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Bahrain's Shias, Sunnis in joint prayer“Bahrainis have set a model of unity in the face of conspirators against the Arab and Islamic nations,” said Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa yesterday. All mosques are More… |
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Iraq headed for chaos unless politicians unite: UNIraqi soldiers backed by Shi'ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad as a UN envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers did not make progress on Sunday towards naming a government. More… |
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Sermons on Syria fan ME sectarian flamesLeading Muslim preachers condemned Iran and its "Satanic" Shi'ite allies in Friday sermons, after a battle in Syria that has inflamed sectarian rhetoric which risks spreading violence around the Middle East. In Tehra More… |
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$2m US aid for Bahrain oppositionRadical Shia groups, claiming to be human rights defenders in Bahrain and other GCC countries, have received more than $2 million in financial support from a US institute, a report said. The support was received from the US More… |
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String of bombings kill 101 in PakistanAt least 101 people were killed in bombings in two Pakistani cities on Thursday in one of the country's bloodiest days in recent years, officials said, with most casualties caused by sectarian attacks in Quetta. More… |
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Pakistan blast kills 20 Shia pilgrimsA car bomb exploded on Sunday near a convoy of buses taking Pakistani Shia pilgrims to Iran, killing 20 people and wounding 24, officials said, the latest attack on the minority sect. Witnesses More… |
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Gunmen, soldiers fight in LebanonAt least seven people were killed and dozens wounded in gunbattles in the Lebanese capital Beirut and coastal Tripoli on Monday in further unrest linked to the conflict in neighbouring Syria, security and hospital sources said. More… |
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Syria 'a political conflict, not sectarian'Turkey believes Damascus is now portraying the Syrian crisis as a Sunni-Shi'ite conflict to mask President Bashar al-Assad's loss of political authority, according to a senior adviser to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. More… |
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44 killed in Iraq bomb attacks on pilgrimsBombs targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad and police in southern Iraq killed at least 44 people on Wednesday in a wave of attacks during a major religious festival, police and hospital sources said. Violence in Iraq has eased since the h More… |
