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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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Saudi Regime Arrests Dissident Clerics, Prince

Saudi Regime Arrests Dissident Clerics, Prince

Monday 11 September 2017
Salman al-Odah and Awad al-Qarni, in what appears to be a crackdown on Wahhabi clerics and a royal family prince seen as critics of the kingdom's absolute rulers. Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, an influential cleric who was imprisoned from 1994-99 for agitating for political change and has 14 million ...
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Saudi Regime Continues Crackdown, Citizens Call for Protests

Saudi Regime Continues Crackdown, Citizens Call for Protests

Friday 15 September 2017 ،
Salman al-Awdah, Awad al-Qarni and Ali al-Omary were detained over the weekend, according to Saudi sources. On Tuesday, activists dedicated to monitoring and documenting what they describe as “prisoners of conscience” reported that at least eight other prominent figures, including cleri ...
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Saudi Regime Condemned for Crackdown on Opponents

Saudi Regime Condemned for Crackdown on Opponents

Friday 15 September 2017 ،
Salman al-Awdah and Awad al-Qarni, as well as some people activists seen as opponents of the ruling Al Saud clan. Awdah and Qarni, who have millions of followers on social media, were among Saudi scholars who opposed the presence of US troops in the kingdom during the 1991 Persian Gulf War over Kuw ...
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UN Slams Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Violations

UN Slams Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Violations

Wednesday 3 January 2018 ،
Salman al-Awdah, whom the UN experts described as a “reformist” and an influential religious figure, who has urged greater respect for human rights within Sharia, is among those held, they said. They also named academic and writer Abdullah al-Maliki, entrepreneur Essam al-Zamel, and Abd ...
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Human Rights Lawyers Ask Saudi Suspension from UN Rights Council

Human Rights Lawyers Ask Saudi Suspension from UN Rights Council

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Salman al-Awdah, Awad al-Qarni and Ali al-Omari.  Shortly before his arrest, Awdah had been told to support Saudi's blockade against Qatar with a specific text, a family member told Human Rights Watch. But he tweeted an apparent call for reconciliation between the Gulf countries ...
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Mecca Imam Arrested Amid Crackdown by Saudi Regime

Mecca Imam Arrested Amid Crackdown by Saudi Regime

Friday 24 August 2018 ،
Salman’s as part of his so-called moderation project.  Saudi authorities have yet to make any statement on the fate of Talib or his whereabouts. Some reports suggested that the imam’s English and Arabic twitter accounts had been deactivated within hours after his reported arrest. ...
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Amnesty Calls for Unconditional Release of Dissident Saudi Cleric

Amnesty Calls for Unconditional Release of Dissident Saudi Cleric

Friday 2 August 2019 ،
Salman al-Awdah, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues in the West-backed kingdom. Alwaght- Amnesty International called on the Saudi regime to immediately and unconditionally release prominent dissident ...
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Scores of Saudi Civilians Imprisoned over Critical Tweets of Regime: Report

Scores of Saudi Civilians Imprisoned over Critical Tweets of Regime: Report

Thursday 18 June 2020 ،
Salman against rights campaigners and intellectuals continues in the country. Alwaght- Saudi regime has detained scores of civilians over tweets deemed critical of the regime as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against rights campaigners and intellectuals continues in the country. ...

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