Showing posts with label Shia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shia. Show all posts
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Egypt being pushed into sectarian violence

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by Crescent online Saudi preacher, Muhammad al-Arifi, has issued a fatwa saying prostitution by Muslim girls to service takfiri fighters in ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Very candid statement from Israel's Deputy Prime Minister

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In an interview with Russia Today Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor has called Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, the "Axis of U...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Pakistan sectarian bus attack in Kohistan kills 18

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The BBC reports: Gunmen have killed at least 18 Shia Muslim bus passengers in a sectarian attack in the northern Pakistani district of Kohi...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Largest demonstration in Bahrain since March

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Monday, May 2, 2011

The Shia of Bahrain "only God is with us"

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In Bahrain, human-rights workers say at least 50 medical staff are still missing after a crackdown on hospital care for injured anti-governm...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The massacre the world ignored: Parachinar

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by 'Ya Baqiyatullah' Very few open crimes against humanity are as disregarded as the assault against Shia Muslims in Parachinar , an...
Friday, November 7, 2008

Iran's Modern History: Beyond the Legacy

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It is with great joy that I am publishing the first article in a series on a topic which is practically *never* seen anywhere: the Shia poin...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Iraqi cleric issues decree against SOFA

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Press TV reports: A senior Shia cleric has issued a religious decree prohibiting Iraqis from signing a controversial security agreement with...
Thursday, June 5, 2008

US SOFA: Is Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's resolve wobbling?

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Press TV just published the following on its website : Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has set four conditions for any security pa...
Monday, June 2, 2008

Saudi clerics attack Shi'ites, Hezbollah

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RIYADH, June 1 ( Reuters ) - Clerics in Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia attacked minority Shi'ites in a statement on Sunday saying Lebanon...
Sunday, June 1, 2008

Iraqi government rejects US SOFA; bomb explodes near Iranian embassy in Baghdad

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It's official now: even the Iraqi government has rejected the US SOFA . The former Prime Minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari also condemned th...
Friday, May 30, 2008

Iraqi Shias demand a referendum on US SOFA

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That's it. Moqtada al-Sadr and Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani are demanding a popular referendum on the SOFA the US is trying to impose on...

United Iraqi Alliance leader al-Hakim opposes the US SOFA

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Following the lead of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani and Moqtada al-Sadr, Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, head of the Badr Organization, has now voiced his...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Gary Brecher, a.k.a. the "War Nerd" on recent developments in the Middle-East

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One can love or hate Gary Brecher , a.k.a. the "War Nerd" for his style or the the magazine he usually writes for (the eXile in R...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Will Grand Ayatollah Sistani expel the Empire out of Iraq?

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Note: I believe that the AP story to which RNN is referring is this one .
Monday, May 12, 2008

State and Religion in Shi’ah Islamic Thought

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Today I am beginning a series of publications of articles about the Shia faith, culture and history. I think that it is important, crucial ...