TEHRAN (IQNA) – Human Rights Watch in statement released on Wednesday called on the Nigerian government to ensure justice for the Shia Muslims of the country who have been facing a crackdown in recent years.
News ID: 3467454 Publish Date : 2018/12/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Urdu translation of the book “Quranic Sciences” was published in Pakistan.
News ID: 3467388 Publish Date : 2018/12/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The first phase of “Seddiqeh Tahereh” Complex, the greatest cultural center for Shia Muslims in Kumasi, Ghana, was opened in a ceremony earlier this week.
News ID: 3467355 Publish Date : 2018/12/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – People in Bahrain held a protest rally to condemn the recent arrest of distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Khalid Fadhil al-Zaki.
News ID: 3467340 Publish Date : 2018/12/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An appeals court in Bahrain upheld life sentences for six citizens over their alleged role in a 2014 bombing that hit the flashpoint village of Diraz.
News ID: 3467332 Publish Date : 2018/11/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A number of Sunni scholars from the western Iranian province of Kurdistan met with senior Shia clerics Ayatollahs Nasser Makarem Shirazi, Mohammad Ali Alavi Gorgani and Abdullah Javadi Amoli on the occasion of the Islamic Unity Week.
News ID: 3467294 Publish Date : 2018/11/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Shia activist identified as Nadhir Ibraheem al-Qazavi has been killed by Saudi military forces, social media reports said.
News ID: 3467265 Publish Date : 2018/11/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Speaker of the Supreme Lebanese Shia Assembly, Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan, lauded Iran for its role in supporting Shia seminaries and religious centers.
News ID: 3467170 Publish Date : 2018/11/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Twelve prisoners who are part of Saudi Arabia’s Shia minority are at risk of "imminent" execution, Amnesty International warned.
News ID: 3467168 Publish Date : 2018/11/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bahraini scholars strongly condemned the recent life sentence handed down to prominent Bahraini Shia cleric and opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, stating that the ruling Al Khalifa regime has lost its legitimacy.
News ID: 3467157 Publish Date : 2018/11/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Bahraini court on Sunday ordered life sentences for three senior opposition members, overturning a previous acquittal on charges of “spying for Qatar”.
News ID: 3467141 Publish Date : 2018/11/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia’s general prosecutor asked for the death sentence for two young Bahraini Shias.
News ID: 3467130 Publish Date : 2018/11/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) buried 42 of their fellow members that have been killed by the Nigerian army during peaceful protests in the capital Abuja over the past two days.
News ID: 3467126 Publish Date : 2018/11/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Clashes erupted in Nigeria between security forces and the supporters of an imprisoned Shia cleric marching in the capital, Abuja, on Monday.
News ID: 3467111 Publish Date : 2018/10/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 10 people were killed in a fresh raid by Nigerian security forces on members of the country’s Shia Muslim community.
News ID: 3467093 Publish Date : 2018/10/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Shia mosque in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, was reopened in a ceremony attended by the country’s Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva.
News ID: 3467066 Publish Date : 2018/10/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A specialized Quran memorization center for children under the age of 7 is planned to be established in majority Shia region of Al-Ahsa in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
News ID: 3467049 Publish Date : 2018/10/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Thousands of Friday prayer worshippers in different cities in Pakistan held rallies to slam the recent arrest of Shia activist and former senator Reza Abedi.
News ID: 3467024 Publish Date : 2018/10/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The second edition of an international conference on Shia studies was held at Cologne University of Germany on October 18-19.
News ID: 3467015 Publish Date : 2018/10/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Three anti-regime activists were reportedly killed in a Wednesday raid by the Al Saud regime forces on a house in the Shia-populated Qatif region in the east of the Arab kingdom, as the Riyadh regime continues its brutal crackdown on political dissidents.
News ID: 3466844 Publish Date : 2018/09/28