Tag: Shias

Rangers thwart terror bid on imambargah, kill three suspected bombers

ROHRI: The Sindh Rangers on Friday said that three terrorists have been killed during an encounter in Rohri while the suspects were trying to target...

Chelum of Hazrat Imam Hussain being observed amid tight security, cellular...

Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and other martyrs of Karbala is being observed Monday (today) with traditional religious spirit and reverence. Sensitive areas across...

US decries IS ‘genocide’ of Christians, Shias, Yazidis

The United States on Wednesday denounced the “genocide” carried out by the Islamic State group against Christians, Shias and Yazidis, as the State Department...

Islamic State in ‘genocide’ against Christians, Shias: US

The Islamic State group is carrying out genocide against the Christian, Yazidi and Shia minorities on its territory in Iraq and Syria, the United...

Hundreds rally in Saudi for death row Shias

Hundreds of Saudi Shias rallied in the east of the kingdom on Friday to support activists whose execution they fear could be imminent, a...

5 Bahrain Shias get life in jail for ‘spying for Iran’

A Bahraini court on Thursday revoked the citizenship of five Shias convicted of spying for Iran and sentenced them to life imprisonment, a judicial...

10 Shia worshippers killed in Balochistan suicide attack

At least 10 Shias were killed and 10 others wounded when a suicide bomber struck an imambargah in Bagh tehsil of Kachhi district, 300...

Kuwaiti Sunnis and Shias pray together for unity week after suicide...

Hundreds of Shia and Sunni Muslims prayed for national unity at Kuwait’s grand mosque on Friday, vowing to block any attempt to stir sectarian...

Pakistan has become a country of ghosts, says Fatima Bhutto

“There is violence everywhere here — in threats and in action. Everywhere.”

‘Goodbye, my son!’ — After spate of attacks, Shias flee Pakistan

After losing one of his two sons to the worst attack against minority Shias in Pakistan's history, Ali was determined for the other to...

Five killed in Saudi Arabia on eve of Ashura

Al Ahsa is one of the two main centers of minority Shias in Saudi Arabia, along with the district of Qatif.

Saudi Arabia’s Shias fear they are at mercy of region’s tumult

The Shia Muslim minority in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province have long felt marginalised by the Sunni ruling dynasty, and protests for greater rights as...

Two Hazara Shias gunned down in Quetta

Two members of the Shia Hazara community were gunned down on Wednesday in Spini Road area of Quetta. Superintendent of Police Imran Qureshi said that...

Minorities worse off in Pakistan: US report

Releasing the findings of its Pakistan Religious Violence Project on Thursday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said it had tracked 203...

Terrorists should know who’s their daddy!

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday rooting out terrorism and extremism was the first priority of the federal government and directed the Inter-Services...

Hazaras refuse to bury dead, demand military protection

Shiite's furious over the sectarian bombing that killed 85 people protested on Monday, demanding that security forces protect them from militant groups while denying...

Unaccustomed to peaceful protests, Lahoris praise Shia resilience

Over a thousand Shia Muslims of Lahore ended on Monday a nearly two-day peaceful sit-in after Islamabad gave in to demands for protection by...