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Profiles in Persecution: Hassan Mushaima

Hassan Mushaima is a 70-year-old Bahraini citizen currently serving a life sentence in Jau Prison on political charges. He was sentenced for “attempting to overthrow the government” for his role in the pro-democracy protests in 2011. He remains in Jau Prison, where he has been subjected to ill treatment, including the continued denial of healthcare and restricted access to medication by the prison administration.

When will this Opression end? Jannat Al Baqee walls have been Blocked!!

AGAIN, Jannatul Baqee has been violated! The Saudi Regime has blocked off the view to the graves of The Most Holy Personalities. This is a direct insult to all Zawwar of the World. Until now, the regime has been systematically erasing the places of historical importance and grave sites of Personalities that have given us Islam.

Shia Rights Watch is extremely concerned as Israa al-Ghamgham, a detainee and a female Shia rights activist is sentenced to the death penalty for her involvement in peaceful demonstrations in Qatif.
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UN calls for release of jailed Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab

A special United Nations panel is urging Bahrain to immediately release imprisoned activist Nabeel Rajab, describing him as the victim of government-sponsored “persecution” for his political views in the island kingdom. The statement by the UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention comes as Rajab is serving a five-year prison sentence for tweets he sent, a case widely criticized internationally as the kingdom’s government continues a crackdown on dissent.

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Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets school in Kabul

At least 48 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in front of an education centre in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to the health ministry. Wednesday’s attack in the Shia neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi left dozens more injured, Waheed Majrooh, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s ministry of public health, told Al Jazeera.

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Dr Leonard Lewisohn

The Iran Heritage Foundation greatly regrets to announce the death of Dr Leonard Lewisohn, who died suddenly in California on 6 th August while attending the Association for Iranian Studies conference. Lenny was Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow and Senior lecturer in Persian and Sufi Literature at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter (2004-2011).

Sunni Shia Dialogue – Event Highlights & Full Video Now Available

On April 28th, 2018, the Shia Muslim Council along with its partners, the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, CAIR, MPAC and Bayan Claremont presented a unique symposium to discuss Sunni and Shia relations.

Afghan Shia mosque attack kills 25

A suicide bomber has killed 25 people and injured at least 23 more in an attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan, an official has told the BBC. The attacker struck as people were attending Friday prayers in the eastern city of Gardez, Paktia province spokesman Abdullah Asrat said.

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I CONCURSO LATINOAMERICANO DE CREACIÓN CULTURAL DE EID AL-GHADIR

En el Nombre de Dios, Clemente, Misericordioso. Con el objetivo de celebrar el día en el que el Profeta Muhammad (P) declaró frente a la Comunidad Islámica (Ummah) que tras su fallecimiento el liderazgo de la comunidad recaía en la persona de ‘Ali ibn abu Talib (P), en el evento conocido como Ghadir Jum; el Centro Islámico Amir al-Muminin (P) con sede en la Ciudad de México, México; tiene el placer de publicar la siguiente CONVOCATORIA, para todos los musulmanes de Latinoamérica.

Prominent Saudi Women Activists Arrested

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities have arrested the internationally recognized women’s rights activist Samar Badawi and an Eastern Province activist, Nassima al-Sadah, in the past two days, Human Rights Watch said today. Badawi and al-Sadah are the latest victims of an unprecedented government crackdown on the women’s rights movement that began on May 15, 2018 and has resulted in the arrest of more than a dozen activists.

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