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A group of Nigerian opposition figures and citizens called for an investigation into the violations committed by the former Chief of Staff of the Army Tukur Buratai against the Nigerian people, especially his massacre of 300 Shias in the Zaria…

The Abbas Youth Committee in the Husseiniyah of Imam Ali, peace be upon him, in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, held a mourning ceremony on the demise anniversary of Lady Umm al-Baneen, peace be upon her, in the presence of…

A young Shia died of his wounds in the capital, Abuja, after the Nigerian police attacked peaceful marches to demand the release of the Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.The young Shia succumbed to his wounds, after he was shot by…

On Monday, the Egyptian judicial authorities decided to include 50 leaders of the “Muslim Brotherhood” group, banned in the country, on the list of terrorism.Egyptian media reported that the Southern Tenth Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court headed by Counselor,…

In a joint letter, 12 international and Egyptian human rights organizations called on the European Union to put pressure on Egypt to make a change in the human rights file, and to take measures towards what it described as Egypt’s…

Authorities in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna said Saturday that a group of unidentified gunmen attacked two local government-controlled areas in the state and killed six people, while eight others sustained varying degrees of injuries.The gunmen, suspected to be bandits,…

Abbas Siddiqui, a cleric from Furfura Sharif, is set to announce his new party of Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis on January 21, giving a new dimension to identity politics in West Bengal. “I am going to launch the new outfit…

The Ahlulbayt Center, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, continues to hold Fatimid mourning ceremonies.The ceremonies commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Lady Fatima al-Zahraa, peace be upon her, in the presence and participation of…

More than 80 people have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes in Sudan’s restive Darfur, doctors said Sunday, just over two weeks since a long-running peacekeeping mission ended operations.The violence is the most significant fighting reported since the…

The Islamic centers affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority, in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, witnessed the establishment of Fatimid mourning ceremonies, commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Lady Fatima al-Zahraa, peace be upon her, according to the third narration.The Islamic…