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Shia Islam

Sadr repeats call for US troops to go home

Hard-line Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr issued a fresh call on Friday for US troops to withdraw from Iraq, saying there would be no sectarian violence after foreign forces quit the country. His followers also set fire to a...

Bahraini calls for Mideast org including Israel

CAIRO: Bahrain's foreign minister said in an interview published Wednesday that Middle East nations should form a regional organization that includes Israel and Iran, the Arab countries' top rivals, to try to resolve their...

Nigeria: Shiites Mark Quds Day in Kano

Hundreds of Shiites popularly known as muslim brothers yesterday in Kano joined millions of other Shiites across the globe to mark the annual Quds day. The peaceful protest rally which commenced from the Fagge Juma'at...

Qaradawi defends remarks on Shias

DOHA - Prominent Islamic Scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi, highly respected by both the Sunnis and Shias, has strongly defended his comment 'some Shias were leveraging the support Hezbollah enjoys among Muslims following...

Cleric Reignites Age Old Sunni Shiite Disputes

Qaradawi charged the Shiites with spreading their belief in predominantly Sunni countries, from Indonesia to Algeria, and said "they practice the tradition of takia [concealing their intentions] and do not reveal what...

Indian Shia Scholar urges end to Zionists occupation of Palestine

Sep 27, 2008

Expressing concern over the desperate situation in Palestine, an Indian Shia Scholar called on the Zionist Regime to abide by international law and withdraw from all of the Occupied Territories. Talking to IRNA on the...

Clerics' debate underlines Sunni-Shiite divide

Two of the Arab world's most prominent Muslim theologians have waded into a bitter exchange of barbs, engaging in a debate that is a small-scale rendition of the worsening animosity between the Sunni and Shiite branches...

Iraqi parliament approves provincial elections law

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA ; Associated Press Writer Published: September 24th, 2008 06:10 AM | Updated: September 24th, 2008 06:10 AM BAGHDAD -- U.S. officials have complained privately that Iraqi politicians have failed to...

Tight security for Shiite imam anniversary in Iraq (AFP)

NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - Around 15,000 policemen and soldiers backed by US-led coalition forces will stand guard next week for a Shiite pilgrimage in the central Iraq city of Najaf, a top official said on Saturday. Colonel Ali...

India: When a Woman Conducts the Nikah

By Dr Syeda Hameed I was taken by complete surprise when my friend, Naish Hasan, called me one day. And I have decided that you will perform my 'nikah' (Muslim marriage ceremony)," she said. I am sure I was not the first...

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