Tags - Shiite
Report:
Rasa - A human rights group says some state religious scholars and institutions in Saudi Arabia incite hatred and discrimination against religious minorities, including the country's Shiite Muslim minority.
News ID: 432743 Publish Date : 2017/09/28
Rasa - Shiite Muslims in Nigeria's Northern Kaduna State demanded that authorities stop ongoing crackdown on worshippers participating in mourning ceremonies during the Month of Muharram.
News ID: 432723 Publish Date : 2017/09/27
Rasa - Bahraini security forces fired tear gas at anti-regime protesters in a number of Shiite villages as several parts of the kingdom witnessed more peaceful scenes with protesters marching in small groups in protest to Manama regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent.
News ID: 432051 Publish Date : 2017/08/30
Rights Groups:
Rasa - Rights groups and anti-death penalty activists urged US President Donald Trump to speak up as the fate of 14 men facing execution in Saudi Arabia hanging in the balance.
News ID: 431752 Publish Date : 2017/08/17
Parliament Speaker
Rasa - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani strongly rejected the allegations made by some regional officials claiming that Tehran is seeking to create a Shiite crescent in the region.
News ID: 429413 Publish Date : 2017/05/02
Representative of Damascus Shiites:
Rasa - The representative of Damascus Shiite s said that Turkey has taken away the dead bodies of the Syrian people killed in the terrorists' recent car bomb attack near Aleppo to use them as a bargaining chip in future negotiations with Damascus and its allies.
News ID: 429018 Publish Date : 2017/04/17
Rasa - Reports said the campaign launched by the Bahraini security authorities against the Shiite majority in the country is intensifying as more arbitrary measures are being taken.
News ID: 428964 Publish Date : 2017/04/16
Syria:
RNA - Eight women and four children, who had been held prisoner by militant groups for two years in Idlib province, were freed as a part of an exchange prisoners between the Damascus government and militants. The Syrian Army and militant groups also agreed to allow over 3,500 gunmen leave four towns Northwest of Damascus in return for the evacuation of 8,000 civilians from the two Shiite -populated towns of Fua'a and Kafraya in the Northwestern Province of Idlib in several phases. 847/940
News ID: 428916 Publish Date : 2017/04/14
Iraqi Popular Movement Leader:
Rasa - Sheikh Akram al-Ka'abi, the leader of Hezbollah al-Nujaba, a major Iraqi Shiite resistance movement fighting the ISIL, underlined that his forces are really prepared to cooperate with the Syrian army troops to liberate the Golan region occupied by Israel, stressing that formation of the Golan regiment was not meant to serve psychological warfare.
News ID: 428107 Publish Date : 2017/03/12
Rasa - Bahraini people held fresh anti-regime protest rallies across the kingdom in support of prominent Shiite opposition cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim ahead of his trial session.
News ID: 427684 Publish Date : 2017/02/25
Bahrain:
Rasa - Bahraini police clashed with demonstrators following the death of a young man who attempted to escape arrest, witnesses said Wednesday, days after 20 people were detained across Shiite villages.
News ID: 427619 Publish Date : 2017/02/23
Rasa - Hundreds of Bahraini citizens held protest rallies in support of Shiite cleric leader Sheikh Issa Qassim whose citizenship has been stripped by Manama regime.
News ID: 427254 Publish Date : 2017/02/10
Rasa - Saudi security forces attacked a residential area in Northern al-Awamiyah village in Eastern Province and detained a Shiite political activist.
News ID: 426619 Publish Date : 2017/01/17
Representative:
Rasa - Representative of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shiite majority, said the Manama regime is examining the regional situation and waiting for the next US president to take office in order to either prolong the cleric’s trial or carry out a raid on his house.
News ID: 426360 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
In Case You Missed It:
Rasa - The assault on Mosul is moving faster than expected. Special units of Iraq's anti-terrorism forces are now inside the city, while their allied Sunni, Shiite and Christian volunteer forces are providing them with support from outside.
News ID: 424775 Publish Date : 2016/11/03
Rasa - Bahraini people staged fresh rallies in Bahrain to protest stepped-up crackdown on Shiite processions commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS)
News ID: 424304 Publish Date : 2016/10/14
Rasa - A Bahraini political activist took a swipe at the Al Khalifa ruling regime for its plans to create sectarian strife in the Persian Gulf country by harassing Shiite Muslims and restricting their freedom.
News ID: 423219 Publish Date : 2016/09/04
Rasa - In an unseen footage released by Iran's IRIB Ofogh, the Hollywood director, Moustapha Akkad, told Iranian filmmaker, Talebzadeh, that he is "politically Shiite but simplicitywise I'm a Sunni and above all of them, I'm a Muslim."
News ID: 422424 Publish Date : 2016/06/04
Rasa - Thousands of people stage rallies in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to mark the 40th day since the execution of prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3934 Publish Date : 2016/02/12
A Grand Shia cleric who summarily executed by Saudis:
Rasa - Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, commonly referred to as Sheikh Nimr was an independent Shia Sheikh in al-Awamiyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. He was popular among youth and critical of the Saudi Arabian government during the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests.
News ID: 3764 Publish Date : 2016/01/05