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Hyderabad Muslims divided over Zakir Naik

Edit The Times of India 12 Jul 2016
Islamic cleric like Darul Uloom, Deoband product Mufti Mohammed Omar Abedeen claimed that there was no case against Naik even as he maintained that the preacher is being "targeted" ... Noted Shiite cleric Maulana Taqi Raza Abedi accused Naik of hurting sentiments of both the Shiites and Sunnis. "If he is indeed guilty, then he should be punished," Abedi, who is heads Tanzeem-e-Jafferi, a Shiite religious organisation, said....

Saudi regime detains prominent Shia cleric

Edit Press TV 12 Jul 2016
Saudi Arabia has arrested a senior cleric from the country’s minority Shia community as the kingdom continues to impose more restrictions on religious activities of people in its oil-rich east. Reports on Tuesday suggested that Saudi authorities had arrested Sheikh Mohammad Hassan al-Habib, a prominent cleric in the Safavi region in Qatif....

Car Bomb Near Baghdad Kills 11

Edit Voa News 12 Jul 2016
A suicide bomber blew up his car near a crowded outdoor market northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 11 people and injuring at least 32 more in the predominantly Shiite district ... In the first attack, a truck blew up in a crowded commercial area in another Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad called Karada....

Anti-regime protests continue in Bahrain

Edit Press TV 12 Jul 2016
Here is a round-up of global news developments.In Bahrain, angry protests continue for the 22nd consecutive day over the regime’s revocation of the citizenship of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim. Last month, Manama revoked the cleric's nationality, accusing him of inciting violence against the regime. The prominent cleric has ......

Iraq: Suicide bombing in Baghdad Shiite district kills 11

Edit The Associated Press 12 Jul 2016
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide car bombing ripped through an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated northeastern district of Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 11 people, officials said, as government forces deployed in most of the Iraqi capital and closed off major roads around the city ... And last Thursday, an attack at a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad killed 37 people....

Baghdad Car Bombing Kills 11 in Shiite District

Edit Time Magazine 12 Jul 2016
(BAGHDAD, Iraq) — A suicide car bombing ripped through an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated northeastern district of Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 11 people, officials said, as government forces deployed in most of the Iraqi capital and closed off major roads around the city ... And last Thursday, an attack at a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad killed 37 people....

Decade after war with Israel, another war batters Hezbollah

Edit Stars and Stripes 12 Jul 2016
They reflect the Shiite group's radical shift from decades fighting Israel, a cause that at one time earned it soaring popularity across the Arab and Muslim world, to the far less popular role fighting fellow Arabs in defense of Syria's president, Bashar Assad ... But whatever criticism of Hezbollah exists among Lebanese Shiites, it tends to remain inside the Shiite community....

Decade after war with Israel, Syria's war pulls Hezbollah in

Edit Stars and Stripes 12 Jul 2016
They reflect the Shiite group's radical shift from decades fighting Israel, a cause that at one time earned it soaring popularity across the Arab and Muslim world, to the far less popular role fighting fellow Arabs in defense of Syria's president, Bashar Assad ... But whatever criticism of Hezbollah exists among Lebanese Shiites, it tends to remain inside the Shiite community....

Decade after war with Israel, Hezbollah counting losses in Syrian war

Edit Stars and Stripes 12 Jul 2016
They reflect the Shiite group's radical shift from decades fighting Israel, a cause that at one time earned it soaring popularity across the Arab and Muslim world, to the far less popular role fighting fellow Arabs in defense of Syria's president, Bashar Assad ... But whatever criticism of Hezbollah exists among Lebanese Shiites, it tends to remain inside the Shiite community....

West tries to mix up Iran’s nuclear activities with missile program: Iran

Edit Press TV 12 Jul 2016
Ash Carter says the new contingent that includes engineers and logistics personnel will help the Iraqis establish a strategic springboard at the Qayyarah airbase.In Bahrain, angry protests continue for the twenty-second consecutive day over the regime’s revocation of the citizenship of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim. Last month, Manama revoked the cleric's nationality, accusing him of inciting violence against the regime....

Iraq: Suicide bombing in Baghdad Shiite district kills 12

Edit Boston Herald 12 Jul 2016
BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomb ripped through an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated northeastern district of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, officials said, as government forces deployed across much of the Iraqi capital in preparation for a major military parade later this week ... And last Thursday, an attack at a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad killed 37 people....

11 killed in suicide bomb attack on Baghdad market

Edit Belfast Telegraph 12 Jul 2016
The Sunni extremists, who consider Shiites heretics, swept across northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014, capturing large chunks of territory and plunging the country into its worst crisis since US troops left at the end of 2011 ... A massive truck bombing struck a bustling commercial area in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Karada, killing 292 people - one of the deadliest attacks since the 2003 US-led invasion....

11 killed in suicide truck bomb attack on Baghdad market

Edit Belfast Telegraph 12 Jul 2016
The Sunni extremists, who consider Shiites heretics, swept across northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014, capturing large chunks of territory and plunging the country into its worst crisis since US troops left at the end of 2011 ... And last Thursday, an attack at a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad killed 37 people....
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