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Afghanistan: Shia community urges Taliban to formalize sect, prote
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Shias, who have faced persecution in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, urged the Taliban to formalize their sect and protect their citizenship rights in the framework of an inclusive government.
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Will Taliban check ISIS-K attacks on Shia community?
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): For decades, violence has torn through Afghanistan's Shiite community, perpetuated first by the Taliban -- who consider Shiites heretics -- and in more recent years by the Islamic State - Khorasan (ISIS-K).
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Shia community feels like they are being targeted in country, says
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 10 (ANI): A Shia political group in Pakistan expressed that their community feels like they are being targeted in the country.
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Quetta: Pakistani Shia community ends blockades, hundreds attend b
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Ending a week of protests, hundreds of Shia Pakistanis gathered on Saturday here to bury 11 coal miners from the Hazara community, who were killed in the Islamic State attack.
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Shia community in Ladakh enjoys religious freedom, region gets dev
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Leh/Kargil (Ladakh) [India], July 27 (ANI): The Shia community living in Ladakh are enjoying religious freedom and equal rights like citizens in parts of the country with the constitutional changes made in the state last year opening up new avenues of education and boosting development.
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Include Shia community in CAB: UP Shia Central Waqf Board writes t
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Lamenting the plight of Shia Muslim community, Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting him to include Shia community in the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019, which was intr
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Case against 'Satyameva Jayate' for hurting religious sentiments
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad, (Telangana) [India] July 30 (ANI): A case has been registered against upcoming Bollywood movie 'Satyameva Jayate' by the Shia community in Hyderabad for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
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Compound wall of Bengaluru mosque to be demolished for road-wideni
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): In a bid to decrease traffic congestion in the locality, the compound wall of Jamia Masjid here will be demolished in order to aid road-widening.
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Five people belonging to Hazara Shia community killed in Quetta
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], October 9 (ANI): At least five people belonging to ethnic Hazara Shia community were killed and one other seriously injured on Quetta's Kasi road in Balochistan on Monday after few unidentified armed men opened fire at their vehicle.
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Hyderabad's Shia community ready for 10th Muharram procession
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Sept 30 (ANI): Hyderabad's Shia community ready for 10th Muharram procession. Till now, 57 processions have been taken out from Bibi Ka Alawe, the holy platform for Hyderabadi Shias.
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Parachinar blast: Shia community protests against 'targeted k
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan], July. 2 (ANI): With the death toll in the deadly Parachinar blast crossing 70, the Shia community in Gilgit carried out protests against the Pakistan Government, saying that targeted killings of Shias are being carried out.
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