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TEHRAN (IQNA) – A renowned Egyptian Quran reciter underlined that Shia Islam is one of the recognized schools of thought in Islam just like the Sunni ones.
News ID: 3461908    Publish Date : 2017/01/10

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Unidentified gunmen killed eight members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority who were working as miners in the northern province of Baghlan, a local government official said.
News ID: 3461877    Publish Date : 2017/01/07

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A bomb went off in a Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, killing the imam of the mosque and injuring 6 worshippers.
News ID: 3461847    Publish Date : 2017/01/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The biggest Shia and Sunni blocs at Iraq’s parliament arrived at a preliminary agreement on how to get the country back on its feet after the expected defeat of the Daesh terror group, which is largely on its last legs.
News ID: 3461814    Publish Date : 2016/12/31

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A court in Baku, the Republic of Azerbaijan, sentenced a Shia political activist and 17 other Shias to life in prison.
News ID: 3461796    Publish Date : 2016/12/28

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described American Sunnis and British Shia as the two blades of the same scissors.
News ID: 3461687    Publish Date : 2016/12/17

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Shia Muslims in Nigeria and Kashmir held rallies in solidarity with Nigerian Shia leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and called for his release.
News ID: 3461669    Publish Date : 2016/12/14

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and his wife have been relocated to an undisclosed safe location amid fears of assassination attempts, a reports said.
News ID: 3461635    Publish Date : 2016/12/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Authorities in a Nigerian state called for the prosecution of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of the country’s Shias who was recently ordered to be released after nearly a year of detention without trial.
News ID: 3461604    Publish Date : 2016/12/07

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Nigerian court ruled that Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the jailed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), should be released unconditionally.
News ID: 3461556    Publish Date : 2016/12/03

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Shia Muslims around the world attended mourning processions on Wednesday to mark the martyrdom anniversary of the eighth Shia Imam, Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Reza (AS).
News ID: 3461547    Publish Date : 2016/11/30

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A famous radio presenter in Uganda has made a documentary to counter accusations and hate messages spread against Shia Islam.
News ID: 3461535    Publish Date : 2016/11/27

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A brother of Nigeria’s top Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky said hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims and others attend a ceremony in Zaria, northern state of Kaduna, every year to mark Arbaeen.
News ID: 3461528    Publish Date : 2016/11/27

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iraq’s top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani condemned a recent deadly attack targeting pilgrims near Hillah, saying the perpetrators of the carnage will pay for their crimes on the battleground.
News ID: 3461523    Publish Date : 2016/11/26

TEHRAN (IQNA) – People in Bahrain held rallies in different parts of the country in protest at the Al Khalifa regime’s continued crackdown on peaceful dissent.
News ID: 3461519    Publish Date : 2016/11/26

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A car bomb exploded south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing more than 80 people, among them Shia pilgrims.
News ID: 3461510    Publish Date : 2016/11/24

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a crowded Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, stressing that sponsors of terrorism will be engulfed by the backlash of their actions “sooner or later.”
News ID: 3461488    Publish Date : 2016/11/22

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bahraini regime forces once again prevented Shia Muslims from holding Friday prayers at Imam Sadiq (AS) Mosque in the northwestern village of Dirza.
News ID: 3461464    Publish Date : 2016/11/19

TEHRAN (IQNA) – While a large number of pilgrims are still on their way toward the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, millions are already in the city to attend rituals marking Arbaeen.
News ID: 3461458    Publish Date : 2016/11/19

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Nigerian forces have destroyed more religious centers belonging to the African country’s Shia community.
News ID: 3461454    Publish Date : 2016/11/19