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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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Iran Presidential Candidates Held Final Debate Before Election
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Iran Presidential Candidates Held Final Debate Before Election

Friday 12 May 2017
cultural and political subjects. All the candidates were allocated equal airtime to expound on their plans to deal with the country’s major economic problems after taking the office. Three of the candidates categorized as “reformists” include President Hassan Rouhani, First Vice- ...
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Turkey’s Scramble for Africa: Ankara Eyes New Empire in Old Backyard
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Turkey’s Scramble for Africa: Ankara Eyes New Empire in Old Backyard

Monday 7 August 2017 ،
cultural and religious affinity The Turkish construction industry, one of the major drivers of Turkish economic growth in recent years, was dealt severe blows after losing lucrative markets in northern Africa, the Middle East and Russia as a result of conflict and crises. Aktay, who was in Sudan l ...
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20 Killed as ISIS Terrorists Strike Afghan Capital, Kabul
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20 Killed as ISIS Terrorists Strike Afghan Capital, Kabul

Thursday 4 January 2018 ،
cultural centre in Kabul, underlining the precarious security situation in the Afghan capital. That attack was claimed by Isis, which has claimed responsibility for a number of similar attacks in Afghanistan over the past two years. The country is still suffering from insecurity and violence years ...
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UK Mosques Welcome Homeless as Severe Snow Leaves 11 Dead
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UK Mosques Welcome Homeless as Severe Snow Leaves 11 Dead

Friday 2 March 2018 ،
Several mosques in the United Kingdom and Ireland are opening their doors to the homeless as the weather continues to bite, leaving at least 10 dead so far. Alwaght- Several mosques in the United Kingdom and Ireland are opening their doors to the homeless people as the weather continues to bite, lea ...
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Terrorist Attack on Shiite Mosque in Kabul Kills Nine
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Terrorist Attack on Shiite Mosque in Kabul Kills Nine

Friday 9 March 2018 ،
cultural centre, claimed by ISIS. Two months earlier, two, separate mosque attacks had killed at least 72 people. Friday's attack came less than two weeks after President Ashraf Ghani called on the Taliban to join peace talks, to end more than 16 years of the latest phase of Afghan war. Afghan ...
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Terrorists Kill 15 in  Afghan City of Lashkargah
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Terrorists Kill 15 in Afghan City of Lashkargah

Saturday 24 March 2018 ،
cultural events in the country. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, also confirmed the incident and said on twitter “verifying disturbing reports of attack outside sports stadium in Helmand. “Attacks directed at civilians are clear violations of international h ...
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British Council Targets African Culture to Advance British Interests
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British Council Targets African Culture to Advance British Interests

Tuesday 27 August 2019 ،
cultural” and “educational” programmes. From the southern tip of the black continent to West Africa and the Horn of Africa, the British Council is actively promoting British interests through ostensibly “cultural” and “educational” programmes. But why does the British Counci ...
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Palestinian Women Journalists Speak out against ’Deliberate’ Attacks by PA Forces
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Palestinian Women Journalists Speak out against ’Deliberate’ Attacks by PA Forces

Saturday 3 July 2021 ،
cultural norms to shame and intimidate women, exercising social pressure against them as an attempt to silence and prevent them from performing their work. According to Ghazi Bani Odeh, head of the monitoring and documentation unit at the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (Mada ...
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Modi’s Sinister Take on Cancel Culture Erasing Centuries of Muslim History in India
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Modi’s Sinister Take on Cancel Culture Erasing Centuries of Muslim History in India

Tuesday 26 October 2021 ،
cultural narrative at the expense of hundreds of years of history. This policy, often referred to as ‘saffronisation’ (a reference to the spiritual use of the saffron colour with Hinduism) is encouraging the erasure of the legacies of the British and the Mughals – a Muslim dynast ...
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Trudeau has not exerted pressure on the Zionist regime of Israel to cease its bombardment of Gaza
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Trudeau has not exerted pressure on the Zionist regime of Israel to cease its bombardment of Gaza

Wednesday 31 January 2024 ،
Stephen Brown, the executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, stated during a press conference in Ottawa, "We no longer believe that engaging with this Prime Minister will yield positive outcomes."   Stephen Brown, the executive director of the National Council of Canadian ...

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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.