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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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Bahrain’s Al Khalifa Struggling to Crack Down on Ashura Cermonies
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Bahrain’s Al Khalifa Struggling to Crack Down on Ashura Cermonies

Saturday 6 August 2022
Ashura has come again and Bahrain’s government is seeking to ban Shiites from holding their religious ceremonies. Alwaght- As the Shiites across the world mark Muharram mourning month, the authorities in the predominantly-Shiite Bahrain are banning mourning ceremonies in the tiny Persian Gulf state. ...
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Bahrain’s Main Opposition Group Calls for Boycott of November Legislative Elections
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Bahrain’s Main Opposition Group Calls for Boycott of November Legislative Elections

Friday 16 September 2022 ،
al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has called for the boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Persian Gulf nation, amid the escalation of political repression, and absence of serious reforms. Al-Wefaq, in a statement released on Wednesday, described boycott of November 12 polls as a ...
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Bahraini Opposition Groups Boycott ’Sham’ Elections
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Bahraini Opposition Groups Boycott ’Sham’ Elections

Saturday 24 September 2022 ،
al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Islamic Action Society, al-Wafa'a Islamic Party, February 14 Coalition, Bahrain Freedom Movement and Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy issued a joint statement, describing the elections as a sham process that lacks legitimacy and popular representation. A ...
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Al Khalifah Regime Trying to Place Slavery Yoke on Bahraini Nation: Sheikh Qassim
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Al Khalifah Regime Trying to Place Slavery Yoke on Bahraini Nation: Sheikh Qassim

Tuesday 4 October 2022 ،
al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, called for a boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections in the country, amid an escalation of political repression and absence of meaningful reforms. In a statement released on September 14, Al-Wefaq described the boycott of November 12 polls as a nation ...
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Bahraini Activists Urge Pope to Press Regime to End Human Rights Abuse
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Bahraini Activists Urge Pope to Press Regime to End Human Rights Abuse

Saturday 5 November 2022 ،
al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, said in a statement on Friday that the ruling regime was exploiting the ongoing visit by Pope Francis to cover up its gross human rights violations and repressive measures against democracy advocates. Al-Wefaq added that the Manama regime seeks to mask the ex ...
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Participation in Bahrain’s Sham Parliamentary Election Is ‘Betrayal’: Top Cleric
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Participation in Bahrain’s Sham Parliamentary Election Is ‘Betrayal’: Top Cleric

Saturday 12 November 2022 ،
al-Wefaq National Islamic Society says opposition groups, in a show of outright rejection of dictatorship and repression by the ruling Manama regime, have unanimously agreed to boycott the forthcoming elections. “In light of the increasingly suffocating atmosphere, dictatorship of the ruling ...
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People Protest, Groups Condemn ’Repressive’ Climate as Bahrain Holds Election
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People Protest, Groups Condemn ’Repressive’ Climate as Bahrain Holds Election

Saturday 12 November 2022 ،
al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, in a statement released on September 14, described the boycott of November 12 polls as a national duty, emphasizing that the ruling Manama regime maintains absolute control over the electoral process and seeks to install a weak legislature, whose main task wou ...
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UN Committee Condemns Bahraini Regime’s ‘Racist Treatment’ of Shiite Community
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UN Committee Condemns Bahraini Regime’s ‘Racist Treatment’ of Shiite Community

Tuesday 6 December 2022 ،
al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. The kingdom has consistently rejected criticism from the United Nations and others rights bodies over its conduct of trials and detention conditions.  
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Fresh Revelations Picture Dreadful Bahraini Prison Conditions
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Fresh Revelations Picture Dreadful Bahraini Prison Conditions

Tuesday 24 January 2023 ،
Wefaq opposition bloc revealed the atrocious treatment of prisoners in AL Khalifa regime prisons. Alwaght- While Al Khalifa regime of Bahrain is trying to put a coat of democracy on its dictatorship with sham elections and pretend that people have an important role in the kingdom’s political d ...
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Israeli Regime Buys Island in Bahrain, Angering Activists
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Israeli Regime Buys Island in Bahrain, Angering Activists

Monday 13 February 2023 ،
al-Wefaq and top cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who is currently living in exile in Iran, have also repeatedly condemned the normalization move made by the ruling al-Khalifah dynasty. The tiny Arab country has been rocked by anti-regime protests since 2011 with people demanding the o ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.