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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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Nigeria Prepares for 2015 Presidential Election

Nigeria Prepares for 2015 Presidential Election

Thursday 11 December 2014
Lagos as eight thousand delegates for the APC entered the national stadium to cast their ballots to the sound of beating drums and cheers . Corruption remains a lightening rod for anger in Nigeria, where many perceive it as the root cause of the country's poverty and dysfunction. Jonathan's ...
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Nigerian Islamic Movement Members Charged in Court over Zaria Incident

Nigerian Islamic Movement Members Charged in Court over Zaria Incident

Thursday 11 February 2016 ،
Lagos. Critics say if the members of IMN had weapons as claimed by the Nigerian Army, why is it that no single soldier was killed? On December 12, Nigerian troops attacked Muslims attending a ceremony at a religious center in Zaria, accusing them of blocking the convoy of Nigeria’s Chief of Ar ...
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Militants kill 7 Security Forces in Nigeria’s Lagos State

Militants kill 7 Security Forces in Nigeria’s Lagos State

Monday 10 April 2017 ،
Lagos state, official news agency NAN reported. Alwaght- Five policemen and two soldiers were killed Sunday in a shootout between the security forces and militants in Nigeria’s Lagos state, African country's official news agency NAN reported. The incident came shortly after police rescued ...
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Shiites in Nigeria: Brief History

Shiites in Nigeria: Brief History

Monday 12 February 2018 ،
Lagos as the country’s new capital city, the Lebanese families headed to the new capital and became a source of Shiite ideology growth in the city. And the third factor was the Sufi cults. A majority of the African Muslims hold Sufi tendencies. Sufi tariqas (orders) such as Tijannyah and Qadi ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise