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Just as we recently saw in Las Vegas, such killers don’t represent any faith

By way of this statement, the Shia Muslim Council of Southern California joins with all Americans in calling for swift action to rid us of the evil of such wanton killings. Just as we recently saw in Las Vegas, these killers don’t represent any faith.

See also statement from Imam al-Khoei Foundation New York

Saudi women gain access to stadiums: More questions than answers

Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow women to attend sporting events in three of the country’s stadiums raises as many questions as it provide answers that go to the core of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reforms and the kingdom’s sports policy.

Dozens feared dead in attacks in Afghanistan

Dozens of people have been killed in two separate attacks at Shia mosques in Afghanistan. In one attack, an armed man opened fire on worshippers in a Shia mosque in Kabul, police said on Friday. A man “entered the mosque in Police District 13 of Kabul city…

See also BBC, The Independant

‘One by one, the girls died’

Members of Iraq’s Shia Turkmen community have been the targets of brutal persecution by so-called Islamic State (IS). One woman, who asked not to be named, told BBC Turkish’s Mahmut Hamsici about her ordeal at the hands of militants from the Sunni jihadist group.

WARNING: This story makes for very unpleasnt reading!

Gunmen target Hazara Shia Muslims in Quetta city

Islamabad, Pakistan – Unidentified gunmen have killed five people in an attack targeting the minority Hazara Shia Muslim community in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police say. Two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on a van bound for a nearby vegetable market, killing the driver and four others early on Monday morning, Quetta police chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema told reporters.

‘Five people put to death per week’: Saudi Arabia carries out 100th execution this year

Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s highest rates of execution, with suspects convicted of terrorism, homicide, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking facing the death penalty. A Saudi was executed in Riyadh on Monday bringing the number of people put to death in the kingdom so far this year to 100.

Bahraini Rights Critic Imprisoned for Yemen Tweets

This week Saudi Arabia and its allies in Geneva are blustering and threatening other countries to try to defeat a UN Human Rights Council resolution that would set up an independent investigation into war crimes by all parties – including the Saudi-led military coalition – in Yemen.

Suicide ‘shepherd’ kills several in Kabul

A suicide bomber has killed at least five people near a Shia mosque in Kabul ahead of the major religious commemoration of Ashura. The attacker disguised himself as a shepherd in order to approach the mosque, Kabul police’s criminal investigative director told AFP.

See also alJazeera

Sokoto Warns Shiite Sect against Conducting Procession

By Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto The Sokoto State Government has warned members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as the Shiite sect to desist from conducting any procession in the state or face the wrath of the law.

Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities

Some Saudi state clerics and institutions incite hatred and discrimination against religious minorities, including the country’s Shia Muslim minority. This hate speech prolongs the systematic discrimination against the Shia minority and – at its worst – is employed by violent groups who attack them.

Read/download the HRW report here.
See the Youtube video here.