Shias

Pakistan: 2 Policemen killed, 23 injured in multiple bombings on Eid

Two of the attackers targeted an Eid prayer ground where one assailant blew himself up, injuring 10 people, two of whom were policemen.

Nation's involvement with Jihadi group to liberate kashmir has backfired: Pakistani ex-diplomt Haqqani

Pakistan's involvement with jihadi groups at the highest level aimed at "liberation" of Jammu and Kashmir has backfired, ex-diplomat Husain Haqqani said on Tuesday following the deadly terror attack in Lahore.

Assad is normal trying to do the best for Syria, he's being demonised by the West: Aleppo Bishop Antoine Audo

Assad was a normal president. But we have to put him in the context of the Middle East. This big fighting between Shias and Sunnis and they use (d) Syria to destroy, at their level, at the international level. (At the) international level, economic and military interests (were the reasons for the war in Syria).

Blasts in front of Shia shrine in Bangladesh kill 1 person, injure 87

At least one person was killed and 87 were injured on Saturday in a series of bomb blasts in front of a Shia shrine in Bangladesh where the members of the minority community had gathered for a procession.

'Reformer' King Abdullah's death: Why Saudis will remain frenemies to the world

King Abdullah was a reformer only in the narrow context of Wahhabi Islam. His death won't bring any peace to the Muslim world as the fundamental causes of jihadism are embedded in the House of Saud's control of Islam's holiest places

Photos: Lucknow to Kashmir, Shias mark Muharram across India

From Lucknow to Kashmir, Muslims all over India marked the tenth day of Muharram to mourn the martyrdom of Hussein. Here are the photos.

Curfew-like restrictions imposed in Srinagar on Muharram

Curfew-like restrictions were today imposed in parts of the city as a preventive measure to maintain law and order on the occasion of Muharram.

UP: Election process of Shia Central Waqf Board postponed

Election process of UP Shia Central Waqf Board, which has witnessed war of words between Azam Khan and prominent cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad, has been postponed.

UP: Shias want Akhilesh to remove Azam Khan from Waqf board

Shias in UP have asked CM Akhilesh Yadav to clear ambiguities in Waqf Board appointments, allegedly been done at the behest of Waqf Minister Azam Khan.

Iraq: Sunni militants attack Shi'ite village again

Sunni Muslim militants attacked a northern Iraqi village inhabited by Shi'ite ethnic Turkmens but were repelled, police said on Tuesday, highlighting an upsurge of sectarian violence after stunning advances by jihadi fighters.