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Nigeria announces killing of a leader of group linked to ISIS

Nigeria announces killing of a leader of group linked to ISIS

Nigerian security forces have killed the new leader of a group linked to ISIS terrorist organization, which is accused of killing hundreds in Nigeria and neighboring West African countries, a senior security official said.Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, said…
Morocco: Protest against school textbook considered offensive to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny

Morocco: Protest against school textbook considered offensive to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny

A petition was launched to protest against the Moroccan Ministry of Education’s publication and distribution of a school book that it considered offensive to the Messenger of Islam, Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny. The petition also included…
Air strikes target capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray; 3 civilians dead

Air strikes target capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray; 3 civilians dead

Ethiopian military air strikes hit the capital of the Tigray region and killed at least three people, witnesses said on Monday, returning the war abruptly to Mekelle after several months of peace.Ethiopia’s government initially dismissed the reports, but the state…
90 schoolgirls and teachers freed after 118 days of kidnapping in northwest Nigeria

90 schoolgirls and teachers freed after 118 days of kidnapping in northwest Nigeria

Bandits released 90 female students and faculty members at a federal government school in the western Nigerian state of Kebbi, 118 days after they were kidnapped, without knowing whether a ransom was paid or not.The Nigerian newspaper, The Independent, reported…
Anger in Nigeria after video of torture of students in a Quran school went viral

Anger in Nigeria after video of torture of students in a Quran school went viral

The principal of a Quranic school in Kwara State, Nigeria, has been suspended after a video went viral showing students being violently punished.One of the videos showed four men beating a girl with what looked like sticks in front of…
Followers of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi organize Arbaeen march in Guinea

Followers of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi organize Arbaeen march in Guinea

Dozens of followers of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in Guinea, held a march on the Arbaeen anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.Dozens of men, women and children participated in the march, in…
International Nonviolence Organization warns of the return of authoritarian practices to Tunisia

International Nonviolence Organization warns of the return of authoritarian practices to Tunisia

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, confirmed that it had access to statements issued by human rights organizations indicating the occurrence of a number of government measures of an arbitrary nature against activists and civilians on a political background in…
International Nonviolence condemns the assassination of the Rohingya leader in Bangladesh and demands an investigation into the circumstances of the crime and those behind it

International Nonviolence condemns the assassination of the Rohingya leader in Bangladesh and demands an investigation into the circumstances of the crime and those behind it

The International Non-violence Organization, Free Muslim, has expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the blatant crime committed against the Rohingya leader in Bangladesh, calling on the international body of the United Nations to investigate and reveal the circumstances of this…
Pope criticized after ignoring the killing of Shias in a speech directed to the Nigerian government

Pope criticized after ignoring the killing of Shias in a speech directed to the Nigerian government

Social media influencers criticized the Pope after he ignored the killing of Shias during theArbaeen anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, in a speech directed to the Nigerian government.The Pope called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to seek…
Madagascar: The people of Ambitsubitsuki Village commemorate the Arbaeen

Madagascar: The people of Ambitsubitsuki Village commemorate the Arbaeen

A group of Shias and followers of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, commemorated the Arbaeen of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, in the village of Ambitsubitsuki, Madagascar.A mourning ceremony was held, based on the…
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