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  Pakistani city mourns killing of 42 Shiite Muslims brutally massacred in gun attack | WATCH

  World | November 23, 2024 14:54 IST

  The attack occurred in Parachinar, a district on Pakistan's northwestern border with Afghanistan that has long been plagued by sectarian violence between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim communities over land and power

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  Pakistan: 32 killed in sectarian violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2nd highest deaths in past 48 hours

  World | November 23, 2024 15:27 IST

  Independent and media reports indicate over 30 deaths in the clashes, with homes and shops damaged in the violence. Residents from multiple villages have fled to safer areas.

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  Taliban blows up statue of Shiite militia leader, who fought against them in Afghanistan Civil War

  World | August 18, 2021 17:37 IST

  The insurgents’ every action in their sudden sweep to power is being watched closely. They insist they have changed and won’t impose the same draconian restrictions they did when they last ruled Afghanistan, all but eliminating women’s rights, carrying out public executions and banning television and music.

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  Afghanistan: Gunmen attack vehicle, kill 6 civilian in Ghor province

  World | April 17, 2018 14:47 IST

  The victims were all ethnic Hazaras, a Shia minority in Afghanistan that is frequently targeted by Sunni extremists in different parts of the country.

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  Pakistan's Sunni parties form grand alliance to contest 2018 general polls

  World | November 09, 2017 16:06 IST

  A five-member committee has been constituted to prepare the manifesto and constitution of the alliance. The alliance partners will meet on November 20 to finalise its manifesto.

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  Yogi government dissolves Shia, Sunni waqf boards in UP

  Politics | June 15, 2017 23:22 IST

  The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced dissolving the Shia and Sunni waqf boards in the state in the wake of corruption charges against them

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  Sunni leader Aboobacker Musliar says gender equality "un-Islamic"

  India | November 28, 2015 20:05 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: In a controversial remark, Sunni leader Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliar today described as "un-Islamic" the concept of gender equality and said that women could never equal men as "they are fit only to

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  Iraqi officials say 23 soldiers, Sunni fighters killed

  World | August 24, 2015 7:04 IST

  Baghdad: At least 23 Iraqi soldiers and government-allied militiamen were killed today in an attack by Islamic State militants in the turbulent Anbar province west of Baghdad, Iraqi military and police officials said, in the

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Eleven Muslim leaders meet PM Modi, ask him to stop radicalization of Muslim youths

  India | April 06, 2015 23:58 IST

  New Delhi: Eleven Muslim leaders today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to prevent the radicalization of Indian youths who are being lured by extremist organization such as Islamic State and Al-Qaeda.The leaders,

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  Al- Azhar expresses shock at the horrifying act of ISIS of burning the Jordanian pilot

  World | February 05, 2015 20:19 IST

  New Delhi: Al- Azhar, the most prestigious Sunni centre of learing, has criticises  the killing of a Jordanian pilot by the ISIS militants and said in Isalm there is no place for such horrific acts.The

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  Over 70 IS militants killed in northern Iraq

  World | January 12, 2015 6:51 IST

  Mosul: Over 70 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Sunday in fierce clashes with joint Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by US-led coalition aircrafts in northern Iraq.The battle broke out when dozens of IS militants

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  Israeli military most powerful in Middle East, says study

  World | October 29, 2014 12:52 IST

  Jerusalem: Israel's military is the most powerful in the Middle East, media reported quoting a study commissioned by Business Insider.The New York-based business and technology news website ranked the 15 strongest armies in the Midddle

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  Why is the world in grip of jehadist menace?

  India | July 05, 2014 9:29 IST

  New Delhi: Three momentous events, all in November-December 1979, are the genesis of a great deal of chaos the world faces today.First, was the return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Tehran and the Iranian occupation of

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  Toll rises to 33 in Iraq election rally bombing

  World | April 26, 2014 11:08 IST

  Baghdad: At least 33 people were killed and 90 others wounded in a series of bombing attacks at a parliamentary election rally in Iraq's capital city of Baghdad Friday, an interior ministry source said. The

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  Bombs at Sunni funeral in Iraq kill 14

  World | September 23, 2013 23:34 IST

  Baghdad: Iraqi officials say a double bombing at a Sunni funeral in Baghdad today has killed 14 people.  It was the third day in a row in which funerals were attacked in the Iraqi capital.They

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  Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 58

  World | July 29, 2013 23:47 IST

  Baghdad, Jul 29: More than a dozen explosions, mainly from car bombs, ripped through marketplaces, parking lots, a cafe and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 58 people and pushing the country's

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  Iraq: Gunmen kill 8 anti-al-Qaida Sunni fighters

  World | July 01, 2013 15:42 IST

  Baghdad, July 1: Iraqi officials said Monday that eight pro-government, anti-al-Qaida Sunni militiamen were kidnapped and killed by gunmen north of the capital, Baghdad, the latest in a series of bold insurgent attacks to hit

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  Ayodhya: Sunni Wakf Board Approaches Supreme Court

  India | December 14, 2010 15:55 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 14  :  The Sunni Wakf Board today moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits, contending that the judgement is based on faith and