Posts Tagged ‘shias’

Baghdad billboard showing “Shias of Abu Turab”

TEHRAN – A huge copy of Iranian painter Hassan Ruholamin’s “Shias of Abu Turab” has been set up on a billboard in the heart of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. A number of Persian websites announced the news on Saturday, but with no details about the exact location of the billboard and the identity of […]

Photos: Millions of Shias Mourn Imam Hussein’s Martyrdom across Iran

Ashura, the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram, marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and his 72 faithful companions in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. Every year on Ashura, millions of Shiites around the world, dressed in black, take to the streets and […]

Bahrain must stop discriminating against Shias: Tillerson

Press TV- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called on the Bahraini regime to stop discriminating against Shias residing in the Persian Gulf country. “In Bahrain, the government continue to question, detain and arrest Shia clerics, community members and opposition politicians,” said the top diplomat Tuesday. Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in […]

Iranian top cleric urges Manama to fulfil Bahraini shias’ demands

Tasnim – Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi condemned the Manama regime for attacking the house of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shiite majority, urging the Bahraini rulers to meet the legitimate demands of the people. In a statement released on Saturday, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi denounced the recent raid on the […]

Sheikh Qassim’s trial persecution of Bahraini Shias: Salman

Press TV – Bahrain’s senior opposition cleric Sheikh Ali Salman says the prosecution of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim amounts to persecution and targeting of the entire Shia community in the country. Salman, the secretary general of the country’s now-dissolved al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, made the remarks during a telephone call from prison as he […]

Ankara apologizes to Moscow over downing Russian jet

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apologized to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Ankara’s shooting down of a Russia’s military jet last year which shattered ties between the two countries. In a statement released on Monday, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Putin had received a letter from Erdogan “in which the Turkish leader expressed […]

White woman ejected from ‘Whiteness History Month’ event for questioning Trump’s racism

From: thecollegefix.com Uniformed Black Panthers members seen at public college’s event When administrators at Portland Community College envisioned Whiteness History Month, they probably didnt plan on incorporating members of the Black Panthers in their programming. Yet thats exactly what happened at the colleges Cascade campus Tuesday when a woman attending […]

The Biggest (and Possibly Most Terrifying) Company You’ve Never Heard of

Source: AnonWatcher Serco. Chances are you’ve never heard of the company. If you haveheard of the company, chances are you misunderstand the shear enormity of the global company and their contracts. From transport to air traffic control, getting your license in Canada, to running all 7 immigration detention centers in Australia, private […]

Air pollution insurance

Iranian Insurance firms will offer air pollution coverage following the record air pollution in the capital in recent days, an official at the Iranian Insurers’ Syndicate said on Saturday. Ali Akbar Oliaei said innovation in the industry should be based on public demand rather than imitating their foreign peers, risknews.ir reported. Such measures can help […]

Turkey sheltering Daesh militants: Iraqi cmdr.

A high-ranking Iraqi military commander has accused Turkey of providing members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, who are wreaking havoc in neighboring Iraq, with shelter. Spokesman for Badr Organization Karim al-Nouri said on Thursday, “Turks are clearly helping Daesh,” adding that the process is “obvious” and “does not require additional evidence.” “The problem of […]

German neo-Nazi charged over concentration camp tattoo

From: news.yahoo.com German prosecutors laid charges Wednesday against a far-right local politician over a tattoo bearing a notorious Nazi concentration camp slogan and a picture of Auschwitz. Marcel Zech, a 27-year-old council member of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in a town just north of Berlin, faces up to […]

Ayatollah Sistani sends message to Saudi Arabia over cleric

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, a prominent Shiite cleric based in Iraq, has sent a message to Saudi officials urging them to stop the execution of political prisoners and release Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr and other political prisoners, according to Muhammad al-Nimr, the brother of the Saudi cleric who has been sentenced to death. Muhammad al-Nimr […]

Men in Black: Lawyers protest mass surveillance in Berlin (VIDEO)

Screenshot from Ruptly video More than 300 protesters gathered in front of the German Chancellery to mark the upcoming second anniversary of Edward Snowden’s leak of the NSA secret intelligence data that removed the veils from the eyes of the public. Berlin saw a crowd of several hundred lawyers all dressed in black robes on […]

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