Tag: Sunni

Just before I left Syria last month, a tall and eloquent Franco-Lebanese man walked up to me in a Damascus coffee shop and introduced...

Saudi Shias have long complained of discrimination, but they are now subject to violent attack and, adding to their unease, fear that another 16 young men will be added to the list of seven facing beheading for joining protests in 2011-12

The Shia militias, armed and advised by Iran, are playing a major role in the Tikrit offensive

One is a band of separatists fighting for independence from Pakistan. The other is a feared group of Islamists bent on killing Shi'ite Muslims...

At least 76 people have been killed in bombings in majority Sunni districts in Baghdad and surrounding areas in the deadliest day in Iraq in...

Hazara Shias refused to bury their dead until the Pakistan Army assured them security from the genocide being carried out by the Sunni terrorist...

Iraqi Sunni Muslim and Kurdish ministers boycotted a cabinet session on Tuesday to show support for protests that are threatening Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri...

Thousands of Sunni Iraqis have continued to protest in Fallujah and other in Iraqi cities against the Shia-led government in Baghdad. Protesters after Friday prayers...

An organisation of Sunni Muslim clerics prohibited uploading photos on the internet for matrimonial purposes and on social networking sites. The fatwa issued by...

Iraq’s Sunni Muslim finance minister has said he holds Shia PM Nouri Maliki personally responsible for raids on his home and office by security...

The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) on Tuesday demanded the government to crack down on terrorists challenging the state’s writ, and making the lives of...

Pakistan Sunni Tehreek (PST) Chief Sarwat Ijaz Qadri has demanded the release of Mumtaz Qadri the assassin of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer. He was...

Madness comes without giving notice Anyone who imagines that Israel can attack Iran and not unleash another world war must be mad. Pray pause and...

Twenty gunmen were killed Thursday in clashes between Zaidi Shia rebels and Sunni Salafist gunmen in northern Yemen, a security official said. Clashes erupted...

I am writing this letter to bring to your attention the issue of increasing intolerance in Pakistan. Pakistan has a lot of diversity in...

Why? While many wanted to congratulate the Pakistani security agencies for maintaining peace during the Ashura, Rehman Malik has surprisingly thanked the Taliban also for...

It wasn’t quite the Battle of the Camel, but the pitched battle at Karachi’s Numaish Chowrangi on Sunday was seemingly from the same trend:...