Shia
- India
UP: 2 Shia groups clash over holding religious meeting, 20 booked
Kaushambi: Two Shia groups clashed here over holding a religious meeting, a police official said on Friday. Additional Superintendent of Police Samar Bahadur Singh said the incident took place on Thursday night…
- Middle East
6 killed in bomb blast near Shia shrine in Syria ahead of Ashura
Damascus: At least six people have been killed and 23 wounded after a bomb blast near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum, a shrine of Shia community, in Damascus, a day ahead of Ashura…
- Pakistan
Parachinar becomes Pakistan’s new conflict hotspot amid Shia-Sunni clashes
New Delhi: The death toll in deadly clashes between Sunni and Shia tribes in Parachinar area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has risen to 11 with the injured at 67. Clashes erupted five days…
- Middle East
Iran-backed Shia bloc announces candidates for new PM
Baghdad: The Shia political blocs in the Iraqi parliament have nominated Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani for the post of Prime Minister, months after failing to form a government due to a political row.…
- India
Having failed with Shias, BJP eyes OBC Muslims to make inroads into community
New Delhi: With the denial of a Rajya Sabha seat to Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the BJP seems to be shifting focus from the Shia Muslims who were being targeted for…
- Pakistan
Pakistan PM Imran Khan vows ‘zero-tolerance’ for terrorists
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday vowed “zero tolerance” for terrorists as he urged for quick persecution of the cases of terrorism in the courts, days after a suicide bomber killed…
- Hyderabad
Du-ba-Du matri program for Shia boys and girls
Hyderabad: Siasat’s Du ba Du Matrimonial program for Shia boys and girls shall be held on Thursday, February 24 between 10 am to 3 pm at Ijaz Manzil, Opp Old Traffic Police…