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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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Islamophobic Attack on Muslim Prayer Hall in France
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Islamophobic Attack on Muslim Prayer Hall in France

Saturday 26 December 2015
A Muslim prayer has been ransacked and copies of the Quran burnt on the French island of Corsica in yet another indicator of increasing Islamophobia Western countries. Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA FA ...
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Hezbollah Leader Tells Israeli Regime to Expect Retaliation over Qantar’s Assassination
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Hezbollah Leader Tells Israeli Regime to Expect Retaliation over Qantar’s Assassination

Monday 28 December 2015 ،
hall, in Beirut’s southern suburb (Dahiyeh), was held marking one week since Qantar assassination in an Israeli air raid in Syria. At the beginning of the ceremony, a video was shown on a large screen on Qantar marking his achievements and sufferings towards the resistance and Palestinian cause. ...
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UN Chief Warns Saudi Regime over War Crimes in Yemen
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UN Chief Warns Saudi Regime over War Crimes in Yemen

Saturday 9 January 2016 ،
hall and a centre for the blind. Ban Ki-moon also said  he has received troubling reports of the use of cluster munitions in attacks on Sana’a on 6 January in several locations. The use of cluster munitions in populated areas may amount to a war crime due to their indiscriminate nature. ...
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South Africa’s ANC Reiterates Support for Palestinian Liberation
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South Africa’s ANC Reiterates Support for Palestinian Liberation

Monday 1 February 2016 ،
South Africa’s ruling party has reiterated its unwavering support for the freedom of the Palestinians. Alwaght- South Africa’s ruling party has reiterated its unwavering support for the freedom of the Palestinians. In a speech in Johannesburg City Hall during an event to mark the International ...
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Al-Aqsa Mosque History
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Al-Aqsa Mosque History

Wednesday 17 February 2016 ،
hall and annex to the east since 1927 is the Islamic Museum. Dome   The main dome of the mosque is made of wood, which is plated with lead. Its interior is adorned with the 14th century paintings. Minarets Mosque has four minarets. The oldest is al-Fakhariyya Minaret in the south-west, w ...
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Turkey’s Alawites Seek Official Recognition, End to Longstanding Discrimination
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Turkey’s Alawites Seek Official Recognition, End to Longstanding Discrimination

Monday 22 February 2016 ،
hall, a kitchen, a lounge and classrooms in the cemevi complex. Courses on the Quran, the sema and bağlama, a traditional stringed instrument, are offered in the classrooms. Various kinds of food and halva are cooked in the cemevi's kitchen to be served to people after the funeral service. In ...
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Wasting 2 Years, Up to £3 billion, to Send Trump-Like Guy to White House
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Wasting 2 Years, Up to £3 billion, to Send Trump-Like Guy to White House

Thursday 25 February 2016 ،
halls, visits to diners and flattery of voters pay off, and like Trump, Cruz, Bush, Clinton, Sanders, Kasich and Rubio did this week, you’ve stamped your ticket out of New Hampshire. Four months of primaries lie ahead, during which you amass delegates for the nominating convention in July. Bu ...
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Arab Regimes from Egypt to Tunisia Seek Normalization with Tel Aviv
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Arab Regimes from Egypt to Tunisia Seek Normalization with Tel Aviv

Sunday 6 March 2016 ،
hall. As the backlash continued unfolding and due to the severe opposition, Okasha’s membership was cancelled in the Egyptian parliament so the authorities could launch further investigation into the case, although it does not seem that cancelation of the Egyptian lawmaker’s membership w ...
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Yazd, Bride of Desert
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Yazd, Bride of Desert

Monday 7 March 2016 ،
hallow ceiling of desert’s sky whose all shining stars seem reachable. Imagine you witness this beautiful scene in a quiet night of a very old city made out of clay, which cannot easily get rid of the warmth the sun has granted during the day.   With one third of Iran covered with deserts ...
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Persepolis, Climax of  Art, Architecture
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Persepolis, Climax of Art, Architecture

Monday 14 March 2016 ،
halls and residential palaces perished in flames when Alexander the Great conquered and looted Persepolis in 330 B.C. and, according to Plutarch, carried away its treasures on 20,000 mules and 5,000 camels. From the time of its barbaric destruction until A.D. 1620, when its site was first identifie ...

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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.