Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr: Anger at execution of top Shia cleric – BBC News

See also: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/02/suadi-arabia-cleric-execution-unrest-predicted-shia-areas?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H&utm_term=147332&subid=7639334&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
Protests in Srinagar: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35216657

Saudi Arabia executes top Shia cleric – BBC News

See also: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/ben_hubbard/index.html
and http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/02/world/middleeast/ap-ml-saudi-arabia-the-latest.html

Shah Abbas | Oneworld

Bahrain Revokes Citizenships of Persian Descendants

The University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran) will hold the second 12-Day course on Shia Studies in March 2016. This course entails an introduction to Shia History, Principles, Futurology, Rituals and Practices in contemporary world. The focus will be on the Twelver Shia, the numerically largest and most influential denomination in Shiism; however, participants in this course will also learn about other main Shia traditions. All university professors, lecturers, researchers, and Ph.D. students in related fields are invited to apply. More information about this course is available at

http://shiacourse.urd.ac.ir
Or http://urd.ac.ir/en/index

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Yours sincerely
Ahmad Moghri
Program Coordinator,
University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran)
shiacourse@urd.ac.ir

Consejo Ibero-Safavid de Estudios Históricos. International Conference. MISSIONARIES IN THE SAFAVID WORLD

Analysis indicates Shia populations are being underreported