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Shia Rights Watch denounces Azerbaijan dangerous acts against Shia civilians
December 20, 2015
Shia Rights Watch denounces Azerbaijan dangerous acts against Shia civilians
SRW linked such massacres with the massacres committed during the Middle Ages Shia Rights Watch World Organization denounces the Azeri government’s acts against Shia civilians, calling on international community to intervene and put an end to the escalating attacks…
American Muslims protest Shia killing in Nigeria
December 19, 2015
American Muslims protest Shia killing in Nigeria
American Muslims have held a demonstration to condemn the Nigerian army massacre of Shia Muslims A large number of American Muslims have held a demonstration in New York to condemn the Nigerian military’s massacre of Shia Muslims. The demonstrators gathered…
Mauritanians protest against closing Quran institutes
December 19, 2015
Mauritanians protest against closing Quran institutes
The protest rally was held after Friday prayers in various provinces People in a southeastern city of Mauritania took to the streets on Friday in protest at the government’s move to shut down Quran institutes. The protest rally was…
Professor suspended for saying Christians and Muslims worship the ‘same God’
December 17, 2015
Professor suspended for saying Christians and Muslims worship the ‘same God’
A major evangelical Christian university has suspended a tenured professor A major evangelical Christian university has suspended a tenured professor after she argued that Christians and Muslims “worship the same God” and donned a hijab to express solidarity with…
Female high school students in Chicago protest Islamophobia by wearing headscarves
December 17, 2015
Female high school students in Chicago protest Islamophobia by wearing headscarves
Non-Muslim female students in Chicago are protesting Islamophobia and racism by wearing traditional Islamic headscarves Non-Muslim female students at Vernon Hills High School in Chicago are protesting Islamophobia and racism by wearing traditional Islamic headscarves. Over a dozen girls…
Police and protesters clash in Netherlands over plan for refugees
December 17, 2015
Police and protesters clash in Netherlands over plan for refugees
Clashes have broken out in the Netherlands between police and demonstrators Clashes have broken out in the Netherlands between police and demonstrators protesting against government plans to house over 1,000 refugees and asylums seekers in a town in the country’s west.…
IHRC says Nigeria Shias buried in mass graves
December 17, 2015
IHRC says Nigeria Shias buried in mass graves
A human rights group says there is credible evidence of mass graves in Nigeria A human rights group says there is credible evidence of mass graves in Nigeria following a recent massacre of Shia Muslims by the Abuja government…
Media reports says up to 1,000 Shia Muslims brutally massacred by Nigerian Army
December 17, 2015
Media reports says up to 1,000 Shia Muslims brutally massacred by Nigerian Army
Media reports are now saying up to 1,000 Shia Muslims were brutally massacred Media reports are now saying up to 1,000 Shia Muslims were brutally massacred at the hands of the Nigerian Army and the leader of the Shia…
Adam Center calls on opening international investigation on Nigeria’s Shia carnage
December 17, 2015
Adam Center calls on opening international investigation on Nigeria’s Shia carnage
Adam Center for Defending Human Rights and Freedoms condemned in a statement the Shia carnage Adam Center for Defending Human Rights and Freedoms condemned in a statement the Shia carnage committed by the Nigerian Army against Shia civilians, calling…
German extremist preacher arrested for supporting terror group
December 16, 2015
German extremist preacher arrested for supporting terror group
German police have arrested an Islamic extremist German police have arrested an Islamic extremist known for organizing the so-called ‘Sharia police.’ Sven Lau was arrested on suspicion of supporting a foreign terror group. Lau, 35, was arrested on Tuesday…