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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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Pakistan Hints at Forming New Islamic Bloc to Address Kashmir Issue

Pakistan Hints at Forming New Islamic Bloc to Address Kashmir Issue

Sunday 9 August 2020
Indian-controlled Kashmir is a disputed region between Pakistan and India. In August last year, New Delhi formally annexed the disputed territory into the Indian federation in defiance of numerous UN Security Council resolutions which call for a plebiscite. Since then India has been at the heart of ...
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Modi’s New Land Laws Bring More Fuel To Kashmir Fire

Modi’s New Land Laws Bring More Fuel To Kashmir Fire

Wednesday 4 November 2020 ،
Indian-controlled Kashmir saw its largest strikes protesting new land law since the government stripped the region of its semi-autonomy last year. The strikes are coming by angry local people protesting a new law by the nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that introduced a law all ...
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Local Political Parties Win over Hindu Nationalist BJP in Kashmir

Local Political Parties Win over Hindu Nationalist BJP in Kashmir

Wednesday 23 December 2020 ،
Indian-controlled Kashmir elections, gaining a maximum number of seats in the local administration. Alwaght- Local Kashmiri parties has won in Indian-controlled Kashmir elections, gaining a maximum number of seats in the local administration. Amid stringent security measures counting of votes took ...
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India Arrests 75 in Kashmir after Locals Won Election

India Arrests 75 in Kashmir after Locals Won Election

Saturday 26 December 2020 ،
Indian-controlled region. New Delhi then cracked down on the opposition and rounded up hundreds of people to preempt protests and violence. Victorious candidates and supporters perceived the win as a victory of people’s verdict against what they call BJP’s propagandist narrative on Kash ...
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Guterres Voices Concerns over India’s Abuses against Kashmiri Children

Guterres Voices Concerns over India’s Abuses against Kashmiri Children

Wednesday 30 June 2021 ،
Indian-controlled Kashmir. Alwaght- Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, expressed deep concerns about human rights violations against children in the Indian-controlled Kashmir. I call upon the [Indian] government to take preventive measures to protect children, including by ending the use of pe ...
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Rohingyas Victims of Anti-Muslim Sentiment in India

Rohingyas Victims of Anti-Muslim Sentiment in India

Tuesday 26 October 2021 ،
Indian-controlled Kashmir, and passing a controversial citizenship law, the report said the Rohingya refugees fear they will be “forced to flee once again.” In 2017, India’s then-minister of state for home affairs, Kiren Rijiju, said the government has issued detailed instruc ...
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India Using Civilians as Human Shields in Kashmir: Activists

India Using Civilians as Human Shields in Kashmir: Activists

Tuesday 16 November 2021 ،
Indian-controlled Kashmir, politicians and activists said. Alwaght- Indian government is using civilians as human shields” in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, politicians and activists said.     Indian forces on Tuesday claimed that a gunfight took place in Hyderpo ...
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India Shrine Stampede Kills 12, Injures More

India Shrine Stampede Kills 12, Injures More

Saturday 1 January 2022 ،
Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured over 12 others on New Year’s Day, officials said. An investigation has been ordered into what caused the stampede early Saturday at the Mata Vaishnav Devi shrine, where thousands of Hindu devotees were gathered to pay their respe ...
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India’s Arrest of Kashmiri Journalist Triggers Outrage

India’s Arrest of Kashmiri Journalist Triggers Outrage

Monday 7 February 2022 ،
Indian-controlled territory since the government of India revoked the region’s special status in 2019. Kashmir has been split between estranged neighbors India and Pakistan since the partition of British India in 1947. Both countries claim all of Kashmir and have fought three wars o ...
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India Criticized over Barring Kashmiri Journalist from Leaving for US to Receive Pulitzer Prize

India Criticized over Barring Kashmiri Journalist from Leaving for US to Receive Pulitzer Prize

Saturday 22 October 2022 ،
Indian-controlled Kashmir, and holds an Indian passport, is part of a four-member Reuters team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in May for Feature Photography for their coverage of the COVID pandemic in India. Mattoo’s other colleagues, who were going to fly to the US with her, were ...

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