Reasons for Saudi King’s Visit to Egypt
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Underlying Reasons for Saudi King’s Visit to Egypt

Tuesday 12 April 2016 ،
alman’s visit to Egypt is aimed at using financial aid to garner Egyptian support on various levels. However, Cairo is wary of such plots. Alwaght- Saudi and Egyptian leaders are taking their countries’ ties to new heights. In a rare such incident, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz paid Egypt a ...
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Meeting Wahhabism in Egypt
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Meeting Wahhabism in Egypt

Monday 23 May 2016 ،
als in the Arab world, and in some times they even risked confrontation with each other. However, Riyadh has always considered Cairo as a potential opportunity. It spends petrodollars and creates Wahhabist movements in Egypt all to keep links to a country known among the Arabs as the mother of the ...

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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