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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) – A total of 300 young men and women are participating in the 31st edition of the Annual Quranic Recitation Competition underway in Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria, Gov. Sani Bello said on Sunday.
News ID: 3461537    Publish Date : 2016/11/28

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

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Nigerian armed forces opened fire on a group of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN)’s followers, killing nearly 100 and injuring hundreds more in the northern city of Kano, the movement said.
News ID: 3461424    Publish Date : 2016/11/15

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Nigerian Army and Nigerian Police forces opened fire at Shia mourners taking part in Ashura processions, killing at least nine people in the cities of Kaduna and Funtua.
News ID: 3461144    Publish Date : 2016/10/12

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Nigeria has issued a warrant for the arrest of the spokesman of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) a few days after banning the group.
News ID: 3461135    Publish Date : 2016/10/10

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) vowed to challenge a state ban declaring the group's activity as unlawful.
News ID: 3461121    Publish Date : 2016/10/09

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Abuja National Mosque is the national mosque of Nigeria, built in 1984 in Abuja, the West African country’s capital city.
News ID: 3461002    Publish Date : 2016/09/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Over 2,000 Nigerians took part in a protest rally calling for the release of prominent Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
News ID: 3460891    Publish Date : 2016/09/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s Cultural Center in Nigeria will cooperate with al-Afrikiy Islamic TV in organizing a Quran competition in the West African country.
News ID: 3460860    Publish Date : 2016/08/29

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Senior Nigerian Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky’s health has been worsening, Shia Rights Watch (SRW) said.
News ID: 3460668    Publish Date : 2016/08/12

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Nigerian group named “Access to Justice (A2J)” has called on the country’s Kaduna State Government to begin the prosecution of all the military officers indicted by the Justice Garba Judicial Panel report as it is doing with members of Shia movement.
News ID: 3460660    Publish Date : 2016/08/10

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide bomber on Friday blew himself up among crowds at a Shia Muslim procession outside the north Nigerian city of Kano, in the latest violence to hit the troubled region.
News ID: 3457473    Publish Date : 2015/11/27

TEHRAN (IQNA) - A seminar on Arbaeen took place in Buachi, Nigeria, on Sunday.
News ID: 3454115    Publish Date : 2015/11/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) - Muslims and some section of the Christian community in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Saturday commemorated the Day of Ashura.
News ID: 3393337    Publish Date : 2015/10/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) - Shia Muslims, and others, in different parts of the world, have been holding ceremonies starting from Thursday, to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions in the month of Muharram.
News ID: 3390733    Publish Date : 2015/10/21