{"id":748,"date":"2015-03-25T14:48:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T14:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/748-mauritanian-shia-leader-says-thousands-of-shias-live-in-the-country\/"},"modified":"2015-03-25T14:48:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T14:48:15","slug":"mauritanian-shia-leader-says-thousands-of-shias-live-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/748-mauritanian-shia-leader-says-thousands-of-shias-live-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauritanian Shia leader says thousands of Shias live in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">Leader of followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in Mauritania, Sheikh Bakkar Bin Bakkar Mohammad Ali, has visited the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine to establish direct communication with Shias of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">Iraq<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Leader of followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in Mauritania, Sheikh Bakkar Bin Bakkar Mohammad Ali, has visited the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine to establish direct communication with Shias of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Bakkar noted that there are many tribes in Mauritania known as Zainabi tribes who are the grandsons Lady Zianab ,peace be upon her, and they are thousands in number.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that such tribes face harassment and oppression in the African countries which are dominated by the Wahhabi influence. 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